... pasted the portions to electronic note cards. The note cards helped to organize my information and saved valuable research time that I would have used to take notes my hand. After I finished searching the databases I moved on to the web. The web was more difficult because most information was either irrelevant or not accurate. The Internet frustrated me so after a couple of hours ... databases where as thorough as I was going to get. Even though I knew I was not going to find many books on rave culture I still went to the library to check out some general books on music. These books hel...

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... and immeasurable as its effects on European life. "For example, when the royal guard became the National Guard, its musicians found themselves unprovided for by the new statutes. After merging with the Royal School of Singing and Declamation, they became the faculty of a new 'free music school'" (Weiss and ... student where they would be required to know how to sight read and sing or play the scale in different keys. Individual assessments would be graded on the notes you sing or play correctly. In secondary school, the work is harder than would be in primary school. Students would ...

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... across the internet and made possible by peer-to-peer programs. These files can be anything: pictures, text, pornography, movies, etc. I will be focusing on music. The issue is whether or not music or file-sharing should be legalized. When I first tried Napster, I was absolutely amazed. With my family's ... of America) and related parties, Napster started deteriorating. Filters prevented certain artists from being listed in searches and if you had songs by certain artists on your computer, you would be banned. I once started up Napster only to be greeted with this message: "YOU HAVE BEE...

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... Roll" The book "The Art of Rock and Roll" by Charles T. Brown basically proposes methods for analyzing music and anyone who reads the books should be able to develop techniques for listening to music and making legitimate statements about it. It treats rock and roll as a serious art ... through 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 most ....

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