... communities. Spirituals were somewhat of a passage way for blues. Blues followed blacks to urban societies as spirituals followed the slaves onto the plantations. The differences between these types of music were that spirituals were collective, whereas an individual sang blues. Blues attributed to the evolution of black society toward individualism after the collective society of slavery. Blues became know as ... the music of the black working class. It was a way for African Americans to express the modern problems of economics, social errors, and poverty and power struggles they faced...

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... Italian society. This movement can be contributed with the help of technology, musical influence from America and the ascent of the combined singer and songwriter. The beginnings of Italian folk music echo the sounds of the Balkans, Eastern Europe, North Africa and so forth. All these cultural influences have gathered and meet in Italy, "the cultural crossroads of the Mediterranean ... performers called Cantacronche ("New Singers") was formed in Turin"(Baranski 330). This association marked the beginning of the canzone d"autore, art pop song. Then in the 1960's, a modern urban music move...

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... advance in worldwide transportation and communication and with increasingly mobile societies, it seems not only appropriate but also necessary to develop a global perspective of music. A global perspective of music is a sense of the lifestyles, traditions, values and the music of several nations and cultures throughout the world. An awareness of the diversity within our national boundaries that has contributed significantly and beneficially to ... It can have universal appeal; may be remembered through decades, generations, and perhaps centuries; and has a degree of substance that challe...

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... to some where they would rather be, but is it ever recognized where that beat and rhythm come from? Well it's not a very common answer. Music gets its origin from many different places one of which is Europe because that's where many of American's migrated from. But the fact is that because ... Mississippi Fred McDowell helped to create a unique and powerful sound that is still popular today." (Lee) Widely recognized as the "Father of Rock and Roll", Blues music is one of America's great contributions to the world. "It was created in the days of slavery in America, when a black person wa...

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... in worldwide transportation and communication and with increasingly mobile societies, it seems not only appropriate but also necessary to develop a global perspective of music. A global perspective of music is a sense of the lifestyles, traditions, values and the music of several nations and cultures throughout the world. An awareness of the diversity within our national boundaries that has contributed significantly and beneficially to ... It can have universal appeal; may be remembered through decades, generations, and perhaps centuries; and has a degree of substance that challenges th...

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... peak, or emotional point in a song. The rhythms of his songs were consistent, not straying to far from a 4/4 time. His interest of travel and adventure was greatly reflected in his music, as different genres could be heard blended together into the songs preformed. Ron Hynes, like Ian, had a very simple instrumentation during his performance. While Ian switched to several instruments, Ron ... the first nations within Canadian folk, as well as from the continents whose people shaped the country itself. Strands of traditional African, Asian, and most recognizable European music can be hea...

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... communities. Spirituals were somewhat of a passage way for blues. Blues followed blacks to urban societies as spirituals followed the slaves onto the plantations. The differences between these types of music were that spirituals were collective, whereas an individual sang blues. Blues attributed to the evolution of black society toward individualism after the collective society of slavery. Blues became know as ... the music of the black working class. It was a way for African Americans to express the modern problems of economics, social errors, and poverty and power struggles they faced...

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... sounds of their ancestors as they came ashore to this country. Polyrhythms and work songs were parts of their heritage. As slaves labored in the fields, the music became a way of adapting to a new language, a new religion and a new, but difficult way of life. Often times the songs were a means ... (the father of the blues), Ma Rainey, and Bessie Smith just to name a few of the early pioneers. Another style of music that has the black influence is gospel music. Gospel music had its origin in the South. It developed in the African American Baptist churches during the 1930's. By the 1940's...

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... it was common, it also had dances involved and social gathers and had complex call-and-response patterns. The film also documented instrumental music where you can see the drum or the flute; It also featured mbaqanga which is a famous South African dance combined with traditional elements ... of chanting and drumming and the film also featured a lot of maskanda also known as Zulu folk music. It also featured snapping which I really enjoyed; very creative it reminded me of Jackson five's vocal choirs. This film showed and also defended ... his real life experiences, his daily happiness a...

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... had different forms of the ways it rhymes, those being: Perfect rhyme, alliteration, multi-syllable, and assonance to name a few. In most recent songs, rap music had developed and changed from a "thug" trend to a party and materialism type of genre. Rock, on the other hand, can be argued to ... genres speak of different topics in their song. On the stereotypical side of these genres, Rock has been portrayed as a "white" genre of music while Rap has been portrayed as a "black" genre because of the fan base and races of artists of both genres. I totally disagree with ... "black" genre. Sp...

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... found new ways to make their musical ideas represent people, things, and dramatic situations as well as emotional states and even philosophical ideas. The music of the 20th century was not only there to entertain the people but it was used to influence the listeners; the artist had a goal to ... pictures of colorful images of cowboy's on horseback riding into town. This was evident in his "Billy the Kid" composition. Copland's works has affected music in many way which he has received numerous awards. A breakthrough in American jazz was when composer and classical musician collaborate wi...

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... because it provide young high school, and college students the information and resources needed to be an effective teacher. There are over three hundred and fifty National Associations for Music Educators on a collegiate level. MENC in the United States. And the CMENC also is a huge resource for college students to work on their networking, and building up very ... national association. There are over one thousand members of the organization teaching in private schools, public schools, colleges and universities. CAMPT offers variety of music programs for all fields of music. The last an...

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... brand clothes such as Tommy, Timberland, Echo, or Polo Jeans. This type of person may also use slang words such as "yo" or "ya buggin." Music has aided to a new kind of personality that has never existed. Some dislike this form of self expression and would rather go for something less "ghetto" ... and listen to a form of Rock. Another category, Rock, has a different style then Rap. This form of music is more based in the use of the guitar. A Rock fan tends to like the style and unique sound that either an electric guitar or acoustic guitar ... Rock fans express themselves the way they w...

