Octave

Anyone with access to a touch screen phone or tablet has immediate access to a free piano in today’s time. To a student in the digital age, the art of the piano reflects a technology far advanced to that of the original pianoforte. The history of the piano is broad and complex; it shows not only a change in music and style but allows one to see into the technological changes of the world in the last four centuries. From the origins of a harpsichord came the pianoforte, the original piano,…

muscle memory alone, but I reminded myself of all the dramatic gestures had been decided I must due to draw my audience in. I hit the last run and couldn’t smack the stupid smile off my face because I knew I had nailed it. Not every note or every octave, not even close but I had done my best. And for the first time in my life, that was enough for me. As I stood and bowed I was overcome with the moment and the blessing it was to have this gift that brings me so much stress and joy all at…

Where does my identity lie? My identity lies shaped within the continuous chorus and dazzling beats of music, where time seems to fly by and the listener is in a trace of beauty, elegance, rage, fun, happiness, etc. Everything I click and every thumbs up or down I make shapes me. As if I were a block of stone and the song are each a chisel and a hammer chipping away at me till they get their final product. From the time I was born music has been in my life but I have been blind to the way it has…

Today I felt like Lord Varys [1] on the show Game of Thrones. “One of my birds told me people are whispering about Ronin Chang. Who he is, where did he come from and what does he want.” Quite humorous. I have heard this time and time again: “How come I never heard of him”, “what does he want?” and other similar things. Who is Ronin Chang? Ronin Chang is a security professional with many years of experience of in the security related industry. Security surrounding networking, systems, architects,…

A particular episode of The Colbert Report comes to mind when this topic is brought up. I 'm speaking of the episode where Hugh Laurie is interviewed shortly after his blues album, Didn 't It Rain, went triple platinum. In this interview Laurie states that Jazz is Americas greatest gift to the world, to which Steven Colbert responds by asking what Britain’s greatest gift to the world was. Colbert answers his own question saying that America is Britain’s greatest gift to the world. All perfectly…

piano enters its motion in harmony with the violin, but then moves away from Theme 1. Now the violin leaves, and the piano is left to play alone. In the recapitulation the somber mood continues. It is similar to the opening of the movement, but the octaves are smoother. As in the exposition the closing gesture is divided between violin and piano, and the piano also plays the quick triplet-rhythm accompaniment. Then the recapitulation has another nearly full repeat of Theme 1, now aggressive…

The Poetic Realism and Social Class in The Rules of the Game The 1939 film The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir) created before the Second World War portraits the everyday life of upper-class people and the relationships between different social classes in the contemporary French society. The detailed setting of the estate endows the vivid comparison between the upstairs and downstairs' working and living milieus. The complicated romantic relationships between families in the same class as well…

recent book in 2016 “The Fairy Princess”. Julie Andrews made such a big impact on many lives of children with her many talents. Along with acting and writing she also sings in most of the movies she plays in. She is known for her crystalline four-octave voice and her charm and skill as an actress. Andrews made her first solo professional debut in 1947 singing an opera in “Starlight Roof.” Julie Andrews was one of the biggest stars of Julie Andrews decade. She also won a grammy for Julie Andrews’…

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev is a famed Russian novelist, poet, and playwright who had a very large impact on Russian literature and culture. Turgenev and his writings helped influence a new era of Russian literature. His works also had a profound impact on the Western world as well. Many of his works have been translated into many different languages and he is highly regarded by the French. His writings also helped to produce a new generation of Western authors and influenced great authors like…

For the last few weeks our class has been discussing what it means to be a discourse community as well as what it means to be a part of one. I am writing this paper to impart upon the fellow students in our class, as well our professor that I not only understand the meaning on a discourse community but that I also have been a full-fledged member of one myself. To further verify the extent of my membership I also am able to show the ethos, logos, and pathos that I encountered while within my…