The first song was called Joy Ride. It started of very strong with crashing cymbals and a loud drum. It was very powerful and had really good harmony all together. The second song was called Regrets and Resolutions. It started off very peaceful and quiet with flutes and clarinets.…
I chose to write about Frank Lloyd Wright’s house, Falling Water. At my funeral, I want people to know that I chose this piece of art because it was how I wanted to live my life. Sturdy and firm but lost in a forest of life and nature. The architecture of the house represents the different changes in my life and how the light that shines through the house, tells a story about no matter which way I turned or how bad it was, there was always a way to see through it. The water that rushes underneath represents how I had tranquility with my life as well as almost disconnecting to the outside world.…
On the surface, one might not think that the great Italian opera La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi and the acclaimed indie group Dinosaur Jr. have much in common. One concert, for instance, took place in an intimate performing arts center to an attentive and quietly reverent audience while the other in a loud, rough-and-tumble rock venue to a lively and informal audience. Indeed, there may appear to be no similarities between the effortlessly skilled classical stylings of the UNT College of Music and the deliberately ramshackle indie sound of Dinosaur Jr. However, with these two concerts, we see Christopher Small’s concept of “musicking” in full effect and, critically, two different forms of the same musical elitism.…
Discussed the relations between sound and image in horror films. • “Music in a horror film, …participates crucially in the creation of the film’s meaning, and so close attention to the score with both the eye and the ear will generate readings of the film that do not emerge when considering only the visual and cinematographic.” (Lerner, 2010) • “I argued …that films could not be adequately understood without consideration of the relations between sound and images. ”(Johnson, 1989) • “…Although we may not be allowed to witness the penetration of the knife itself, we can hear it. This rupture of illusion comes from the music itself. ”…
There are many things in the world that hold a significant value, such as music. Music allows people to relate to a song by studying the elements it possesses, which creates a certain feeling that corresponds with the song and mood of the listener, therefore, making the song have a significant value. Most songs that have a significant meaning are written on a personal level by the artist. For example, the song “Wide Open Spaces” was written by Susan gibson who used her own personal experience of going off to college at the University of Montana. The song was later recorded by the The Dixie Chicks, and added country elements on the instrumental side of the song.…
It makes me think in different ways. It makes me learn new things. While Salvador Dali’s art is a whole different caliber compared to mine, I still strive to be as symbolic as him in my work. Strange. Soulful.…
Making a Musical Romance It’s an all too familiar trope in the film musical genre: the perfect couple locks eyes across the room. The piano strikes up. The happy couple sings in perfect harmony.…
The way the setting is described in “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” creates a foreboding mood and reflects a character’s feelings through the mood by using vivid sensory details. The setting works to create a foreboding mood throughout “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by using vivid sensory details. An example of this is when the author says, “Greg had noticed that the door, once boarded over, had been slightly ajar . . . He reached the house just as another flash of lightning changed the night to day for an instant, then returned the graffiti-scarred building to the grim shadows.”…
In Unit One of Kristine Forney, Andrew Dell’Antonio and Joseph Machlis’ book, The Enjoyment of Music, we discuss a ton of different things. In the beginning of unit one, the authors write about melody, rhythm and meter, harmony, and the organization of musical sounds. Near the end of the unit the authors begin to write about musical texture, music styles, and music functions. The last topic discussed in unit one is sacred music in the middle ages. This unit provides us with insight on the basics of music and gives us a brief history on music during the middle ages.…
As we learned from the previous assignment, Alvin Lucier is a composer of experimental music. This work August Moon is consisted of three instruments, which are horn, piano, and a string instrument that might be a cello. Entire music is composed of the similar patterns of playing. Piano, horn, and cello are playing as a trio every seven seconds. During the duration of the music, which is about fifteen minutes, the similar playing is repeated and each instruments paly their own role.…
Tone revolves around the expression of characters and situations, while mood has to do with the general atmosphere the author is creating. Tone is dependent on the context, for example: the phrase “great job” can be sarcastic or genuine. Mood is the emotion the reader feels while reading, such as joy, peace, anger, and anticipation.…
The static created by my ancient car stereo couldn’t be masked by the peppy top 40 song that was wheezily, albeit determinedly, asking me if I ever felt “like a plastic bag.” Though it wasn’t my usual groove I couldn’t help but get swept along in the raspy yet catchy tune, and belted out a verse. The steady tapping of rain against my windows created a peaceful backup to my one man show, and painted a beautiful mirage on my windshield that was swept away every few seconds, only to be replaced just as quickly by a brand new raindrop masterpiece.…
Goodman proposes the idea to “go back to your library, your forest, your newspapers, your family, your day job, your photos, your music, your maps and jottings of old dreams” to find your inspiration (2). I find this to be helpful when I am having trouble getting all of my ideas out of my head and into a story. My place is anywhere outside in the sun. I get into what Goodman calls a trance and my ideas come to me easily. I also love to go to an art museum where inspiring art surrounds me, and it is quiet.…
Poetry Assignment – Critical Analysis Stress, Rhythm and Metre When poems have a detectable stress pattern and rhythm, it forms a metre. An example of this would be a poem with ten syllables on each line, where five of which are stressed, and five are unstressed. This would make the metre pentameter, which often consists of five-stress duplets. Carol Ann Duffy’s Shakespearean sonnet, Rapture, is a good example of a poem with an organised, detectable rhythm, which forms a metre. Most lines appear to have five-stress duplets, as shown in line eleven: “from earth to heaven after rain.…
Music is said to be the “universal language of mankind;” it reaches across cultural and language barriers in a way that cannot be done with ordinary languages such as English or Spanish. Music impacts people on personal and social levels. On a personal level music can improve one 's emotions and health. This can facilitate social impacts such as bringing unity and understanding to other people’s emotions. The vitally important impacts that music has on people can occur through listening to music, singing or even playing an instrument.…