... it affects us the way that it does. I will attempt to briefly address a few of these theories proposed by philosophical giants such as Aristotle, Plato, and Confucius, while examining the role that music plays in Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music. Nietzsche's ... principium individuationis [into] an artistic phenomenon- in the form of music and dancing. The transformed Dionysus now provided redemption for the Greeks (Cockburn; Nietzsche 39,40). This new Dionysian form of music was very different than the previous Apollonian form. Apollonian music consisted of "ton...

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... , rhythm, counterpoint,dissonance and harmony, push the envelope of modern Celtic music. Beyond the Pale's unusual bagpipe musicianship in "Killworth Hills", with rhythm of 6 notes per measure and tempo allegro, rivals rock songs that would otherwise be written by heavy metal hands such as Iron Maiden. Similiarly, Smithfield Fare's "Fire in The ... Glen", with a rhythm of 6 notes per measure and a tempo of Adante, resembles a song for a marching infantry in time of conflict. On the other hand, harmony is revealed in the music ... the elements of rhythm, dissonance, and counterpoint usin...

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... a hesitant and uncertain feel. No matter how the music begins, it comes to a dead end. Nearly always in the implacable repetition of three fateful notes. In the course of this movement, in fact in the entire symphony, the music arrives again and again at the same dead end. The design is ... clear from the very first bars. Shostakovich builds the first theme from three motifs. The first is from one of classic's greatest openings "Tah-Dah"." A favorite way of starting a piece for generations of composers like Beethoven in his 9th symphony. Now what better way ... and then continues in a s...

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... not enforce censorship on its citizens. Plato's argument depicts no clear evidence of influential factors that music may have on individuals. Additionally, he and Aristotle voice many theories and ideas that contradict their views on musical censorship, which thus weakens their overall arguments. According to Plato, early childhood matters the ... be censored in order to enhance citizens' political judgment. The previous example also opposes the upcoming argument that states the conditioning would drive unity. Moreover, Aristotle makes a strong case in regards of a tyrant. It is proven t...

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... Rhapsody is a journey through the plight of a man tormented by a single ill-fated action. One of the most unique aspects of this song is that it does not follow the classic pattern of consisting primarily of verses and choruses, but rather five distinct parts, an intro, a ballad, an opera, a rock, and then ends with an outro. First off is the Intro ... , which makes it somewhat difficult to count. For the first four measures of the song, there is no musical accompaniment. In the fifth measure a piano comes in and plays a few notes very softly under the vocals. Also, the meter switches to...

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... some more of it. While listening to it he lays naked and masturbates with visions of evil deeds. During his music session he states, "Oh, it was a wonder of wonders!" (39) These scenes reveal to us that he is actually a real person who has feelings and a great sense of art. Alex is soon stripped of this luxury when he is sent ... purpose is used to convey the author's two themes of the necessity of free will for humanity, and original sin presides over environmental behaviorism. Alex's free will of listening to classic music is taken away and illness is given to him by reform doctors wh...

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... bars 32-55 and introduces the first subject in the key of D major. One of the most important parts of this subject is the vigorous cadences in bars 38 and 39. The second half of this subject imitates the first except for the addition of woodwinds that solidifies some of the harmonies and makes further cadences even more forceful and resounding ... key all the way through until surprisingly the harmonic indecision of the second subject resurfaces and the key changes to G major through into C major and finally rests with the final notes being the dominant chord of F major which leaves the...

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... of the ordinary mass. Machaut uses numerical symbols relating to the bible, which could only be understood if one were to study the mass in its entirety. This mass is a classic case of non-immediate Medieval, pre-Renaissance music. Common characteristics of Medieval (6th-15th c.) music are its monophonic, chant-based notions. Although the Renaissance held on to some ... was supposedly an obvious motive at the time. The other new techniques of Du Fay's mass came from the way it sounded, written for two tenor lines using only 14 notes, as opposed to 15. Finally, throughout the piece Du Fa...

