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    Lm89Jazz Jazz is a genre of music that originated in African American communities during the late 19th and early 20th century. It emerged in many parts of the United States in the form of independent popular musical styles‚ and it is linked with African American and European American music. Jazz since its birth have changed and faced with improvisations starting from ragtime till the modern style of the jazz. The birth of Jazz in the multicultural society of America has led intellectuals from around

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    shift our visual attention from one point to another and when you combine it with an auditory cue‚ that attention is synchronized with the cue as an expected effect (Miller et al.‚ 2013). During experiment 2 and 3 (Miller et al.‚ 2013) the idea of syncopation was seen‚ even if the auditory cues were not distorted in terms of pitch in-between tones‚ the experimenters did eliminate the final tone of the sequence and also change the distance of milliseconds in between tones and therefore create the distortion

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    It is very difficult to define jazz because it has so many varieties. Almost all jazz styles have improvisations and swing feeling. Improvisation means compose and perform at the same time. Four ingredients that help music swing are steady beat‚ syncopation‚ lilting quality‚ and rising and falling of the melodic line. Charles Mingus was a jazz bassist known for his composing and improvising. Dizzy Gillespie was a modern jazz trumpeter who devised a highly syncopated style of improvising. Jazz musicians

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    What shaped American Music? * People: conglomeration of cultures. The Elements of Popular Music * Harmonic Progression * Chords that are changing in harmony * Call and Respond * A musical phrase in which the first and often solo part is answered by a second and often ensemble part * Rhythm Four Basic Qualities of Musical Sound * Duration: how long or short * Intensity: how loud or soft * Pitch: how fast or slow the sound vibrates; how high or low *

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    9. Personification- Giving human traits to nonhuman things. Ex: “The engine coughed”. 10. Rhyme- The occurrence of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words. Ex: Bat‚ rat‚ fat‚ cat‚ mat‚ sat‚ etc. 11. Rhythm- The flow or syncopation of the sounds. Rhythm can be though of as the beat or what gives the words their movement. 12. Stanza- Two or more lines of poetry that form the divisions of a poem. You can think about this as a paragraph in poetry. If you are looking at song

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    Report 3 (Son Jarocho) The song I chose to listen to was Track 20‚ "El Sigusiri" performed by Conjunto Villa del Mar. The track composer is kept anonymous and the genre of this track is Son Jarocho. The Son Jarocho is native to the areas of southern Veracruz and parts of northern Oaxaca. The instrument that stood out to me on this track was the Jarana Jarocho‚ an 8 string rhythm instrument. It is an instrument used strictly for rhythm and is the most fundamental Jarocha instrument because it provides

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    similar in character. The forms of ragtime are derived from European marches and dances‚ its rhythms are rooted in African American folk music. Early jazz musicians often used ragtime melodies as a springboard for their improvisations. The syncopations‚ steady beat‚ and piano style of ragtime were and important legacy for jazz Blues: Blues refers both to a form of vocal and instrumental music and to a style of performance. Blues grew out of African American folk music‚ such as work

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    Maple Leaf Rag Analysis

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    The “Maple Leaf Rag” by Scott Joplin‚ is one of the most famous ragtime music known in modern times. The song is reminiscent of the last time I went to Disneyland‚ and is played commonly there by the pianists employed there having shows‚ which brings back good memories‚ therefore‚ making me biassed to say that it makes me feel happy and excited. Like ragtime is is known today‚ the tune is all solo piano‚ no vocals. The tune is upbeat and fast‚ and you can hear a lot of moving up and down the scale

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    quintessential example of ragtime piano‚ a genre of jazz that swept the country around the turn of the century. Perhaps the greatest composer of rag‚ Joplin incorporates the fundamental characteristics of ragtime his piece‚ specifically the technique of syncopation‚ a repeating left hand pattern and a catchy melody. While listening to the recording‚ the melody of "The Entertainer" caught my ear immediately‚ seemingly very familiar. Some of you may recognize the catchy tune of the song from the 1973 Oscar winning-film

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    CHAMBER RECITAL The first piece written by Lowell Liebermann‚ Sonata for Flute and Harp‚ Op. 56 was a vibrant piece music dealing mostly with chromaticism at its center. The harp slowly and gradually moves in a crescendo with an almost synonymous sound to a suspense movie. The flute on the other hand‚ acts as the amplifying instrument that amplifies the tension created by the harp. Similarly‚ David Kechley’s piece‚ Available Light: Midwinter Musings for Flute and Harp possesses almost the same

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