...Music is both an aural and temporal combination. All its elements are likened into a tapestry moving in time. Ronald Thomas (2016), in his book “A Structure for Music Education” articulate that the nature of music is expressive, ongoing and creative. He further states that music conveys ideas and feelings in a way that addresses the human spirit and has great value in its communicative process. Music is therefore a continuing art. At the heart of music’s importance is its ability to provide a student with a true aesthetic experience. Experiencing this aesthetic sense through singing or playing an instrument alone or with others is an activity as old as human kind. Learning about and participating in music teaches critical thinking, problem...
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...The intent of music is to capture emotion and share it with the listener, so they can understand the experience being expressed by the artist. Music is used as white noise in the grocery store or at the gym. While people see music as a waste of time causing people to spend millions of dollars on useless soundtracks that you love at the moment but will be tired of in a week. For these reasons, music is worthless because it has lost its original intent. The dominating modern genre of music known as pop, though popular, has become redundant. Lyrically, modern artists focus on the same topics of drugs, sex, and lustful love. For instance, Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams were taken to court over the similarities between their song Blurred Lines...
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...yourself because literacy and music are related, and you decide what music means to you and what kind of music you will listen to. Regardless, whether it is listening or creating music, it inspires people to express and reflect on their emotions. The person I interviewed is a college freshman and creates electronic beats on Soundcloud during his free time. He describes himself as an introvert and a loner (Interviewee 2018). During our interview, we discussed how literacy defined as the ability to learn and understand was related to his creation of music and how it relates to his daily life. Every genre of music ignites a different emotion from the listener. Music is liberating, it is a place where you can find solace in times of need. This is certainly true for...
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...“A well-rounded education is simply too vital to our students’ success to let the teaching of the arts and humanities erode.” -Secretary Duncan When thinking about the arts, including that of performing arts and music, we tend to glide over the subjects, and term it as a good “hobby,” and not something that can shape and mold a person into someone the community can benefit off of. Many have found these arts to be therapeutic, and a good way to escape from the temptations of doing wrong. In turn, the community itself has had an advantage. The streets are clear from loitering, theft, vandalism etc, and now are looking at a better community in which the individuals, who make up part of it, are actively trying to improve the community and not to harm it. The individual themselves, has become more aware of themselves and of those around them. They have become more appreciative of the arts, and understand different subjects better than individuals who have not been exposed to the arts. Art as it is now is still as beautiful as it was back in the renaissance time period. The only thing that has changed is the importance of it. It is also the first thing one may think of when referring to the “arts.” Although there are many different forms of art, the visual drawing is just as important as the different branches. Art has the ability through different Medias, but as murals especially to tell someone who is not familiar...
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...Emma Bullock MU 203-303 2 December 2015 Final Paper The Importance of Music in Education Whether we choose to believe it or not, music is a very present thing in one’s day to day lifestyle. From turning on the radio in the morning, to listening to it while grocery shopping, putting in our headphones while we study, music is always there. Music is also extremely underrated, which is why so many public schools are constantly threatening to take away music programs all the time. But why is music education so vital in the growth of students? According to the National Association for Music Education, twenty reasons are given as to why music is helping to enrich students educational experience, not diminish it. 1. Musical training helps develop language and reasoning: Students who have early musical training will develop the areas of the brain related to language and reasoning. The left side of the brain is better developed with music, and songs can help imprint information on young minds. 2. A mastery of memorization: Even when performing with sheet music, student musicians are constantly using their memory to perform. The skill of memorization can serve students well in education and beyond. 3. Students learn to improve their work: Learning music promotes craftsmanship, and students learn to want to create good work instead of mediocre work. This desire can be applied to all subjects of study. 4. Increased coordination: Students who practice with musical instruments...
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...The researcher was compelled to the fact that the present situation in the elementary schools does not give enough attention to the basics of music because it has already been revealed in the literature that generalist teachers who are teaching in the foundations of human learning is not fully equipped. There is a need for in-service training programs in teaching music specifically on the foundation of music, the rhythmic skills, for it will serve as a stepping stone for our pupils to cope with the necessary music skills in the 21st Century. Framework of the Study Bhargava and Pathy (2011) stated that education in holistic approach will serve many purposes. It will empower a person to widen his perspective to his family and society....
