Chord

Prolific multi-instrumentalist and composer, Elliott Sharp, has been abundantly inventive throughout his three-decade career to deserve our particular attention. His boundless musical universe encompasses completely different styles that include avant-garde jazz, experimental ensembles, free improvisation, noise rock, electronic, contemporary classical, and music for film and opera/theater. The 66-year-old Cleveland native studied several theoretical correlations on music and scientific…

When you hear an amazing singer with a great voice, you might ask yourself what the normal life span of such a voice might be, and whether proper training or certain techniques prevent vocal cords deteriorating with age, and if surgery or some sort of special gel could correct such problems Voice experts believe that one should think of singers as athletes, using muscles in what is, after all a very physical activity. Professional singer, as well as acting as voice instructor at the Minneapolis…

nose so many girls had on TV. I grew up very bitter, sorry to say. My mom once told me, “Sometimes, I can’t tell if you’re Vietnamese or American.” It was said in jest; she just didn’t understand why I didn’t like egg rolls, but it still struck a chord in me. As upset as I was, I couldn’t fault her for it because I had the same problem. I continue to have this problem. This constant rejection of my race and culture during my childhood has left me without a concrete identity and I feel, as Katy…

Hartford Civic Center collapsed on January 18th, 1978 when the weight of the 4.8 inches of snow proved to be too much for the structure to handle. The roof was supposed to be designed to withstand much larger load cases than this small amount of snow. Fortunately, no one was injured as the roof fell at 4 o’clock in the morning. There are several relevant parties involved in this case. The first is the architectural company, Vincent Kling & Associates. They were a well-known firm located on the…

voices to the contrasting women’s, making clashing harmonics that would otherwise sound horrific if the pieces had been written by anyone else. But Claude’s amazing use of sweeping crescendos and clashes make the works worth listening to. Debussy 's chord and harmony progressions often exploit dissonances without any formal resolution. Unlike in his earlier work, he no longer hides discords in lush harmonies and the forms are far more irregular and…

Music has always been a great way to voice out one’s thoughts in regards of worldwide events. Past and future musical artists seized the opportunity to use their musical abilities to reach out to their audiences―trying to get their listeners to support what they may believe is morally correct at the time. Thus, it is no surprise to hear of past artists like Joan Baez who used music to stand for what she, and many others believed, to be morally and politically correct. Joan Baez was born on…

When one examines the field of fine arts, he is unlikely to find a category as mysterious, captivating, and expressive as music. Given the greatly varied psychological and physiological effects music has on individuals, it is apparent that composers must utilize a variety of complex techniques to stimulate our myriad of senses. Most simply, perhaps, is the usage of musical patterns that match the lyrics of a piece. For an early example, in Weelkes’ madrigal As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill…

nut, which holds the strings in place, then over the fretboard. The fretboard is a crucial part of any string instrument. When the string is pressed on a fret, it produces a note. When the notes are played together you get chords and that is what makes up music. Then the chords go over the pickups. Pickups are really, really interesting. Pickups come in all varieties, shapes, sizes. First let's start off with what a pick is. A pickup in its simplest form is a copper coil that creates a magnetic…

and achieve their dreams, largely of which is purchasing a house of their own. Similarly, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers a speech on dreams on August 28, 1963. His famous I Have a Dream speech on the very steps of the Lincoln Memorial struck a chord in the hearts of millions and was largely the foundation of the Civil…

There was nothing Brooks did not discuss and his various anecdotes and book references made is hour-long presentation seem quite short. One theme woven throughout his seminar was the importance of relationships and his story of Cathy & David struck a chord with me. Cathy and David clearly were making a…