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the Gutenberg press at this time resulted in a wide scale distribution of music which meant training musicians of the Renaissance were exposed to the works of composers from many other regions which in turn had a profound effect on the music that they composed which also had features from their own local music culture. These new musical ideas were also contributed to greatly by aspiring musicians who travelled to the South from across the Alps, as they also brought home new repertory. The…

experimentation with phasing, until they are exactly one sixteenth note apart from each other. This lays out the characteristic pulsing line that the other musicians later follow. The harmonies modulate over time, leading to each new movement. The piece is driven forward as the mallet players add new snippets of melody and the other musicians respond by picking up and repeating that idea until the old melody has faded away completely. In traditional classical music, there is almost always a…

Do you know what Scat is or how to scat sing? Just look up Louis Armstrong, he created this masterpiece. Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901, he was born in the birthplace of jazz--New Orleans, Louisiana. He was in foster care throughout his teenage years. His father abandoned the family right after Louis was born, and his mother resulted to prostitution, so he was often left with his maternal grandmother. He began working in fifth grade where he developed a interest in music, this…

and regularly created solos that consisted of ling-lined melodies, each of which was elegant improvised composition unto itself. This gained a wide following among jazz musicians and greatly influenced the Jazz community in the iconic shift is music. Parker’s self-destructive behavior and lifestyle, despite being fatal to the musician ending his life at the age of 34, also attracted a lot of attention of the hipsters, poets, and researchers of the era of late 1940s jazz. As Charlie Parker and…

Through improvisation and virtuosic playing, musicians were able to combine both traditional melodic phrases and new chord progressions that led to the emergence of jazz music. Bebop and cool jazz incorporated fast tempos from African American cultures with European harmonies in order to create new music, representing the existing ethnic diversity in the US. The sociocultural environment of Harlem allowed for African American musicians to gather and produce bebop music by drawing from their folk…

takers, innovative, creative, always favor challenges, and are highly optimistic. These people have the skills and are courageous and daring enough to take good new ideas to market and make the right decisions to make the idea profitable. So for us, musicians, being an entrepreneur thinker is very important for us in order to make a living. There are so many careers in music out there for us, for example, writing and production (arranger, orchestration, producer), music business and management…

American people during the Harlem Renaissance. The message of the poem can be seen in the last line when the speaker says, “he slept like a rock or a man that’s dead.” (35). This implies that the musician in the poem is so passionate towards his music that only his music labels him. What I mean is if the musician stops playing his music, he loses his identity. A facet of the Harlem Renaissance is the attempt by African Americans to identify what it meant to be an American of African descent.…

joining together to hear a group of talented musicians play “The Stars and Stripes Forever” at a festive parade, or celebrating the midway point of a football game with an exciting display, marching bands have always brought something special and memorable to its audiences. As well as providing the audience with an engaging show, marching band also gives its participants a unique educational experience. Marching band helps marchers to better themselves as musicians, students, and human beings.…

is desired for dancing. Jazz became popular New Orleans and was known as “ratty” or “gut bucket” music. The spread of jazz took some time and not everyone approved it. Jazz offers musicians to express themselves through playing. Without jazz, other genres in the late 20th century would not be possible. Jazz let musicians have a voice in their creation of music. What I learned from the video is the uprising of jazz, significant people involved in jazz, and how it unfolded in America. In the…

The rock music that we listen to today is mostly because of what the musicians during the 60’s did with the music. This genre of music is mixed with a little bit of pop and good ol’ rock and roll. Over the years, this music has become harsher over the decades. The rock music we have now has a sound of its own and has a bunch of other sub-genres like acid-rock, metal, heavy metal but all of it is here because of rock during the 60’s. Even then the music focused on anti-establishment ideas,…