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...Cobussen, M. (2012) in this book Thinking Sounds questioned want is music and concluded that music is “a complex amalgam of melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre and silence in a particular (intended) structure (Hanslick)? A sonoric event between noise and silence (Attali)? A ‘total social fact’ (Molino)? Or something in which truth has set itself to work (Heidegger)?” He went by setting out to define what is music and employs the aspect of different persons point of view, seeming to all come across as questions instead of answers, however If we look at all the societies and cultures known to us and look at all the historical societies of the past to the degree that we can discern, we can deduce with a high degree of certainty that music has always...
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...Music is displayed as an essential aspect of life throughout Sonny’s Blue’s.When Sonny and the narrator are at the nightclub, Sonny begins to play the piano. The narrator describes Sonny’s playing, “ Freedom lurked around us and I understood, at last, that he could help us be free if we would listened, that he would never be free until we did”(47). The narrator uses this to explain that music is the only way to reach freedom. He also uses this to show that artists are creative, and can think of new ways to deal with suffering. This creativity is also an output for the suffering of the people onto the musician, and into the music. The kind of music that is played affects people in the nightclub, and pushes them to freedom. At the nightclub,...
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...Vanessa Pagan 12 April 2015 The Value of Music in Elementary Education Music is one language that is universal, regardless of shape, size and race. Over the years, there have been many revelations about how universal music is to the point that the education system within America relies on the universality to teach its students. Over the past several years there have been decreases in the funding for the nation's music education based on the fact that political figures believe that the money given to schools around the country should be utilized to teach students more academic courses to help them pass standardized tests. Not only is this concentrating solely on testing for students, but it fails to give the students an opportunity to broaden their horizons and learn valuable lessons that will help them succeed in life. According to the National Association of Medical Education, there are many reasons why students need music in their schools. One of the most basic reasons music is needed in education today, according to the Association is, “music is a part of the fabric of our society. The intrinsic value of music for each individual is widely recognized in the many cultures that make up American life-indeed, every human culture uses music to carry forward its ideas and ideals” (The Benefits of the Study of Music, pg.2). With music, students are able to communicate with other people throughout the country in one voice, helping them to not only socialize better, but to find...
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...“The Importance of Music Publishing in Artist Management” Dr. Mary Conwell BUL 2241-102 G. Jay Lee 1/28/2009 Cover Page...............................................................................................1 Table of Contents…………………………………………………….....2 Abstract Summary...................................................................................3 Introduction……………………………………………………………..4 Integrity………………………………………………………………..5-8 Identity………………………………………………………………..….9 Self perception is equitable to self promotion………………...........10-11 Ideology …………………………………………………......……….….12 Conclusion…………………………………………………………….…13 Glossary………………………………………………………………….14 Annotated Bibliography………………………………………………...15 Appendix A…………………………………………………………..16-18 Appendix B ………………………………………………………….…..19 Appendix C…………………………………………………………..20-22 Abstract summary As youngsters, children are taught that they are all very special, and are told to reach for stars. Summarily, most people think that in order to become the next “pop star”, all anyone needs is a little talent and a lot of luck. However, in today’s business climate, in order to be considered a bankable investment, artists must possess talent, kiss lady luck square on the lips, and have the business acumen garnered towards dealing with the confines of the recording industry. The primary purpose of this document is to help artists discern the steps necessary to attain music publishing...
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...Music Purpose At the end of my presentation, the audience will be able to experience the different kinds of music around the world and the importance of music in different cultures, the different types of music around the world. Introduction Hi, My name is Genaro Tijerina one of my hobbies in life since I was a little kid was music, through the year’s music has been part of my life, culture and represents a different meaning in life. According to Music there are different types of sounds in every each songs, many places of the worlds have different sounds rhythms and a tremendous significant on each song, Each song has different meanings several are based of real facts, stories, relationships and things of our daily life. For many generations music has been part of our life when we attend to a special event, ceremonial and even for any place that you visit, we called music an art, through the years has been a tremendous evolution in every generation and the upcoming ones would have the freedom of music. Central Idea. Music has no limits, no borders, have the imaginable rights, the importance of music in our lives and what represents around the worlds. Preview First of all it’s easy to recognize any type of music, spiritual, classical, opera and cultural, in continuation you are going to be able to learn the importance of music and recognize the tremendous values and Finally at the end you would have the acknowledge of the importance of music...
