Spanish music

This genre of music can be traced back to the 600ths, at this time England, France, Spain, Portugal and Holland were competing against each other to control the slave trade. Millions of slaves were captured and transported to British North America. They were forced and used as property. They all came from backgrounds were music was part of their cultures and, was very diverse. By mid 1700s there was a large number of slaves living in British North America as well as their was a small population…

In regards to children’s education, teachers play an important role. Since the No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law in 2002, many people have been concern about children’s learning and academic achievement, especially parents and educators. In fact, teachers are always trapped in “teaching dilemmas” because each teaching method has different levels of pros and cons for students. Wiggins and McTighe (2005) suggested that for all of the choices that teachers have during a day of…

eat here in the states. But, as a another example, we notice that the farther south we go in American, the more Hispanic influence there is. There is influence in the architecture, the food, the music, the lifestyle, and most importantly, the language! Most people in the North know a few words in Spanish, but how many can speak it fluently?…

lighting booth and most notably a stage located in the front-center of the theatre. The stage was around the size of one and half times our music classroom, while around 8 musical stands were concentrated around center-stage. Additionally, there was a…

was located on Evanston’s lakefront, was eventful for me last weekend. There were many ongoing activities such as family craft activities, international cuisine, and live music by several performers. I got to experience the diversity of arts and culture from all over the world. I went there mainly to listen to one of the music performers named, Saraswathi Ranganathan, along with her ensemble of Raga Blues that consisted of guests that included origins from India, Africa and Spain- Morikeba…

of House, Jazz-Fusion, Neo-Soul music. In the mid 90's she was backup singing in Soho studios and co-writing songs with emerging talents. 
 Jessica NYC is a true New York City Girl that has partied at many of our beloved House and R&B nightclubs~ Underground, Danceteria, Palladium, Fun House, Webster Hall, Roxy, Tunnel, Zanzibar, Limelight, Bentleys, Bonds International, Broadway 96 to name a few and she has an affinity towards the journey in dance music hence music production is another…

Hawaiian music began in the mid 1800’s when steam boats began to bring visitors from all over the world to the Honolulu Harbor. The visitors would bring instruments with them just for entertainment, the Hawaiians would then mix their instruments with the visitor’s instruments and, that’s how a new sound was created. The Paniolo in other words Mexican Cowboys also came in the mid 1800’s and they taught the Hawaiians a few tricks on how to play music on a guitar. Also throughout the history of…

first idea (Idea A) is repeated twice at the beginning of the piece up until :36. Idea B is then repeated twice until :53. At 1:03 a piano enters the chorus, and then at 1:51 a flute enters and gives a lot softer of a feeling to the music. Once the flute entered the music picked up pace and the bass and drums weren’t as apparent. The mood and dynamics changed once…

referred to as Tejano music. Veda Boyd Jones, author of Selena, describes “the music borrowed the accordion sound from Central European immigrants, mixed the band sound with a driving beat. Tejano music often reflects many different cultures- just like the people who live in the Rio Grande. It is a mixture if polka, Mexican, Latin, popular, country, rap and blues music. Tejano is often described as bouncy and upbeat. In fact, Tejano musicians still sing their songs in Spanish. During the 1970s,…

Racism is always around us, and all around the world, and plays an enormous part in society not only to the Hispanics, but also to the African Americans. Personal experiences of racism have been where I was called Mexican for being Hispanic which angered me to the point of a super sayian. Politicians giving Hispanics a bad name calling them criminals ,and the stealers of jobs for Americans. Racism has affected, not only Hispanics, but to all humans life that live on this planet. Racism is an…