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... . After his death he was all but forgotten for 200 years until his works were discovered early in this century. The Four Seasons, his most famous work, has become a true classic in the modern world and has remained a popular piece until this day. Indeed, Vivaldi's masterpiece was proudly presented by Paramount High School String Orchestra in the Orchestra Exchange Concert as ... introduced. Following the motive is the solo violin with birdlike trills and high running scales, accompanied by the rest of the orchestra. Vivaldi had made a wise use in adding staccato notes, trills, and runnin...

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... . When Emperors and Kings ruled the land, and when most of all music was commissioned by them. I thought the manner in which the director chose to unfold the plot was classic. So many great movies are given as flashbacks. It is a chance to see their perspective now and the perspective of which they had back then. Which in this case we ... he hardly ever made a mistake on his compositions. He did everything perfectly in his mind, never settling for mediocrity. Even when the Emperor told him that there was too many notes in his opera, in Mozart's mind it was perfect. Salieri was a jealous ...

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... Trombone Choir played was my favorite. It was the traditional "Deck the Halls"; this song can brighten up anybody's holiday! Hearing it with the trombones was really beautiful, giving this classic a little bit of spice. Then next was the Men's Chorus. They sang Gloucestershire Wassail, for some unknown reason I did not enjoy this piece as much as some of the others ... Santa Claus". Also this piece had bells and chimes that played along with the xylophones. The xylophones added a very peaceful timbre. This song went high to low for the different notes. It sounded like minor mode. They i...

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... the repeat of theme A before the beginning of them C, and like all rags being rhythmically more flexible with the left and right hands set apart in syncopated tension. This is classic ragtime. West End Blues For the first half of his life, everything Armstrong did was copied as fast as he could record it, but this 1928 recording of a 12-bar ... the same simple-to-complex patterns. Then on the last chorus Armstrong quickly rises to a high b-flat and holds the note for four whole bars. When the strain of the notes length and height is at its maximum, he releases it, lurching downward agai...

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... Miller Orchestra from 1941, which was taped on film as one set and then made into an audio recording with separate tracks. The track I chose to listen to was , the classic, In the Mood. This saxophone feature has one of the coolest and most knows saxophone licks ever. This song was written as a dance and jive song with its up beat ... there is an impression that they are standing out in front of the band. Most of the song is played with a swing feel on the hi-hat, and the bass notes are really plucked throughout the whole song. There is a shout chorus at the end which is the grand final...

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... ideas can also be found in the scale areas of music, which are called scale intervals. An interval is the distance between two notes. Intervals are always counted from the lower note to the higher one, with the lower note being counted as one. Intervals come in ... , then it is a harmonic interval. The smallest interval used in music is the half step. A half step means that the difference between the two notes is only one chromatic scale degree. For example, a visual representation of a half step would be the distance between a consecutive white and black note on ... W H. In a minor scal...

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... 's sacred animals are the swan and dolphin. Dionysus has the bull, snake, lion and panther as his sacred animals (Hayashida). Anyone can see or hear the Apollonian influence in the classic ballet Swan Lake, bearing the name of Apollo's scared animal. Dionysus" animals are all conceived to be ferocious and mean-spirited, ready to rip a man apart which is consistent with ... in the labeling of one or the other. There is a great distinction in Apollonian music and Dionysian music. For instance an Apollonian scale would be one with easy to remember notes and order. When heard many times the ...

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... listening as the music weaves its melodious spell, whether the fairy-like strains of Enya or the rolling notes of Strauss. Others, such as myself, prefer intense music that is based on the use of drums and electric instruments. Still others would take a classic trance, rave or techno mix over anything else anyone could put together. Even different regions of the world ... ...

