... organized sound and is difficult to translate, the other elements are what make the sound organized and meaningful. Melody is an organized set of notes consisting of different pitches. It is basically the up and down motion of the lead singer. Rhythm is those beat of patterns that underlie ... that follow a consistent pattern. It will sometimes show us the emotional feel of a song. Harmony is the simultaneous sounding of two or more notes at the same time. It provides a texture for the total song. Lyrics are the words used in the song and usually tell us what ... . By this time there wer...

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... The documentary "Pros and Cons of Censorship points out, "Censorship denies access to vital information. Freedom of speech is compromised; it prevents the free flows of ideas (in which) works against creativity"(pg. 2). Constantly altering an artists song/work takes away from them and prevents them from expressing ... quot;Even small children know the difference between fiction and reality, and their attitudes and behavior are shaped more by their life circumstances than by the book, TV, (or the music they listen to)." The upbringing of adolescents is important and music plays a big role ...

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... 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 companies that sell water. We pay for TV when there is free programming. We buy books, when we borrow them for free at the library. Why would you pay for a song that you ... could get for free? For the same reason that you will buy a book that you could borrow from the public library or buy a DVD of a movie ... '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 so...

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... to portray or copy what they have seen, heard or read. It is difficult to censor without crossing the line of free speech, but in an environment where parental guidance is lacking and youth violence is increasing, control must be integrated. Book banning has been a familiar part of the educational landscape in the twentieth century, and even such literary masterpieces as Mark ... revolution has reflected society's own loss of innocence (Day 362). Changes in society resulted in more realistic literature being published and former literature patterns, designed to be uplifting and to free ...

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