...The Best Musical in the World “Do a deer a female deer, Re a drop of gold sun, Mi a name I call myself, Fa a long long way to run, So a needle pulling thread, La a note to follow So, Ti a drink with jam and bread, and that would bring us back to do, do, do, do.” The Sound of Music aired in the year 1965. It was set in Austria in the 1930’s. The movie is a biography, drama, family, musical, and a romance. There were three main actors in this film. The three were Julie Andrews (Maria), Christopher Plummer (Captain VonTrapp), and Eleanor Parker (The Baroness). The director was Robert Wise. Wise has directed other popular movies like West Side Story and Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The film won five Oscars, twelve awards, and had another eleven nominations. The Sound of Music has a four-star movie rating. The Sound of Music does a stupendous job of creating a cute love story mixed with a musical, has a very noticeable character development, is interesting and catchy, but it incorrectly portrays the true story behind the movie. The movie begins with Maria, a nun, living in an Austrian convent. Maria does not fit well into the nun life. She was sent to the VonTrapp’s to be a governess by her Mother Superior. When Maria arrives at the house, she finds the children to be very rude and unwelcoming. She finds the father as very strict and uptight. She then realizes that she needs to help this family come back together. After only a day the children begin to love Maria. Maria loves...
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...Sound is created by vibrations of an object pushing air particles closer and further apart, formally known as compression and rarefaction. Shown to the left is a diagram of a sound wave; the high concentrated areas of particles are the compression regions which also are the areas of high air pressure. In contrast to this, the low concentrated areas of particles are known as rarefaction and here is where the lowest air pressure occurs and the wave is at its lowest point. The wavelength (also known as the period of a graph) of a sound wave is the relationship between the initial frequency and the speed of sound. It is represented by this equation: When a frequency (rate of which a sound source vibrates) is higher it will generate a shorter wavelength because the sound source is vibrating at a faster speed. Meaning more complete back and forth vibrations are occurring in a quicker amount of time, whereas when the frequency is lower the wavelength is longer. Frequency is measured in hertz (Hz.) and to distinguish the frequency you need to know how many vibrations occur in an exact amount of time, for example if an object’s particles vibrate 256 times in one second, then the frequency is 256 Hz. The frequency that an instrument creates is based on the length of how far the vibration can travel. Meaning for an instrument to produce different pitches and sounds, instruments need ways to change the vibrating length. For a pipe instrument like a clarinet there are holes on...
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...English 175 11/28/11 Literature Essay Sounds of Music Some people say that certain music to people make them do extraordinary things. People hear their life through music they listen to or like and that is how they live it. This is the case for the novel Sonny Blues written by James Baldwin. The story is about two brothers who come to understand each other, more specifically, through its two main characters, two sides of the African-American experience. Sounds of Music Some people say that certain music to people make them do extraordinary things. People hear their life through music they listen to or like and that is how they live it. This is the case for the novel Sonny Blues written by James Baldwin. The story is about two brothers who come to understand each other, more specifically, through its two main characters, two sides of the African-American experience. Sounds of Music Some people say that certain music to people make them do extraordinary things. People hear their life through music they listen to or like and that is how they live it. This is the case for the novel Sonny Blues written by James Baldwin. The story is about two brothers who come to understand each other, more specifically, through its two main characters, two sides of the African-American experience. Sounds of Music Some people say that certain music to people make them do extraordinary things. People hear their life through music they listen to or like and that is how they live...
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...the history of music the smooth sounds of jazz and reggae has influenced listeners all over the country for many years. Although some prefer to listen to Hip Hop and R & B the genuine sounds of Jazz and Reggae is some of the most delightful music to listen to. Jazz and Reggae has been two of the most popular and unique musical categories with similar styles but different in their own way. When these particular styles of music was introduced they made great impressions in the music industry. In the early 1800’s jazz was born in the city of New Orleans where it was performed in festivals such as the Mardi gras also at funerals. In 1940 they began to broadcast the music over the radio when the music was played people found themselves dancing, clapping, and singing to the musical sounds being played. Jazz is considered to be a mixture of blues and marching band music when it first started out it was played by african americans and creole. When jazz hit the music charts and became more popular the europeon and african culture got together and presented a new sound for jazz to make it even more exciting. It has continued to be performed in the streets of new Orleans, night clubs, dancehalls, and concerts throughout the countries up until this present time jazz is still popular more than ever. The roots of reggae music originated in Jamaica in the 1960’s introduced in dancehall clubs where people danced to the low beats and rhythm of this particular type music. People of all...
