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    Reflection paper

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    assume I would say its not the actual instruments being used to create some of the sounds I hear. There is clear percussion instrument sounds‚ as well as some strange robotic sounds in the background. The drumming seems to be the over all basis of the music‚ with different levels and pitches of drumming combined to create the overall effect of the song. There is an almost hollow effect used at the beginning of the song. Just a few

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    Rastafarian

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    Investigating the Rasta movement This essay is investigating the Rasta movements. The main points that will be focused on are Marcus Garvey‚ Haile Selassie‚ original and modern beliefs‚ beliefs about race‚ customs/ dreadlocks /food/ colours/ language/ cannabis‚ holy days‚ rites of passage‚ women‚ Rasta music‚ Bob Marley. Marcus Garvey philosophy of Rastafari helped him to become a well-known person within Rastafarianism. He was born in Jamaica on the seventeenth of August 1887. He taught about

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    TAP DANCE SUBSTYLES Tap Dance is known as a favorite discipline because the students are making music with their feet. Students learn to improve their rhythm and co-ordination to energetic music. Tap dance concentrates on rhythm and timing‚ and requires interpretation of music through sound‚ creating regulated and controlled sounds through intricate footwork. More advanced levels of tap teach syncopation and more complex rhythms and combine a variety of styles of classical tap dance. Tap classes

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    The article written by Seth Stevenson “Stevie Wonder is my favorite Drummer” is his opinion on Stevie Wonder. Throughout the article‚ he uses different techniques to get his point and purpose across to the audience. The author uses his techniques to try and argue why Stevie Wonder is the greatest drummer of all time in his eyes. My interpretation of the text is that he loves Stevie Wonder and he is his favorite drummer and that he is trying to get his point across about him. The article is about

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    History of Percussion

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    Percussion is known to have been around since the beginning of civilization‚ in all cultures and all major civilizations around the world. In 6000 B.C.‚ the first time of a percussion instrument was evolved‚ and it was simply anything that could be found that could be hit together to create a sound. Percussion instruments have been used and associated with strong ceremonial‚ sacred‚ or symbolic events. For example‚ in Africa‚ drums symbolize and protect tribal royalty. The drums symbolize a family

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    would always fall on the word tree and the drummer would be helped by the clapping of the dancers to keep the beat. It would be a collaborative work that brought the members of the community closer (http://www.drummagazine.com/hand-drum/post/sabar-drumming-puzzling-rhythms-from-senegal/P3/). The specialty of these rhythms is that‚ although they are not written down‚ the way they are played is unique. Western music has always been document using the traditional western notation for music and‚ as long

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    Unit 22

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    Some reggae drummers use an additional timbale or high-tuned snare to get this sound. Cross-stick technique on the snare drum is commonly used‚ and tom-tom drums are often incorporated into the drumbeat itself. An unusual characteristic of reggae drumming is that the drum fills often do not end with a climactic cymbal. Wide ranges of other percussion instrumentation are used in reggae. Bongos are often used to play free‚ improvised patterns‚ with heavy use of African-style cross-rhythms. Cowbells

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    Minimalism

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    ‘Phrygian Gates’ 1977 First published piece: quite late in life at 30. Key features * Adopts constant quaver pulse. * Use of technology: tape recorders/mixers. Experiments with looped phrases * No ‘Basic Unit’- a more instinctual use of evolving modes * Emulation of electronic music through exploitation of various ‘bandwidths’ on piano-ie: introducing material in a restricted register. * Performance model: The Toccata * No use of melody or harmony * Evolution

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    Rastafari and Vodou

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    The first attempt by Christopher Columbus to chart a direct trading route from Spain to India was blocked by land previously unknown to Western Society. Assuming the possibility of sailing due east‚ rather than around the horn of Africa to reach India‚ Columbus ran into the West Indies of the Caribbean "discovering" the New World. This accidental initial contact in 1492 would set into motion monumental events in world history. For the next three centuries conquest‚ slavery‚ and colonization would

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    Assess Jack Mapanje’s response to censorship and oppression. Jack Mapanje is a Malawian poet and author who was born in 1944. He was the head of English at the University of Malawi before being imprisoned in 1987‚ allegedly for his collection ‘ Of Chameleons and God’s’ which criticized the administration of President Hastings Banda. He was released in 1991 and emigrated to the UK where he worked as a teacher.  The poem "The Song of Chickens" (4) protests against a master who protects his

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