... age or even before birth could affect a child in their teens or even into adulthood depending on the circumstances. This is especially apparent with music. Music can have amazingly beneficial effects on the brain. In children it can improve memory, reasoning skills, and be used as a tool to help ... . This is especially apparent in the compositions of Mozart and Baroque. This is significant because, "This kind of classical style of music can activate different left and right brain activities at the same time" (O'Donnel 1). This action of both sides of the brain ... being activated make...

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... the Baroque period through the 20th Century period. Each of these different musical periods has its own distinctive style and sound that was shaped and influenced by the style of music that was popular during the period before. The most important factor that influenced how each period developed its characteristic, however, were certain composers who truly sculpted the style of ... Composers started to be employed by members of the aristocratic court instead of the church and instead of writing pieces that were somber, serious, and spiritually introspective, composers began writing music ...

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... America. In America, they are making it clear that they have a sense of power in the world when it comes to this style of music. Jazz music originated in New Orleans in the nineteenth century.2 Slaves around the time all met in an area called the "Congo Square," known today ... as Louis Armstrong Park where they danced publically simply to enjoy themselves. After research on the documents in the history of African-American music, sketches have shown these people playing percussion instruments with string as well.3 There are many unanswered questions to how it started there, but architect...

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... allows the mind/ body as a whole to feel safe, soothed and energized" (Campbell 194). When kids play jazz, they open up a whole new level of energy. The music allows a student to feel comfortable in the classroom, and soothes the mind while keeping students relaxed and working efficiently. Jazz therefore encourages organization and focus. Within an uncomfortable, "chaotic ... deductive reasoning caused by the Mozart Effect, not only improves math, but problem solving in any subject, giving students a far more innovative approach to their work. Jazz, like classical music improves critica...

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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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... 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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... first hand basis in some of my college courses. I have learned diversity is important and essential for cognitive skills, especially with teens and young children. Introduction to different styles of music can produce new ideas and even integrate new experiences with traditional thought processing. As the teens grow and develop and their ability to make decisions increases, certain precautions should be ... , but that is exactly what concerns famous author and specialist of cognitive thinking Priscilla Vail. "I am particularly worried about the kids who conform to the listening patterns ...

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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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... those who give their voice melody. It further accumulates within Toni Morrison's poetical style, symbolising the repression of slaves, but paradoxically, symbolising their own livelihood and freedom. Music is displayed as an essential commodity to the text; through the omnipresent narrator's rhythm that provides continuity to the mellifluous rhetoric, but also through the characters" own tribulations. ... is a disorder of the linear narrative, presenting a narrative of fractured individual perspectives, all inexplicably linked through the "black community" and the desire for individuali...

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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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... that blues became popular in the south (1890s), African Americans had mastered the piano. As a result, African Americans began to interpret and play classical music with "ragged or syncopated rhythms" (Shipton 33); with this, "Ragtime," was born. Ragtime became nationally popular fast because black pianist first really ... the 1920s, Ragtime had branched off into two styles, classical Rag and Jazz. Jazz was a more energetic and upbeat form of Ragtime music; it was a music that anyone and everyone danced to. Jazz made its way from "New Orleans and worked its way up the River [Mississippi]...

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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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... had declared himself a "voluntary Negro" by the 1920's. This movement influenced the hipsters of the 1940's and the beats of the 1950's. The article presents an examination of the blues music of musician B. B. King in terms of how King reflected race relations and racial politics in the U.S. in the 1960's, a period when King became a commercially successful popular musician rather than ... a respected musician in a niche genre of popular music. This commercial success is attributed to a new popularity of King among white music fans. Statements from King's autobiography discussing a 1968...

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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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... Coltrane did indeed find work as a laborer in a sugar-refining factory. A couple of months later he enrolled in the Ornstein School of Music on 19th and Spruce Streets. In Philadelphia John Coltrane could hear a lot of the blues and jazz which weren't often broadcast in the South ... historians as alegendary gig?. He eventually rejoined Miles, by January1958. From this point on, his tenor work displayed amazing fire and invention. His music used basic jazz as a starting point, incorporated Eastern ideas and free-jazz tendencies which included multiple or lengthy soloing with boundless ene...

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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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... a "legendary gig."" He eventually rejoined Miles, by January 1958. From this point on, his tenor work displayed amazing fire and invention. His music used basic jazz as a starting point, incorporated Eastern ideas and free-jazz tendencies which included multiple or lengthy soloing with boundless energy. With Miles ... is the same piece might be unrecognizable when he played it month later. The best way to understand Coltrane is to listen to his music. Coltrane broke the jazz sound barrier with his restless experimentation and improvisations, his flamboyant free style of playing drove man...

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