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...Music Production Over the past few decades, electronic music and its respective genres have revolutionized the music industry by creating new styles of music that have evolved the aesthetics of the popular songs we hear today. The process of composing today's music via a computer and software has become infinitely more efficient compared to traditional recording, which mainly uses acoustic instruments and “old-school hardware”. The process of composition has been stream-lined and revolutionized over the recent years, thus opening more doors for artists’ originality and creativity To learn the ropes of music production, one can learn to be a producer by attending recording or music school. However recording school is not for everyone, It can be too expensive for some and too “academic” for others. Although there's no standard level of education needed to become a music producer, many colleges offer music production programs usually at the bachelor's degree level. These 4-year programs cover a broad range of courses to expose students to recording arts technology and the music business as a whole. Sample course topics include recording industry law and ethics, sound editing techniques, digital audio software and electronic music. Students may need to either produce a full-length recording or participate in an internship in order to graduate. A music producer's job can be as easy as sitting on the couch listening and nodding and as active as controlling the mixer as well...
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...The Evolution of Jazz and its Modern Influence Jazz is a music art form that was created solely in America. It is considered to be one of the most influential forms of music in American history. Not only did it originate in America but it is also one of the few art forms that have two distinctive sounds. The jazz sound is separated into classical jazz and jazz fusion (modern) jazz. Jazz is also one of the only forms of music for which college music majors are required to study several artists’ techniques as a semester course. Jazz music has been used in many forms of music in America. With all the respect that jazz has garnered around the world, unfortunately, the art form has lost popularity over the last 20 years. With the emergence of hip-hop, techno, and other music forms, young musicians of today do not find the music appealing or relevant. All the awards for jazz musicians have been moved off the national television award shows. There is also a movement to remove the jazz categories from the Grammy list completely. This paper will discuss the history of jazz, where it began, how it evolved, and its future. To understand the future of jazz, one must understand what it really is and the instruments that were combined to make the ensemble. Jazz started to form early in the twentieth century in New Orleans. At that time, the sound was called Ragtime. This sound was produced by a band that included the string bass, drums, a guitar or banjo, and a "melodic section" with one...
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...engineering: music producer, post production styles and live sound engineer. I. Introduction A. “Sound has a profound affect on the senses. It can be both heard and felt. […] Sound can evoke responses of the five senses. Sound can paint a picture, produce a mood [or] trigger the senses to remember another time and place. […] Sound speaks to the sensorium; the entire system of nerves that stimulates sensual response” (Colaianni 1). In our everyday lives, sound is important it would be hard to imagine a world with out it. B. The field of audio engineering is focused primarily on ways to record, mix, manipulate and reproduce sounds. It involves the creative and practical aspects of speech and music as well as the technological advances and understanding of sound. According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, California is the highest ranking state with employed audio engineers at 3,690 in contrast to Texas at a low number of 440 as of May, 2013 (1). C. This is my third year involved in the advanced audio technology program at MSJC. I have loved music since I was young and in my senior year of high school I decided that audio engineering was something I was interested in and proceeded to make it my major. D. Audio engineering involves a variety of different specialties but I would like to focus on the three that have appealed to me the most which are music producer...