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...Silva Music is incredibly important to this story. In fact, the story has been called "the best verbal description of transcendent musical experience" by a noted musician and ethnomusicologist. In what ways does music figure in the story? Why is it important that Sonny wants to be a musician? How good a musician is he? Discuss the importance of the fact that both Sonny and his dead uncle are/were musicians. Finally, look very closely at the last two pages of the story and discuss what happens when the narrator really listens to his brother play. What understanding does the narrator come to--and how is that understanding related to the story as a whole? Title In the field of psychology there has been an idea that claims that music has a healing power on individuals. In correlation with this belief there is also proof at the biologically level t that music can reduce heart rate, blood pressure, and cortisol levels, as well to provided emotional healing (Friedman 1). In the story “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin, is a story shows the importance music plays in the life of people (Bausch 37). “Sonny's Blues” is a story about a young Jazz musician in the city of Harlem, NY. The story shows a character named Sonny and the healing power music has on him as it helps him deal with his suffering such as: drug addiction, growing up in poverty, and limited opportunities in life. Music was Sonny’s source of healing. In this paper we will examine the reasons why music meant so much...
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...Vocal Music in the Medieval and Early Baroque Periods The word medieval can be translated to ‘the time in between’, referring to the time between the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance in 1450. Religion and church music was very important in this time period because it was the only music that was important enough to be documented. The idea of combining two or more lines together began to be used in large churches as a way to emphasize certain words. Plainchant, a piece of music made up of only one line, was the basis of the early medieval period, where the other vocals were used for lines above the plainchant and below it, making much shorter notes. Soon, a motet was introduced. A motet is when each vocal line has it’s own words, creating up to three texts at once, making the texture more dense. The Church was extremely powerful during the Medieval period. The elaboration in music during this period is related to the liturgy and how it was spoken. In Chants such as the psalms, lessons or prayers, the music is a direct translation of the text to be used within the Church. Also important to the Church, the hymns and sequences were organized into pattern and rhymes. Gregorian Chants not only were for the liturgy, but also for the polyphonic music of the Medieval Period. From the 12th century, secular music...
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...head: Roots of Blues and Country music Roots of Blues and Country music Marc A. Cañas Brandman University Roll Over Beethoven: A Survey of Rock and Roll Professor: Jeanne Mayer, Ph.D April 11, 2010 Blues & Country The Blues and Country Music Blues and country music both developed in the 19th century in the Southern United States. They share a similar history. For this reason, they share many of the same musical and lyrical characteristics. The Blues Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre created primarily within the African-American communities in the Deep South of the United States at the end of the 19th century. The roots. Blues finds its roots from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. Attributes. The blues genre is based on the blues form but possesses other characteristics such as specific lyrics, bass lines and instruments. Blues can be subdivided into several subgenres ranging from country to urban blues that were more or less popular during different periods of the 20th century. Early social importance. The first appearance of the blues is often dated after the Emancipation Act of 1863, between 1870 and 1900, a period that coincides with Emancipation and, later, the development of juke joints as places where Blacks went to listen to music, dance, or gamble after a hard day's...
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...1- What do ethnomusicologists mean when they say, “Music is universal, but it is not a universal language”? Music is universal but it is not a language even though both are made of symbols. Language is made of symbols with assigned meaning whereas music is made of symbols that are neutral are open to the listeners perception to assign their meaning. Also, it is debatable if music can transcend language barriers. 2- What are the potential problems in classifying music as “classical,” “folk”, or “popular”? Generally music is related to class instead of being nuetral. No better or no worse. 3- How might an ethnomusicologist approach the study of Western classical music differently from a musicologist? Ethnomusicologists not only study the music but how that music effects its audiences in a certain culture. Whereas, a musicologist studies music as a whole. An ethnomusicologist would study western classical musics effect on the western world. A musicologist would just study the music as it is. 4- What is “fieldwork”? What is its importance to the study of world music? Fieldwork is the recording of music using various methods including a cyclinder, disk, wire, and a magnetic acetate tape. The importance of this is that we can record the music we hear for further analysis. 5- In what ways does world music study require an interdisciplinary approach? The world music study requires an interdisciplinary approach because music needs to be looked at and studied through different...
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