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... trained voices that could fill large halls. The ability of radio broadcasting to reach rural communities aided the dissemination of new styles, notably country music, and to a lesser extent blues. By the 1950s, the migration of Amer. blacks to cities in the North had resulted in the ... internationally influential. Rock quickly attracted the allegiance of Western teenagers, who, with new disposable incomes, replaced young adults as the chief audience for popular music. From the late 1960s black pop gained a huge white audience. The history of pop through the 1990s was basically that of ...

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... in the Southern American states, to their situation , their sorrows and oppression, their hopes and aspirations. It is distinguished from all other genres of music by it's characteristic rhythms, close harmonies and distinctive melodies, and the involvement of improvisation. The tone of jazz is low, and it revolves heavily ... other very easily, however, jazz composers have knowledgeable control over the overlapping notes that are used in a piece in order to give the music it's unique quality. We can say that the white men running this "Battle Royal- are the composers. They have full c...

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... for example, the top 40, they may need to listen to it a few times before judging whether they like it or not. This type of music is, on the whole, easy to listen to and appreciate. It can also, especially with teenagers, play an important social role, for example, when ... problem an "uninitiated" listener encounters is that he has to learn to "listen" to the music. In general, in mainstream commercial pop music, an artist tries to earn as much money as possible by writing music in a certain manner and style which is fashionable, and which the top 40 listener can quickly ... appreciat...

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... composer. Something that I find truly fascinating about this style is that it leaves a lot up to the composer's imagination. It opens up a whole new world of innovation and exploration in music; each composer has a different and unique sound. For example, Morton Feldman was a revolutionary composer in this style. He was a friend and colleague of John Cage, a composer of very eccentric &tilde ... was greatly inspired by abstract impressionistic paintings and wrote incredibly long pieces. Another well-known composer is Conlon Nancarrow. There is not much to say about Nancarrow except that...

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... scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. -Blues: is the name given to a music genre that originated in African-American around the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts. -Call-and-Response: is a ... in two parts) or compound (dividing in three parts). A 5/8 time signature, for example. -Key: the felt harmonic( and melodic) home base of a piece or section of music. A key is represented in a chord progression by that chord which feels like a resting place. -Measure: a gro...

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... of different civilizations and generations. Songs are generally divided into 3 categories: classical, popular and folk. The word song is divided into two categories; music which is the common ground between all songs and rendition which refers to the performance of the song. A song is not simply composed of ... is the enjoyment of its listeners and the factors that contributed to make the listener like the song. American history is greatly reflected in music that started since the arrival of Europeans and Africans. The first American popular song tradition was the minstrel show, with son...

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... down a bit in the early 60's and Rock Steady emerged. With Rock steady the drums became less prominent and there was a heavier bass tune, and the music was a bit slower and more laid back. REGGAE By 1969 the new, enduring sound of reggae had established itself. Reggae is a combination of traditional African Rhythm ... and cultural beliefs, Rastas share the belief that Africa is their homeland, and that through repatriation they will escape to Western Babylon. Reggae music brought us the worlds first 3rd world music star, Bob Marley who is the lead singer of a group called Bob Marley and t...

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... United States alone, are racked next to field recordings of Thai hill tribes". According to the definition supposedly used, "world music" consists of the vast majority of music in the world, both in terms of production volume and the various types of music, as opposed to an obscure branch of miscellaneous sounds largely ignored by western consumers. To restrict your listening to English ... of the article, with the author making a strong and impassioned argument that we, as westerners, are allowing our ignorance and fear of the unknown to distort our attitudes towards any music that may...

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... a thorough description of each. The first genre, and probably most well known, is Rock & Pop. Most of a record company's income would come from this genre. Rock is a form of dance music originating around the 1950's, and is a blend of rhythm and blues with country and western. Electric guitars, vocals, an electric bass and a drum set consisting of a snare drum, a bass drum ... 's Punk Rock, Heavy Metal, Death Metal, Surf Rock, etc. Pop usually appeals to younger people due to its" catchy and simple music, but it plays quite the significant role in today's culture. Next is Opera music. Op...

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... Particularly Louisiana. Blacks, whites, men and women of all ages and backgrounds came together and created a new, more artsy form of music that is known as jazz. What makes jazz music so special is that it is one of a kind and that it is unpredictable. People would just get together and play their instruments ... Slaves would sing and doo-wop on their plantations to help pass the time. Many believe that this was also partly responsible for the birth of Jazz music. Throughout the jazz era, slavery was in full gear in the south. Within a few years, the civil war broke out. Jazz was not on...

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... Finally, instead of thinking of them as isolated changes, I worked out a system upon which traditional theory is based and I gradually began to understand how the music was put together" (Jazz Journal, March 1985). In 1946 at the age of seventeen Evans began a four-year undergraduate course at Southeastern Louisiana College (SLC) ... impasse while the small-group jump bands and R&B units took over the "race" charts. Evans dropped out of Fields band not because of dissatisfaction with the music or his role within it, but because he was called to service. "It looks as if I better brush up o...

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... their CD players with them everywhere, and move to the rhythm of their favorite music, in the streets, the subway and sometimes even in class. Music influences people's clothing, hair and appearance in general. The different genres of music divide people into categories. In several societies, people who prefer classical music are considered as mature, serious and cultured as opposed to people who listen ... people but also to places. For example, there is a certain kind of music that can be called elevator music. The music generally played on the elevator it is not of a distinct genre. ...

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