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...Looking for the music in John Cage’s “4.33” John Milton Cage born in 1915 is one of the best known experimental composers of our time. Cage began to create music that broke the boundaries of form and structure. He had a strong belief that every sound should be considered as a form of music. By combining his theories of invention with his compositional techniques he led music into the modern world. Many music critics have suggested that Cage was more of an inventor rather than a composer. Speaking on Cage, Arnold Schoenberg (1994) states “Of course he's not a composer, but he's an inventor -- of genius” (Perloff & Junkerman, P 157). Whether an inventor or composer, there is no denying that Cage’s composition “4.33” also known as “four and a half minutes of silence” has led to considerable controversy. It has also forced us to look closely at the definition of music. The 1952 piece, in which performer David Tudor sat at the piano for four minutes and thirty-three seconds marking off the time in three movements but did not play a single note, tested the idea that there is no such thing as silence. Cage (1988) claims that “Everything we do is music" and “try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.”(Kostelanetz, 1988, P69-70). I intend to examine “4.33” and determine whether it is possible for us to appreciate Cage’s ideology and hear the music in his favourite composition. Cage was heavily influenced by the eastern philosophy and it taught him to perceive music in a whole new...
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...Summary on the topic: Information technology in music Table Of Contents introduction 1. New technologies and music 2. Sound recording 3. Prospects for the development of information technology in music Bibliography introduction One of the main characteristics of the post-industrial period, should be considered as the rapid development of electronic technology, contributing to the automation of storage and processing of information through computers. The advent of powerful computers and new computer technology has had a tremendous influence on the formation of modern musical culture. Capabilities of modern computers are increasing every day in parallel to advances in science and technology and development in the field of programming. It is time to mature constructive relations, the construction of general building, where both parties will feel the growing need in mutually enriching projects. So different and once seemed a distant spheres of human intellectual activity in the last decades of the last century not only imbued with mutual respect, but we can safely predict a brilliant fruitful development of their cooperation. Evidence provided by a music computer fundamentally new possibilities in the development of professional thinking musician in all spheres of musical creativity will inevitably lead to rising introduction Music technology that will significantly complement and even change the very nature of the work of composer, musicologist, performer and...
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...Unity and Variety 1 The Concepts of Unity and Variety Let's begin by listening to two fundamental concepts that make a piece of music "work"—the concepts of unity and variety. Most people like hearing sounds that they find pleasing, memorable, and familiar. Within a given composition, the feeling of familiarity—fostered by, among other things, reiterations of a music idea—lends a sense of unity to the music. Whereas unity satisfies the human need for sameness and familiarity, variety sustains our interest and appeals to our need for, and enjoyment of, the new, different, and unexpected. To illustrate the relevance of these concepts, listen to how they are used in a piece of music by George Frideric Handel, a very famous musician who lived between the 17th and 18th centuries and whose music remains popular to this day. George Frideric Handel See Here the Conqu'ring Hero Comes George Frideric Handel Born: 1685 Died: 1759 Period: Baroque (1600-1750) Country: Germany/England See Here the Conqu'ring Hero Comes is one of Handel's most popular pieces. Three minutes and three seconds (3:03) long, it is a movement within a longer composition entitled Judas Maccabaeus written for an ensemble (group) of musicians. If you think of Judas Maccabaeus as a book, then See Here the Conq'ring Hero Comes acts as a chapter in that book. A movement may be enjoyed by itself; however, like a chapter in a book, it also fits into the structure of a larger composition. While you listen...
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...HOUSE OF BALLOONS/ GLASS TABLE GIRLS (A. Tesfaye, D. McKinney, C. Montagnese, S. Ballion, P. Clarkex, J. Martin, S. Severin) SOCAN, MyKai Music (SOCAN), Hear The Art (SOCAN), Chrysalis Music (ASCAP), Domino Publishing (ASCAP). Produced by Doc McKinney & Illangelo. Recorded by Doc McKinney & Illangelo at Site Sound Studios, Toronto ON. Assistant Engineering by Matthew Acton. Mixed by Illangelo at Liberty Studios, Toronto ON. All Instruments by Doc McKinney & Illangelo. Contains elements of “Happy House” written by S. Ballion, P. Clarkex, J. Martin, S. Severin and publishing by Chrysalis Music (ASCAP), Domino Publishing (ASCAP). Used by permission. This track contains a sample of the recording “Happy House” as performed by Siouxsie & The Banshees. Courtesy of Polydor Records under license from Universal Music Group. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 001 002 003 THE MORNING (A. Tesfaye, D. McKinney, C. Montagnese) SOCAN, MyKai Music (SOCAN), Hear The Art (SOCAN). Produced by Doc McKinney & Illangelo. Recorded by Doc McKinney & Illangelo at Site Sound Studios, Toronto ON. Assistant Engineering by Matthew Acton. Mixed by Illangelo at Liberty Studios, Toronto ON. All Instruments by Doc McKinney & Illangelo. Lead guitar by William Brock. WICKED GAMES (A. Tesfaye, D. McKinney, C. Montagnese, R. Millar Blancheur) SOCAN, MyKai Music (SOCAN), Hear...
