Music Academic Essays and Term Papers
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Controversial Music
Albums with explicit lyrics or content started having black and white parental advisories on them in 1994 (http://www.riaa.org/Parents-Advisory-4.cfm). Are these labels necessary? Is controversial music molding our society and causing teenagers to turn to drugs? Is censorship necessary to protect the youth of our nation. Generally, younger people are against censorship on this issue. Music is an outlet and even an anti-drug for many teens -- however, parents and society feel differently. Should parents censor
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Music Effecting Change
music effecting change Music is a powerful language which speaks to us, moves us, and fills us with emotion. In Sonny's Blues, the voice of Jazz mediates the relationship between two brothers. As the older brother's appreciation of music grows, he understands better the troubles in Sonny's life and as a result realizes the hardships which also fill his life. As more music enters the brother's life, the effects of Sonny's piano playing moves him
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Contemporary Music Analysis and Speculation
Nuova Consonanza - NC Berlino 1969 The piece begins with about 3 sounds occurring concurrently. I can identify a guitar or similar string instrument distinctly. I also hear a wind instrument drone. As the piece progresses, I hear random noises in the background. These begin with an object sliding down a wire, creating a downward scale effect. High pitched piano that is low in intensity is heard. Suddenly I hear a squeaky, high pitched sound
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Effects of Popular Music on Memorization Tasks
Effects of Popular Music on Memorization Tasks The purpose of this study was to find whether popular music would have a positive or negative effect on memory tasks. There are many different perspectives on how background music and noise affects performance. The current body of research reports mixed results with some studies reporting positive effects and some reporting negative effects of music on performance. Numerous studies have been conducted to test the Mozart effect. The
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Ethics in an Academic Environment - Plagiarism and the Internet
Ethics in an Academic Environment Plagiarism and the Internet The advance of technology has grown exponentially over the last several decades. It has touched almost everyone's life in one way or another. Many individuals are using online technology to perform online banking functions, engage in commerce or join social networking sites. The online world has not only increased the amount of information and misinformation that is shared, but has also increased the efficiency of completing
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What Is Music Copyright?
Music Copyright © What is a Copyright? Music Copyright is a very important aspect of the music industry. The Copyright law was established to preserve the creativity and rights of authors, composers, performers of expression. Copyright is the law that protects the property rights of the creator of an original work in a fixed tangible medium. (http://askjeeves.com/copyright/html) A fixed tangible medium is something substantial like copying lyrics on paper or putting a song on
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The Influence of Gospel Music
Gospel music has been around for a hundred of years. Gospel music is highly emotional evangelical vocal music that originated among African American Christians in the southern United States and was a strong influence in the development of soul music. (Gospel Music) Gospel music quite evolved from the songs slaves sang on plantations notably work songs, and from the Protestant hymns they sang in church. However in the 19th century, spiritual hymns transfer into gospel
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Empathy of Music
Empathy project ~ Reflect on the project you have chosen completed. Has your perception been altered in anyway? Was it easy to be empathetic? Consider issues in your term project relationship that would benefit from the use of empathy. Use your empathy building skills. What are you the results? Use specific examples. The event, which I attended, was called "Music-a-la-Carte" with the presentation, being the four handed piano. I had no idea as to what
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Rock Music
Rock is a popular form of music that has evolved over the past couple of decades starting in the 1950s until present day. Rock music has been know to be used as a form of expression over the years. Despite its sometimes negative and defiant lyrics, rock is a form of art that allows one to release his/her feelings through singing in an expressive tone. I personally don’t see problem with people expressing their emotions
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Music Does Have an Effect on Peoples Moods, Emotions & Actions
Music does have an Effect on Peoples Moods, Emotions & Actions Music has an exceptional way of transcending feelings, emotions, and information across the world. It is a beautiful, yet powerful force is composed of feeling, abundance, and raw emotion and influences our way of dress, our dialect and even our own moral fiber. It can be as simple as the beat created by walking on the planks of a deck, or as intricate
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Music
Adachi, Mayumi & Trehub, Sandra E. (1998). Children's expression of emotion in song. Psychology of Music, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 133-153. Behrens, Gene Ann & Green, Samuel B. (1993). The ability to identify emotional content of solo improvisations performed vocally and on three different instruments. Psychology of Music, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 20-33. Bever, Thomas (1988). A cognitive theory of emotion and aesthetics in music. Psychomusicology, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 165-. Bouhuys,
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Expose the Noise: Music Through Time
Music Expose the Noise: Music Through Time Rock and Roll has been apart of peoples lives for an extremely long time; classic rock, modern rock and hard rock can be classified by development of their lyrics over time. There lyrics are similar but very different in there own way. With Classic rock having one tone and Modern with another and Hard rock with a completely different sound all evolved from the same background. Beginning with
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Rap Music
