Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

of standard language grammar for presentation and sound. Most often Prose takes advantage of standard rules in order to phrase in consistent ways and increase comprehension about works of words in general. Poetry ignores all of these rules and established norms so that the poet connects emotionally with the the reader, doing what they will with words with no holds barred. Originally poetry was preformed and spoken to song or to background music. Many ballads or epic could be classified in…

Many people tend to listen to music, but they do not know its simple meaning or the musical works entailed. Merriam Webster defines music as either an art or a science that has ordered tones and sounds that are arranged in a particular succession, combination and a temporal relationship so that the composition can have a unity that has a meaning. Music has emerged through various periods with each successive period having a unique style of music and influences. An example of a musical period is…

string musical instrument which is very popular; it has between 4 and 18 strings. It makes sounds through acoustic means for an acoustic guitar or electrical amplification for an electric guitar. It is played through strumming the strings with the right hand while the left hand presses against the frets. The traditional guitar is constructed from wood and strung with either gut or nylon strings while the modern guitar started from the gittern, vihuela, the four-course renaissance and the…

ways, and it is still stirring the world today. After a devastating war that shook the world, many things changed. The world would never be the same after this dramatic occurrence. The geography of Europe would never be the same as it was before. Countries and great empires were broken. Art would never be the same either. There would be conflicts that are still going on today, and people that are still holding grudges. World War 1 was one of the biggest conflicts to take place in our history,…

culture and industry rise, especially in terms of music. As Mark James Russell wrote in his book Pop Goes Korea: “Koreans have long been known as singers and lovers of music, as visiting envoys from China pointed out over 1500 years ago. There were several music traditions in the Joseon dynasty [of 1392 to 1897]. The most famous, the long song-story pansori, grew from the shaman culture of Korea’s southwest. In addition, farmers’ music, courtly music, and many other forms existed. The…

mainly includes a collaboration of Jazz music with one or more musical genres. Other musical genres which are combined with Jazz include funk, rock, rhythm and blues, and Latin Jazz. Fusion Jazz started to develop in the late 1960’s and this was an era when a huge number of jazz musicians experimented with creating new sounds with electric instruments. The origins of fusion jazz are known to be jazz, rock, bebop, blues, funk, and 20th century classical music. Primary instruments used in fusion…

The Music in our Minds Have you ever wondered how the music that we hear on a daily basis is interpreted in our minds? Music can be a very effective tool to the human brain. Unlike other sensory activities, music has a precise way of maneuvering its way into our minds. By studying the control of pitch intervals and instruments involved in a musical arrangement, neurologists are continuing to study how music may interact with the brain. Music highlights a part of the brain that is very…

The word Akasha is a Sanskrit word that has been used in modern Pagan/Wiccan practices as well as other practices was adopted in western occultism and spiritualism in the late 19th century. It is defined as the "other" of the "two worlds", the world where the witch walks through, being compared to outer space, inner space, life force and the un-manifest. In Indian cosmology Akasha is a term for "aether" meaning "upper sky" or "space" even "infinite space". To the Hinduism and Buddhism beliefs…

Hamilton’s research found that students in the United States and members of a remote Cambodian hill tribe express emotions through music and movement in nearly the same way. Both the students and the people from the Cambodian Kreung tribe were asked to manipulate five slider bars to change the characteristics of an animated character representing bouncy ball and make it look peaceful, scared, happy, sad or angry (Fig 2). Fig 2. Paradigm. Participants manipulated five slider bars corresponding…

Hayden Bennett MUHL 332: Music History III The American dream is; the dream that everyone could have an equal chance to succeed in life and be prosperous through one’s own hard work, determination, and initiative. In a time when this dream was all you really needed to show a love for this country, Aaron Copland stepped it up one notch and strived to show his patriotism through his passion, Music. Aaron wanted to make an impact on the world not only with his music but his love for America.…