Chord

When a person listens to the performance of an orchestra, they are not just hearing the richness of the cello, the frantic trills of the flute, or the low rumbles of the tuba, they are listening to a culture. Each player has the same beginning, a new sheet of music. Ultimately, it is up to the individual how they perceive and produce a score. They can copy how another player articulates a certain measure or how they slur a string of notes because there is no one way of playing. When each…

different personalities. They play different melodies and different voices in their song. The angry red plays heavy metal. The scared orange plays a fast piano song. The joyful yellow plays a pop song with love. The doubtful green plays a simple C chord on the guitar. The sulky blue plays a sad song about loss, The dream of purple plays sweet jazz with a cello in the background. These different colors swirl all in my head carrying different melodies and songs with them. Angier makes people…

The house seemed empty and was eerily quiet, but that all changed when the shy girl pressed the shiny, ivory keys and released the first chord. The exhilarating and energy flowed in her as she fiddled her fingers running up and down scales, and her hands jumping across the piano keyboard with joy. Her world was colorful instead of the dull, blandness it was before. Music was everything for me. I sang in my religious choir and played my many instruments. I always pretended I was a famous…

Samuel Barber, who is an American composer, born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. In a very young age, Barber was very fond of music, and demonstrated a certain musical talent. Barber wrote his first song at the age of seven and tried to write his first musical at the age of ten. At the age of twelve became an organist, and at the age of fourteen entered the Curtis Institute of Music learning piano, music and composer. When Barber was eighteen or so, he became a composer. At the same time met the…

This investigation will debate the following question: To what extent was the impact of WWI on classical music? The time periods that I will be looking at are between 1900-1930 to really see the differences in music composition before, during, and after the war. The first World War changed what classical music sounds and looks, with many composers dying in battle or left unwillingly scarred. Some pieces of music were composed with the emotions that composers captured from the war, while others…

Ethics Behind Embryonic Research Roger Wicker, the representative of Mississippi in the U.S. Senate, said, “The choice is not between conducting the stem cell research or not conducting it. That is not the choice”. The ethical and moral debate surrounding stem cell research is not the research itself; it is how these stem cells are acquired. There is little doubt within the scientific community that stem cell research will result in many medical breakthroughs, much like the discovery of…

1) Chapter 2 in our text (Lefrancois, 2012) describes Guthrie’s theories for breaking habits. One bad habit that I struggled with was relentlessly twirling my hair when writing a paper. After reading the text I decided I could use Guthrie’s method of incompatible stimuli to break my habit. This method involves the stimulus being presented in a situation where the bad habit cannot happen (Lefrancois, 2012). To do this I would write my papers with my hair tied up in a ponytail. Doing this allowed…

“I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.” - Susan B. Anthony One believes that the classic tale of prince charming saving the helpless damsel in distress is almost insulting to women — as if a women can’t save herself. Take the new Disney movie Brave for example, the protagonist female character is empowered, independent and saves herself and her mother without the help of any man. Basically,…

“Performance” from Grove Music Online states: “Music-making is a virtually universal human activity. At its most fundamental, it is a form of private biological necessity […]. At its most elevated, musical performance is public property.” Within the last 5 decades, the practice of historically informed performance (hereafter HIP) has instituted itself as one of the most important concepts for performance of early music. Problems faced by today’s performers are: what makes a “good performance?…

Music has brought out a creative aspect in myself I couldn’t have seen otherwise. The endless combination of chords, rhythms, and harmonies which could be turned into a masterpiece. Looking at any other concept in the same way I looked at music, I could see many more solutions than I could before, whether it be in math, English, or any other problem coming across…