... doll, or a magical trip through New York. Edward Kennedy Ellington was born on April 29, 1899 (Haskings 82). He was the son of J.E. and Daisy Ellington (Ellington Biography). J.E. was a butler in the White House (Haskings 82). Edward's life revolved around his friends. Growing up, Duke would always wear ... the nickname Duke'. While young, he started taking piano lessons, but these lessons dulled him. Mrs. Klingscale, Duke's music teacher, suggested to Daisy that it was perhaps a waste of money to pay for lessons that he had no interest in. Duke preferred music to ring, not be mechanic...

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... concepts you were studying. Studying music is a valuable tool that causes test scores to improve and memory-recall in general. This happens through the moving notes in the music. When you get to a question, and you remember what song you were listening to while you were studying, you could hum ... or think about the song, and the information would come back to you. The same has been proven for math and engineering. Zell Miller once said "'No one doubts that listening to music, especially at a very early age, affects the reasoning that underlies math, engineering, and chess.'& ... quot; (...

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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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... had the electronic instruments that Miles pioneered with earlier bands. "The Man With Horn" has some pretty tasty music. Al Foster remains from previous bands; Barry Finnerty on guitar, Marcus Miller offers up some fat bass playing, and Bill Evans (not the pianist of earlier fame) appears on soprano sax. Miles sounds well rested, a bit thin in tone at times perhaps ... . The end of the 1980s brought out "Tutu" and "Amandla" - the last studio albums by Miles to be considered here. These albums are dominated by the musical personality of Marcus Miller. The result: moody, synthesized orches...

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... contour is still used mainly in thematic growth though it is of les importance. In most cases Contrapuntal forms were deserted although they were heavily used for particular intention. Repeated notes invented by Monteverdi are adopted by Classical music from Baroque, which have a special meaning, in the early music (prior to 1600); they only appeared in onomatopoeia when the tone ... is divided into syllables. Many Classical symphony movements are composed over stereotypical repeated eighth notes in the basses, which results in a strong feeling of excitement and tension emanating from t...

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... , vocal training, self-assessment and experimental music-making. All they really needed to do was boost up their confidence by picking up a musical instrument and experimenting with the different musical notes it produces. In the modern generation, several musicians have accomplished their goals by following the same methodology. Additionally, the wonders of technology have provided access to an individual for excluding ... the ability to play the treble clef and the base clef by one performer at the same time, creating a melodious and pleasant set of notes. In early times, mastering the...

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... "[His] improvisation received a storm of applause.""14 Chopin could improvise on the piano, phrasing music and connecting chords together with undertones, which are soft notes that fill the chords. He learned how to play piano very well, even before writing music. That in part with his natural ability was the ... at a young age. He possessed a talent for simply playing music. He did not, however, learn how to phrase his music on his own. In notes to his pupils Chopin wrote, "Listen to great singers. From them you will learn how to phrase. Beautiful sound' is the secret.""18 Yes, Chopin .....

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... nothing ever seen or heard before. "These machines were based on simple analog electronics. They used electric voltages to create and control sounds. Higher voltages would make higher notes and lower voltages made lower notes. Several small companies began to make instruments, all based on the concept of control voltage (CV). Short electrical cables called patch cords would feed the control voltages ... and yards of patch cord in a pre-performance ritual that would take hours. Production continued in this fashion until "Oberheim company introduced the first commercial polyphonic (able t...

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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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... style and his ability to break musical boundaries."(Alsop) For example, Beethoven's late spring quartets, Opus 127 to 135, take on a new avant garde compositional style, including significantly more high notes. Musical Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop agrees that Beethoven's music took on a burst of creativity in his late period. Beethoven's "complete lack of self-censhorship may have ... slowly returned to his inner music world and earlier composition experiences."(CBC News) However, his early and middle periods used more low and middle frequency notes, compared...

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... sorts of meaning-making, the tensions and conflicts between them. (280) From this, the reader begins to understand that Frith defines "gestures- as the sounds a song makes; the music, the notes, the melody, and so on. "Utterances- are defined as words or lyrics of the song; they tell what a song is about. These words bring up the conflict of words versus ... create backup for them. A person's voice can be noted and scored, but each individual will stray away from the scored notes and make the music there own, their voice is a gesture, making-meaning through what they feel a song is abou...

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... " as a child (Seymour 68). His father, who was a butler for a prominent doctor, taught Ellington elegant manners, polished speech, and a care for his life as the middle class. From his mother, Daisy, Ellington received his spiritual side, which played a big factor later in his life. At an early age, Ellington wanted to be an artist; so like any other person interested in ... ...

