... and hated it." - Dmitri Shostakovich On November 7, 1917, the Russian Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace and created a new form of government they called the Communist Party. In the first years of the revolution, anything and everything seemed possible; not just in politics, but in the arts as well. It was ... 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 de...

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... . James was amazed when heard a souring solo, looked around and saw a long haired, bell bottom wearing BASSIST. The days of carrying Ron McGovney were over, Metallica wanted one Cliff Burton to join them. Cliff accepted, providing Metallica moved to him on the east coast. He recognised they could get nowhere in L.A. Metallica moved, and was probably the best one of their early ... a guy called Lloyd Grant to do a solo at the end of hit the lights. Hit the Lights is the opening song on Kill "em All. After this, Metallica, Now with Cliff and Dave, made a cheap demo tape called No Life "Til...

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... music. The film and incredible score (performed by Joshua Bell) inspired my own playing; I took from it the importance of music in life, especially as the Red Violin passed to communist Shanghai where all things Western, including music, were banned. Xiang Pei receives the violin and is torn between her duty as a Party Official and her love for the instrument. Music ... only entertainment but a communication and an experience, and this film especially showed me the importance of playing with my heart and lending parts of myself and my emotions to the notes. Our immortal legacy is how we...

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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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... 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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... , by Rick Snow, change occurs throughout the entire pieces that enable the listener to keep from falling asleep. In Attitudes, it starts out slow and the notes do not overlap. It starts to quicken and the notes then overlap. The rhythm gets more stable but the speed seems varying. As the piece continues, the sound that sounds like a block being hit is ... cymbals. After, different tunes are played one right after the other and the box sound has a certain vibration sound to it. The drums are played almost throughout this part and notes from other instruments are heard here and there. In R...

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... , by Rick Snow, change occurs throughout the entire pieces that enable the listener to keep from falling asleep. In Attitudes, it starts out slow and the notes do not overlap. It starts to quicken and the notes then overlap. The rhythm gets more stable but the speed seems varying. As the piece continues, the sound that sounds like a block being hit is ... cymbals. After, different tunes are played one right after the other and the box sound has a certain vibration sound to it. The drums are played almost throughout this part and notes from other instruments are heard here and there. In R...

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... is music or sports, the excitement that we feel can be addictive and we can be pulled into an obsession to get our fix of excitement over and over again. Notes: The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Music: Impressions of Addiction It doesn't take a stretch of imagination to realize music's impact on our lives. There's ... is music or sports, the excitement that we feel can be addictive and we can be pulled into an obsession to get our fix of excitement over and over again. Notes: The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Music: Impressions of Addiction It doesn't...

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... . Back then no-one knew how to write out the music for the songs. Since no-one knew notation, neumes were created. They were square notes. They were only the general outline of the melody. Over time the neumes developed into notes on a four line staff. There were three types of music, Syllabic (one note for each syllable) Neumatic (groups of 2 or ... 4 notes for each syllable) and Melismatic (long groups of notes for each syllable). Melismatic is the type used in Gregorian chant. The Mass is the reenactment of the sacrifice of Christ. It is the most important service in the Roman ... ...

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... fundamental aspect of music. Sound with a definite pitch is called a tone. The pitch of the music creates moods in music, using very high or low notes or a mixture. In the Imperial March from Star Wars it changes from low to high pitch giving the effect of a different situation from Darth Vadar to ... instruments and sounds of different quality, smooth or bluntness to make a scene. For example the violin is often referred to as a calm instrument with pure notes of high quality, or good tone colour and is used in the imperial march as a "good side" backing. The same melody played by differ...

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... they are both religious pieces. As "Ding Dong" refers to the birth of Christ, "Gloria" refers to thanking him. In both songs, the presence of mezzoforte notes is displayed throughout the whole piece. Every other measure, each vocal section transitions from a mezzoforte to a forte, giving the piece a very distinct voice as if we are "singing angels ... relaxing if you will. The melody of "Ding Dong is much more recognizable than the one of "Gloria." The melody flows the notes in a normal way whereas the harmonies back it up by adding notes that don't compliment itself but the melody. Ano...

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... ;the Visitor" i.e the piano tuner through these descriptions we can also see that the tuner is very experienced as even though he is blind he can make out the notes just by touching the strings and knows how to correct them by either tightening or loosening the strings. Although in the beginning he is depicted as a frail weak man who ... form of a dream, here also we see how music can evoke response from even animals, the cat here. Another aspect observable here is the harmony of nature with music as notes of music or sound only enhance the things around them, while having a big impact a...

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... Du Fay (1397-1474). Binchois was noteworthy for his chansons and rondeau as well as using "hemiola" which is a term when there is a cross note of three quarter notes over a compound meter. Like Dunstable, Binchois also experimented with rhythm and used dotted figures and syncopation. Du Fay was the most important composer of his time as he was widely ... exemplified having a sense of humor while having an innate ability for music expression, and a genius for compositions for the stage such as opera. Purcell used suspended notes in his pieces and emphasized the suspended notes on the str...

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... one another as they exchange rhythm and interplay between melodies. The clarinet gives vibrant color to the sound of the music while the piano gives underlying harmony under the sharp notes of the clarinet. Even though the concert was titled "Clarinet Spectacular" on moments the clarinet would recede the piano kept the melody going for a short period of time ... play without the accompaniment of the clarinet. While doing this he would normally pick up in tempo. It is apparent this is not Baron's first rodeo. Eyes glued to the notes, hands hammering away on just about every key of the pi...

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... dampen her spirits. Often the lovers would secretly meet, but they would quickly separate as if they were committing a horrible crime. This affair went on for four years with many notes written to the other. "Someday my turn will come,"" wrote Schumann, "then you will see how much I love you!- Clara would reply, "I say to you again that my love knows ... the pitches A, E-flat, C, and B, or alternatively A-flat, C, and B) after a town to which Ernestine had departed. Another example is the Abegg Variations after another past girlfriend Abegg, which includes the musical notes A-B-E-G-G. H...

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... dampen her spirits. Often the lovers would secretly meet, but they would quickly separate as if they were committing a horrible crime. This affair went on for four years with many notes written to the other. "Someday my turn will come,"" wrote Schumann, "then you will see how much I love you!- Clara would reply, "I say to you again that my love knows ... the pitches A, E-flat, C, and B, or alternatively A-flat, C, and B) after a town to which Ernestine had departed. Another example is the Abegg Variations after another past girlfriend Abegg, which includes the musical notes A-B-E-G-G. H...

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Music-a way of expressing a thought or thoughts about something or someone in a certain melody. Music is something that can be enjoyable, relaxing, heart throbbing, and ext. So in a way music can "set" your mood. Well, if you can let music "set" your mood then what kind of music can affect your atti...

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... as but not limited to tempo, 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 of both of these bands ... the Pa...

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