The National Hymn, also known as "God of Our Fathers”. This hymn was written in 1876 to help celebrate the 100th anniversary for the Declaration of Independence. Daniel C. Roberts wrote this well-known hymn. He was also a priest at the Protestant Episcopal Church and served in the American Civil War. The Metronome was not originally created by Maelzel, but he got it patented in 1815. This small device keeps a beat and makes a noise each time it passes the center. It helped may musicians and…
Elizabethan.” Collins believes it is difficult to write in this form and uses the next two lines to explain why. Line six and seven say “and insist that iambic bongos must be played/and rhymes positioned at the ends of lines,” iambic in line six refers to iambic rhythm which starts with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Bongos are drums that given rhythm and so the word is used to emphasize the strict rhythm in an Elizabethan sonnet. The line that follows adds support to…
The way the song is written plays a key importance of the message it sends out. It is a slow song, composed of drums, a piano playing both bass and treble tunes, the bongos, and an electric guitar. Charlie’s voice creates a sound in which it shows pain and sorrow. Charlie Puth has a distinctive voice, one in which has the ability to grasp the high and moderate octaves. As he sings, his voice…
other types of genres as well. The biggest and most noticeable aspect of Bachata, is its use of guitars. Bachata is even sometimes referred to as the “Music of Guitars”. The original setup for a Bachata group was two acoustic guitars, bongos, and maracas. The bongos and maracas play distinct Dominican patterns during the verses and choruses and keep a steady tempo for the group. The segunda guitar accentuates the chord changes while the requinto guitar plays melodies and interlocking triads…
1 What is the title of the song and the name of the composer(s) (if known)? Ka Tangi Te Kuri E by Dr. Pita Sharples 2 What is the song about? The song is about the different sounds or ‘cries’ that a variety of animals make. These animals are a dog, a cat, a bird, and a cow. It involves the sound that the animals make individually, and then listed off in order. As if the animals are singing together. Each animal begins with a description of the action and then the vocal accompaniment of its…
Jazz music represents the combination of many different cultures into to one, to form something soulful and full of rich history. The basis to all music- melody, harmony, tone and rhythm- are all complex and full of hidden meaning in jazz. There are many variations on jazz as well, each full of its own meaning and its own rich history. Jazz started in the 1800s by African-Americans in the south. Plantation worker made songs, spirituals, and field hollers part of everyday life. These people used…
“I see trees of green, red roses, too, I see them bloom, for me and you, and I think to myself, what a wonderful world.” These are lyrics from “What a Wonderful World” created by a mastermind of jazz named Louis Armstrong. There are many famous jazz composers, including Jelly Roll Morton, Buddy Bolden, and Miles Davis. Most people consider jazz being created in New Orleans, but its roots began from African rhythms. Freed African-American slaves helped create jazz at the end of the 19th century.…
The life expectancy in the South at the time was ten years less than in England; half of the people born in these colonies did not make it see their twentieth birthday. The deadly disease that swept through the colonies and the constant breaking up of families led to the high mortality rates and the quality of life being very poor at this time. Since African slaves were too expensive at the time, and England had a surplus of workers, these men came over to America to be indentured servants.…
many reasons to go to Disneyland Hong Kong! The park is divided into several lovely themed areas, each with some wonderful features and interesting statues and displays. Places like the enchanting Garden of Wonders and Adventureland, with its big bongo drums and mystical Liki Tikis, are great for taking some time out and exploring. And, did you know that the park was especially designed to incorporate local traditional and cultural elements as well to compliment the international Disney vibe?…
which sets them apart from everyone else. Their impact, whether it’s negative or positive, will have a huge impact and change the course of their art form. For the Latin community, this impact sometimes came with a invigorating piano introduction, a drum rhythm that hit you and hooked you from the start and kept you through out the song. This was the genius of “mambo king”, Tito Puente. Tito Puente, who’s referred to as the mambo king in Latin music, was a fusion of many styles…