On the First Beat

The first song is ‘Voiles’ composed by Claude Debussy. It is a 20th century piece in the Impressionism genre. There is only a piano in this piece, which is unique to the whole tone or Diatonic scale harmony used by Debussy. There are three melodic ideas presented throughout the piece. The first idea has no markings towards beat, the second melodic idea is joined with the first. After the one minute mark, the third melodic idea sets in and it starts to build up then trails off. Next, the song…

Youth and the Beat Generation In the 1950’s American youth was victimized for their own social and spontaneous pleasure. Teens were not allowed to do much of what they wanted and were restricted of nearly everything. This book shows the struggle between teens trying to express who they are and the restrictions given by society. The novel, On the Road by Jack Kerouac portrays the disillusionment of American youth which was then a major contribution to the "Beat" generation. First of all not…

whole drum kit used to anchor a band. The first drums to be found have been from the ancient Chinese civilisations. They are also believed to be the first people to use this. This is proven by inscription on tortoise shells and animal bones. They are believed to have used it to worship deities and used for sacrificial reasons, farming and warfare. This was found to be dated back to 5500 BC.…

What went wrong on the island was the marked change of place setting. The first response to the island by Ralph, Jack and Piggy shows how they expect English choir boys to keep their innocence and their English values. However, the setting of the island soon destroys these old values. Golding is showing, therefore, that societies operate as functions of place. Nothing is constant, we behave because of where we are. The novel’s exposition describes how the boys expect to keep their English…

“I see trees of green, red roses, too, I see them bloom, for me and you, and I think to myself, what a wonderful world.” These are lyrics from “What a Wonderful World” created by a mastermind of jazz named Louis Armstrong. There are many famous jazz composers, including Jelly Roll Morton, Buddy Bolden, and Miles Davis. Most people consider jazz being created in New Orleans, but its roots began from African rhythms. Freed African-American slaves helped create jazz at the end of the 19th century.…

together to compose the melody, they would more than likely just tap their feet to the beat or sing along to the chorus. However, after critically listening to the song, I have picked up on many of the ways in which certain instruments work together to form a rhythm, or play similar patterns of the same measure. For example, I would have never noticed the mixture of the drums set and saxophone and how they play similar beats and measures if I had just shallowly listened to the song. I also…

in ritornello form, with the mixture of a small string orchestra and one violin soloist in three movements. First movement- It begins with the orchestra playing a somewhat dissonant chord to each beat of the music which builds up to a crescendo. The violin solo begins, and the orchestra is heard intermittently throughout this solo. The orchestra plays eight beats and subsides for four beats while the soloist interjects, and resumes playing again building off of the soloist passage. Each…

The drums had a steady beat throughout the song and the electric guitar had a wide range. As the instruments played together, all of a sudden, the vocals came in and you could feel the decrease in tempo happening as he sang. This is what I interpreted to be ritardando, where…

torso, legs, arms dance to the beat of different rhythms. There were a series of different rhythms heard in the music entitled “Purgatorio” composed by David McGuire. Some of these rhythms included soft subtle melodies, the clicking of shoes, and some very loud banging noises to name a few. Sometimes all of these beats and rhythms played simultaneously, and at other times there was only one playing. The dancer was able to move in different ways to each rhythm/beat, and was also able to change…

Since the birth of crime mapping, police have discovered an effective tool that has been used since it first came out back some decades ago. The overall safety of the community and everyone that resides in it is on the police and the community itself. Having the crime mapping system in place allows the police to keep record of their known hot spots for what…