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... , prices drop. The recording industry is trying to resist this. Imagine if new CD's were only 5 dollars each. Would you buy more music? I certainly would. Of course, this invites the classic argument, presented by John Syner in his essay "Many Things We Pay for Are Free": "Why would people buy something that they can get for free?" There are dozens of ... you can't give it away, you certainly can't sell it. There will always be a market for CD's because people, especially music collectors, want something tangible. Something with art and liner notes, that they can put on their shelves. I ...

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... *365 days * $1 per single record price. Value = $ 1.1 Billion in 1999 ( 3% of total global revenues of $38.5 in 1999) Exhibit 2 1995 96 97 98 99 Retail val of sales (US $bn) 39.7 39.8 38.6 38.7 38.5 value of 95 projected into years ahead with inflation ... ...

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... a different instrument, with the exception of David Heinick, the composer and pianist in every movement. Accompanying the program was a sheet titled "Program Notes," which gave members of the audience a lot of information concerning the performers and the composer. One impressive fact mentioned was Heinick composed every piece ... by Timothy McAllister. McAllister, also dressed in all black attire, was a young man whose affiliation to the college was not mentioned in the program notes, yet I assume that he is a member of the faculty here at the State University of New York at Potsdam. D...

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... volume in this piece keeps changing, while most of the time it is mp or mezzo piano. Sometimes the dynamics gets louder when Parker plays higher notes, as this is his attempt to emphasize those specific notes. By looking at the very first eight bars of this piece of music, hearing the harmonic progression within the linear line of the solo would ... no piano player. Angular points in the solo would make one think that it would be difficult to hear the chord progression; however, even then, the notes involved in the angularity are important and strong notes of the chord with strong resol...

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... can deal with anything from simple note values to the equation that relates frequency to pitch. In music there are simple equations used to determine the length of notes, like using a " " to add half of the original note value to the note. For instance if you have a quarter note, which is ... to it, it becomes one and a half beats. This is the equation used to determine the value: 1 + (1/2 * 1) = X. This applies to all notes and rests. This is probably one of the simplest math formulas used in music, but it is one of the most important ones. The scale area of music can ... whole step: W ...

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... piece feel momentous. It'sas if Bach were throwing open the big doors to some enormous building.? As the song progresses, you can hear the counterpoint, including low and high notes. Once the prelude ends, there is a pause, and the fugue begins. The fugue begins with the first melody, with no accompaniment. As the first changes, the second melody is added ... at a slightly higher pitch. Again this happens with the third melody, but this one is easier to hear because they are such low notes. Finally, the fourth melody begins with the highest notes you?ve heard so far. Now all four melodi...

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... trumpeter's solo the violist played a very soothing, yet upbeat solo. The texture of the ending of this song seemed a little grimy at times when the trumpet would chime in a few notes over the saxophone, almost drowning it out. The ending was forte and there was heavy emphasis on the rhythm section to make it very epic.  The next piece, "Cariba ... trumpet solo was forte and triumphant as well. The piano solo, on the other hand, consisted of a few short runs and some dissonant notes, but still triumphant. The climbing trumpets gave way to the short, still dissonant finishing notes of t...

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... "12-bar blues", as it is called, has a standard chord progression. The song never changes, but allows one to improvise. A soloist could play a solo using a blues scale consisting of seven notes and never stop. Jazz is the most significant and highly developed music by African Americans. Jazz has many different features such as rhythmic qualities like swing, blues or flatted ... notes, improvising, and techniques that differentiate the musicians. Swing is a style of Jazz that reminds me of a walking horse. Blues or flatted notes are notes that are lowered a half step. Instead of hearing ...

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... out that each piece performed was a style of its own. It all started with Andrea Adamcová playing the piano. She started playing a few soft notes with her left hand and suddenly she added some scattered notes with her other hand. The rhythm was starting to gain pace and you could hear the counterpoint that kept a constant tempo. This piece was clearly ... colors with modern composing techniques. What I could notice from this piece was an exhilarating rhythmic energy and an hallucinatory atmosphere. The Prelude seemed to have some dissonant, fast, high-pitched notes. Another thing that ...

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