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... that would lead the future for an extremely unique and talented individual who has since produced musical scores for at least 70 films. Some of these films include, Driving Miss Daisy, Crimson Tide, The Lion King, Mission Impossible 2, Hannibal, and Pearl Harbor. To get a better understanding at how someone like Hans Zimmer tackles a project such as Gladiator, I viewed his interview on ... ...

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... and a crescendo in dynamics. Right around the 2 minute mark this change in tempo is exactly what happens. The tempo becomes moderato while continuing to bounce around as the length of notes are being shortened and increased to add variety to the piece. Instrumentally during this part of the piece, every section is clearly heard. The score for this piece included flutes ... much more soothing and elegant. A complete change of feeling occurs and I can only imagine it being played as background music to someone's who has finally found a great something. Much longer notes are being played h...

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... jazz's basic principles, especially the primacy of the blues, but it was almost only a player's music. Most bop musicians had an unusual technique. They played long, dazzling phrases with many notes, difficult intervals, unexpected breaks, and unusual turns in melodic direction. On slower tunes, they had a good ear for small changes of harmony. Only really skilled musicians were able to play ... on them additional "substituted" chords. It also broke up the metronomic regularity of the drummer's rhythmic pulse and made solos played in double-time and having several bars with sixteenth no...

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... that are instilled in the minds of so many Americans from that period. Because of the major psychological effects that burdened these soldiers, 62,000 of them commit suicide (class notes). The catastrophic events in the Vietnam War and the distinctive behavior of activists both young and old convinced many Americans that the government fabricated ideas about the great American society ... listening of music. The most commonly used drugs were LSD, marijuana, and cocaine. Marijuana intensified sensory perception, allowed for the user to let go of emotions and suspend reality (class notes)...

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... about types of art and artist throughout history. I would also have to attend a weekly music class where my class would sing, learn to play different instruments, and learn about music notes. In middle school, I had to be in either choir or band or take an art class. In high school, all students were required to take 2 art type classes in order ... . Just think about how good a memory a musician has to have to be able to know how to play or sing tons of songs at once and not get all the notes and words confused. Knowing about art and the creative process is a very important part of a per...

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... the melody could be made faster or slower in relation to the other voices. In Dufay's Missa Se la face ay pale the tenor may consist of long, drawn out notes, and in other parts the tenor may be used in its normal note value. In the Kyrie, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei, the value of each note of the tenor is ... all the difference. Some criticized Dufay because they didn't see the purpose of this new method and described it as, "taking a fragment of a popular melody, drawing it out into long notes, using it as a canto fermo, over which tiresome and meaningless parts sung to the sacred words of...

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... Fear Factory, who have been molding Sci-Fi Metal since the early 1990's. Their most industrious work to date is their Obsolete album, which actually contained a novella in the liner notes, and the lyrics to the songs were parts of the story. Fear Factory vocalist Burton C. Bell wrote the entire story himself, and went into great detail. The first lines of ... order), and only some of the songs contain the science fiction feel that all of Fear Factory's works emanate. One thing that stands out is the artwork in the liner notes. The cover of the CD features a dog with three legs, and the ...

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... , 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 the standard 4/4, and remains for the rest of the song. The only other sound present is a synthesized swishing sound that ... lasts for about two beats. On the last downbeat of the intro the bass guitar comes in with a whole note, and continues to play whole notes through the bridge. The bridge between the intro and the ballad is one measure of piano t...

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... " congregated a variety of people and wishing them peace and love, and promoting free love, smoking dope, and once again hallucinating on LSD. Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Grateful Dead, the Steve Miller Band, and Janis Joplin were performers that exemplified the persona of the peace and love trend. Towards the beginning of the 1970's the heavy metal trend began to take place ... ...

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... have metaphoric themes that ring a bit too close to the tragedies. The list, containing music from almost every genre in popular music, includes Sugar Ray's "Fly," "Jet Airliner" by Steve Miller, Nine Inch Nails; "Head Like a Hole," AC/DC's "Shoot to Thrill" and "Highway to Hell," Pat Benatar's "Hit Me with Your Best Shot," "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas, Jerry ... ...

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... given a curriculum designed to reduce the use of television, movies, and video games. The intervention group was rated as having a significant decrease in observed aggressive physical behavior and verbal aggression (Miller, 2001). Media violence affects individuals by increasing aggressive and anti-social behavior, fear of becoming victims, desensitization to violence and victims of violence, and increase appetite for more violence in ... ...

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... to be in a regular rhythm, in comparison, blues was known to have steady strong pulses that were played in varying times to create an unpredictable performance. Instead of emphasizing different notes, blues performers would not play some beats. This is best illustrated by Robert Johnson's "Hell Hound on My Trail". Johnson utilizes this blues form to "[create] irregular ... ...

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