cetera). Singing begins with an exhalation of human vocal sounds (phonation) (NIDCD, 2015). At the point of phonation, two smooth adjacent muscle tissues in the thorax come into contact and vibrate to create resonating sound waves from the throat, mouth, and nose (NIDCD, 2015). As any vocal performer will confirm, singing is athletic, and to sing competently, older adults need to be physically fit to meet the challenges of creating beautiful sounds. Being physically fit means having good…
Incredibles’ uses cinematography techniques to create an uptight tense scene to engage the audience with excitement. In this particular cut directed by Brad Bird, it is established that Mr Incredible meets the Omnidroid. Through this establishment, diegetic sound effects are used to set out the setting of the scene firstly. The scene is set in a tropical jungles where birds chirping and waterfall could be heard. As for the audience, they could grasp that this will be the location where Mr.…
When I was at the David Owsley Museum I was looking at art pieces that had more of a realistic feel. This piece caught my attention and then I listened to the audio and I really enjoyed the two pieces of art being placed together. There were three things that caught my attention with the music and then I noticed that things we discussed in art connected directly to the ideas from music. The first thing that was intriguing to me was the tone color. Next, the dynamic was interesting and related to…
It is important to focus your attention on the speaker and the topic because if you don’t, you will allow yourself to become distracted. In active listening, focusing on the speaker and topic will help improve communication in the organization. I would avoid any disturbances when focusing on the speaker and topic whether it’s becoming distracted by my own thoughts, another listener, or from any technical devices such as phones and other gadgets. It’s important to set aside your own…
Music. Music has been a huge aspect in my life since I was young. It has depicted whom I interact with on a daily basis, and how my life so far has fallen into place like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. From growing up listening to my dad’s music, to joining my elementary school choir in third grade, to moving to the middle school choir and joining band, learning my first instrument, moving up and getting better, meeting people, all up to now. Part of the school’s band program as a bass clarinet,…
finish all of my homework right away, but today, there was a sensation that I was not used to. There was a soft whimper flooding through every room of the house. I take a single step, curiously, as I hoped it would enlighten me as to where the sound was coming from. Then, I remember, my mother is home. I storm upstairs to the nursery that my father built just a week before. I poke my head through the large wooden door, and see my mother nursing this tiny human being. The baby was my new…
to remove the rumbles in the track and make it as clean as possible before putting on any effects or compression. Use a high pass filter to remove most of the low frequencies like the background noise. Use drastic eq to find out where the vocalists sound good in the mix which is a well known thing to the engineers. Eq may differ with the kind of genre you are mixing. Ten years ago, it was safe to make a statement like, “don’t mix a rap singer like you are mixing a country song.”…
and forth. I hear my bones creak, and my muscles ache. It's bright even with my eyes closed. “Body just leave me be.” I want to not exist—just for a while, When I return I'm sure I'll be able to smile. I'll laugh and enjoy the lights and the sounds. Not now. Too much. Too much life...Not enough. Just go away. For a while. Just disappear. For a while. I worry what they'll think. If they know I'm on the brink. I dance this dangerous waltz with my mental instabilities. Too much time. Too much…
the short and long sounds of each letter. The students received multiple phonics lessons all from two videos. They were physically interacting with the video because they used their arms to create the letter C when a consonant appeared on the screen and the letter V when a vowel appeared on the screen. After the videos, the students participated in another activity that…
The Importance Of Music Music a vocal and instrumental sounds joined to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion. The sounds, music produce impact us in powerful ways, not even language barriers can stop the music from reaching it’s target audience. Music gives us a sense of belonging, shapes our culture, and have messages which can influence our views on certain topics. Music has the potential to change our moods, shift an atmosphere, and can encourage different behaviors.…