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...Music In World Cultures Name: Natasha Fisher ____________________________________________________ World Music: A Global Journey Chapter 2: Aural Analysis: Listening to the World’s Musics I. Define the following terms: Timbre: The tone quality or color of a musical sound Pitch: A tone’s specific frequency level, measured in Hertz Tuning System: All the pitches common to a musical tradition Melody: An organized succession of pitches forming a musical idea Melodic Contour: The general direction and shape of a melody Drone: A continuous or repeating sound Text Setting: The rhythmic relationship of words to melody Rhythm: The lengths, or durations, of sounds as patterns in time Dynamics: The volume of a musical sound Form: The underlying temporal structure of a musical performance Phonic Structure: The relationship between different sounds in a given piece Monophony: Music with a single melodic line Polyphony: The juxtaposition or overlapping of multiple lines of music Homophony: Multiple lines of music expressing the same musical idea in the same meter Independent Polyphony: Multiple lines of music expressing independent musical ideas as a cohesive whole Heterophony: Multiple performers playing simulations variations of the same line of music Organology: The study of musical instruments Sachs-Hornbostel System: Standard classication system for musical instruments Aerophone: Instruments that require are to produce sound-namely, flutes, reeds, trumpets...
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...I do not consider John Cage's 4’33” is music. I think music needs to take time to create and incorporate feelings. Music is not just walking on stage and sitting at piano.There no skill or effort involved in just sitting at a piano. In my opinion music involves putting sounds together in a inspiring way. In fact according to dictionary.com the definition of music is “an art of sound in the time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.” According to Cynthia Collins in John Cage 4’33”: Music or Silence , “Cage created this work to to encourage people to listen to the sounds around them.” Clearly the intent of his performance was not to emphasize the silence but the sounds...
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...FILM AND MUSIC So what is music? Well in a sense every sound produced from clapping two hands to slapping a person is music; The more recognized pundits define it as an arrangement of sounds in a pleasing sequence or combination to be sung; or played on instruments. Well who cares about music in a prolonged sense- music are something universal, something unique, and something which is soothing to our heart, our senses, which makes our nerves calm down- the effect is simply astonishing. Its like a web you have been caught in, a web of music, a web in which where ever you go you find music, music to touch your heart, to take you, in a sense, under its control. And why not- music tames the wildest beasts- even the critics have no answer to that Music is of many types- rock, jazz, classical raga, pop, flat, country, chamber, folk- yes folk is there too. Every community has some sort of traditional music to suit their rhythm. Then there is classical music that portrays the life's culture and tradition, rock music that tends to shake you up, and several other types of music that are all a pure bliss to the soul. Music has very deep roots in the history of humankind. It is as ancient as verbal language. Man produced various sounds- frightening of course- to scare off the savage beasts of the wild. He soon enough learnt that striking of stones produces sound, the gush of the falling water gives sound, animals and birds produce sound and even lightning with rainstorm produces...
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...invented by Thomas Edison as a recording device to be used in a variety of ways including the reproduction of sound. This device was a major tool in everyday society and changed the way people recorded sound and important speech to hear again and again. Edison’s phonograph was the first device that could reproduce recorded sound by recording the sound onto a tinfoil sheet phonograph cylinder. This was the first step in technologically recording sound and it started a competitive ingenuity in the field of sound engineering. This invention was improved and changed over time to record and reproduce sound better and more clearly. The phonograph revolutionized sound technology because...
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