The cultural majority in America is up in arms over the rising levels of violence and horrific images that have seeped into popular entertainment. Movies, television, and music have always been controversial, but even they can cross the line between poor taste and immorality. Entertainment corporations and record labels don't even blink, when told of the excessive torture or satanic lyrics found in material. Producers and directors continue to push the envelop on what
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The Wall - the Musical Film
Is there Anybody in There? In the musical film, The Wall, Roger Waters and Pink Floyd portray the protagonist, Pink, as a man who is delving into the realm of insanity. Over the course of the movie, Pink slowly spirals downward and becomes more paranoid and schizophrenic. His hallucinations increase in both quantity and horror. However, Pink’s fall into total insanity is mirrored by that of Chief Bromden in Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the
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The Impact of Music Piracy
The Impact of Music Piracy According to the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) the record industry loses $4.3 billion dollars, worldwide, due to music piracy (RIAA, 2003). The American Federation of Artists claims that on-line music piracy has caused some record store sales to drop by 20% and that 20.6 billion illegal downloads occur every month (AFM, 2004). Many experts believe that music piracy is currently the number one threat to the music industry. RIAA
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Online Music Piracy
Online Piracy Online piracy has continued to grow in this digital age. You’ll find a large majority of homes equipped with a computer and access to the outside internet. This is for the most part harmless for the average user, but as technology continues to pave the way, a greater ease of access to content is available to anyone who chooses to pursue it. Among this available content is illegal distributions of music, movies, games,
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Problems with Illegal Music Downloading
Problems With Illegal Music Downloading In May of 2003 Kazaa had become the most downloaded software in the world with 230 million copies downloaded worldwide (Basen N.P.). So that is at least 230 million potential customers who are not paying for a lot of the music they are listening to. Downloading music for free is illegal and the current punishments are not doing enough to stop all of the downloaders. On June 31st 1999 the
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A View on Censorship in Music and the Government
A View On Censorship In Music and The Government A View on Censorship in Music and the Government The censorship of music and other forms of entertainment by the government have long been the topic of discussion among social and political circles. Some forms of censorship such as warning labels for parents can be helpful. However the censorship of music is just not right, and the government has no right to do so. All too
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Traditional Vs International Music
Music is one thing , in this world , which nobody hates. A person may not like to hear music always, but he will definitely not hate music. This is the reason, there are many different types of music in the world today. Music can be played in many ways, one can play with strings, sticks, or just a humming. In olden days music has a very good medicinal importance. A pregnant woman , who
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Music Review
Nerva and Robenson Altino, better known as the Altino brothers, are two virtuoso pianists who have taken the world by storm with their combination of style and technique on the piano. On February 16, 2008, the Altino Brothers graced Oakwood University by performing live in music concert series. The duo pianists played a wide variety of songs, ranging from J.S. Bach and Richard Wagner to I. Tchaikovsky and Sergei Rachmaninoff. While all of the piano
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Itunes and the Digital Music Industry
iTunes and The Digital Music Industry On April 28, 2003 Apple revolutionized the music industry by creating the iTunes Music Store. For the first time consumers were able to purchase digital music that was immediately ready for download onto their iPod mp3 players. However, since the start songs downloaded from iTunes have protected by a digital rights management (DRM) scheme known as fair play. Soon after Apple opened their store several other companies opened
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History of Country Music
When I was a young boy my Grandfather always liked to tell the tale of how he was wounded during the extraordinary battle that killed the great Roland. My grandfather was a brave knight that held all the qualities a knight was supposed to possess. He was a chivalrous, brave, strong knight that feared nothing. He had never been beaten in battle, and I suppose he never was. That is for you to decide. My
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Making Sense of Dance Music
Name: Helena Gerritsen Student ID: 04030453 Course: MA Mass Communication Module: Researching Communications Code: CMP014N Tutor: Dr Thomas Giagkoglou Date: 23th of January 2006 Words: +/- 3000 Abstract Dance is a cultural and musical phenomenon that has gained a significant meaning in this century. Dance has earned his relevance through clubs, dance events, hit parade, radio, TV, singles and most important in the hearts of millions of people who possess youth spirit. Obviously dance
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The Great Debate: Are Private Schools Really Academically Better Than Public Schools?
The Great Debate: Are Private Schools Really Academically Better Than Public Schools? Introduction Education is a major topic of controversy in this country. People often wonder if private school is worth the money it costs and if public schools have what it takes to produce well educated, disciplined young adults. There comes a time in every parents life when they must decide what is best for their child and what school will prepare them
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Sounds of Music
Sounds of Music In music there are a variety of instruments that display the color of harmonies, when they are played in an orchestra or a band. The ranges of their sounds spans from the lowest pitch of a contrabass to the highest pitch of a piccolo. Moreover their classification derives by the group or section to which they belong. The classification of instruments in music is divided into three broad classes or families which
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