The Beat

Swing music originated by musicians modifying forms of “jazz", so that by the 1930’s a new form of music emerged called “swing”. Swing is characterized by very large bands, fixed, usually written arrangements, and solos by individual musicians in turn. Swing bands typically used an upright or double bass instead of a tuba and played repeated riffs to give the music a propulsive rhythmic force. Swing combined harmonic sophistication with danceable rhythms and compelling individual…

Night Essay When faced with the task of survival, many people tend to lose hope and become selfish. Night is set during World War II, and the author/protagonist, Elie Wiesel, describes his time in the concentration camps and what happens to him and his family. Author Wiesel uses key ideas such as conflict, figurative language, and point of view to get his theme of family and fear across . These camps take their toll on him as he becomes more and more heartless throughout his time there. In…

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 orchestral interjection is forte. Also, the presence of a ground bass not only sustains the harmony and texture of the orchestra, but it also helps keep the beat. The fact that the…

to make him fight back to the bullies. Some of us have been bullied at some point and our moms did a lot in their power to make us fight it back, at least that what Kendrick’s mom tried to do. “I beat you, keep talking back. I beat you, who bought you that. I beat you if you say that game is broken. I beat you if you jump on my couch” in said in the song “Fear” the 12th song on the…

of sports. Whether it’s the fierce competition or simply the snacks sold at the stadium, something encourages the audience. The dedication the athletes have to their sports, the determination the athletes have for winning, and the drive they have to beat the best is what truly inspires the audience. Dedication to a sport defies an athlete. For instance, if one athlete arrives to practice thirty minutes prior to their start time chances are they are more committed to their sport than someone…

Poetry can be anything. It can give hope or bring dread. It can be read in different ways, each way giving it its own meaning and message. The two poems “A Laughing Heart” and “The Journey” both make statements about decisions in life and how they can affect the future. Both poems have strong independant themes that are heavily influenced by their respective poet's own use of figurative language and tone in their works. “A Laughing Heart” starts out with a strong statement telling “your life is…

married and single, were ranked with horses, sheep, and swine. There were horses and men, cattle and women, pigs and children, all holded the same rank in scale of being, and were all subjected to the same narrow examination .” (Douglass 90). They would beat them to keep them from having any power or thinking of having any power. These were all acts of dehumanization that we saw in the book and movie, and in real life slavery during the time. Every slave would have different ways of resisting…

the regular and irregular groupings of the beats. In ”Hooked on a Feeling,” by Blue Swede a steadfast rhythm is displayed by the stressing of the quarter note of every beat. This is first shown in the opener where the backup singers are repeating “ooga-chaka” and the First syllable of every word is stressed. This is seen again where in the chorus, the cowbell is constantly playing on every quarter note. In “A Quick Exit” by Darren Mitchell the down beat of every measure is shown through…

A beat cop observed, while patrolling the downtown area of Cleveland, two strange men and another man alternately pausing and staring into a street window. It was noticeable because it continued to happen and was observed to happen 24 times. The beat cop decided to investigate further because after their completion of their route, it was observed, they met to conference. The new standard of “Reasonable Suspicion” created by the Supreme court for the police department is, in my opinion, valid.…

misleading, reading "My Papa's Waltz" I thought this poem was about a child's relationship with his father. A good and loving father having a loving, lasting relationship with his child sharing a gentle dance. But from my perspective a father that beats his child like this father does in this poem is a complete monster. But, at the same time I feel like maybe the father has some traumas of his childhood and thinks this is the only way for a movie to show love. I think the father is a poor man…