Stephanie Reyes Elements of Music Report MUH March 2013 As a piano player‚ it is crucial that I maintain a melodic structure to anything I play. Melody is after all‚ the main component of music‚ and is usually the part of a song that people remember far after one hears a piece of music. Because of this‚ I believe that melody is the most important element of a song. All other aspects of music fall after melody‚ because it complements the melodic structure of a song. For example‚ harmony‚ another
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I am doing my end of the semester paper on Jazz music. Jazz was created in the twentieth century and was said that it was‚ “created to bring people together.” Jazz was also known in many cities around the time of the jazz age‚ but the city that was known as the birthplace of jazz was New Orleans. There are many important names that people still know today from the jazz ages. One important name during the jazz age was Louis Armstrong is known for many Jazz songs like “What a Wonderful World”‚ “When
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opposed to the monastic life of the medieval period. One of the less obvious of these changes was that of music. In comparing Medieval and Renaissance times we can see a definite contrast in the style and content of what the music emphasized. During the medieval era musical composition consisted of little movement in the notes themselves‚ and was‚ in a sense‚ plain. Used mainly in the church‚ music was meant to emphasize actual words that a person wanted to convey‚ and thus had little embellishment
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arts can be musical‚ since music is the center of the universe. For instance‚ in nature‚ a person can find birds chirping in a rain forest‚ elephants running through the leaves and owl hooting in the middle of the night. It is easily to recognize if a child or a person is musical‚ because not only will their musical skills will be noticeable‚ but also‚ they will be inclined to help others to comprehend the essential elements that music contain. For instance‚ a music college professor and even performer
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Music is a big part of people’s lives and it can be accessed so easily. People can hear music anywhere they go on their phones. Many people like to listen to music whenever they are doing other tasks. Others feel that the music distracts them from the work they are performing. In my opinion‚ I do not like listening to music when I am working on certain tasks that require thinking or concentration because do not concentration. I love listening to music in my free time. If there is music on while I
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Music Appreciation 205 Notes (1st Set) From the Syllabus Course Content: Outline for the Elements of Music (from your textbook): 1. Melody (The Tune): The main idea in a piece of music. Melody is the single line of notes heard in succession as a coherent unit. A melody has a shape moving up or down in ways that capture and hold our attention over a span of time. A melody is like a story: it has a beginning‚ middle‚ and an end. 2. Rhythm (The Time): The organization of beats or pulses
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The introduction of Donald J. Funes’ book Musical Involvement addresses the topic of music as an aesthetic experience. The preface to the introduction is the realization that truly listening to music requires an active response‚ and this type of listening is not innate. All throughout the day we are bombarded with music and every day sounds‚ most of which remain in our periphery. It can be difficult to focus on a single event such as a concert‚ lecture or any other situation that requires a quite
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Kyle McPherson 11/2/2010 Journal 4: Music as a social force Music has proven itself to be the ultimate way to express ones feelings while at the same time allow one a viable escape from reality. In my own experience‚ I have found that when I am feeling distressed or lonely‚ music helps stabilize my mood‚ when I am feeling great‚ music helps me concentrate on tasks‚ and allows my mind a break from potentially stressful situations. Historically‚ music has been used to help support movements for
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Music has always had the power to strike emotions good and bad‚ which is why it is so attractive to people. This has not changed since the days when the Beatles shocked the world. What has changed is that popular music lyrics and videos have become much more explicit. The question is to censor or not to censor? I say not to censor. Explicit music is merely a way for musicians to freely express their feelings and experiences and if we eliminated it‚ we would be violating freedom of expression‚ alienating
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Review Questions: 1. The basic elements of music are pitch‚ rhythm‚ dynamics‚ melody‚ and form. 2. Pitch is the frequency of a sound; it relates to the highness or lowness of a tone that we hear. 3. Syncopation involves placing emphasis on normally un-emphasized beats or using a rest on a normally emphasized beat. The types of music that uses syncopation are ska‚ reggae‚ rap‚ jazz‚ and some forms of metal. 4. The three examples in forms of music are concerto‚ sonata‚ and symphony. A concerto
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