The Sound of Music

For the term paper I decided to take this opportunity to speak about my favorite music genre, Hip Hop. Ever since I was a little boy I always heard Hip Hop playing on the radio and I automatically fell in love with the music genre and culture of Hip Hop. The song I am going to go in depth about and analyze is Afrika Bambaataa’s & the Soulsonic Force’s hit song "Planet Rock". The main reason why I chose this piece of music is because the impact it had in the Hip Hop community was like non other…

of music before the twentieth century revolved around musicians and their instrument makers. Events likely to have a significant effect on this particular period of time seemed consistent. Well-tempered tuning was perfected, and soon after J.S. Bach rewrote the musical book with his groundbreaking composition, The Well-Tempered Clavier. The creation of the pianoforte fostered Beethoven's playing and writing and opened up a new powerful responsiveness. Autonomy and self-determination in music…

American folk music formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the musical ethos of the United States, specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influences. Americana as a radio format developed during the 1990s as a reaction to the highly polished sound that defined the mainstream music of that decade. The AMA grew out of the format as an effort to bring all Americana music supporters,…

There is a tight relationship that still exists between instrumental music and the influence of vocal behaviour on musical expression. Music notation helps you to judge the landscape of a particular song by using various dynamics and expressive techniques directed in the musical notation and this may help to specify with what kind of voice you should be…

full length movies with sound. It was during this decade that the love of movies really took over and became one of the world’s biggest sources of entertainment. It was also during this time period that Hollywood established itself as the film capital of the world. During the 1920’s, sound was introduced to films, actors gained notability, the way movies were filmed was changed, and theaters changed the way that people experienced movies. The addition of dialogue and sound to movies was…

In the ever expanding culture of music, certain musicians or even groups set a fundamental base for musicians or groups. Music of all sorts have always played a major role in society as a whole; certain musicians have impacted society so much to change the world at a certain point in time. The band, The Beatles, have been one of those certain musical groups that have served and continue to serve as a root for future musicians. They definitely impacted society and the world in a major way once…

body language and the sound of the music to tell what type of emotions is being portrayed in each scene. 3. Does the documentary use live action, interviews, commentary, dialogue, eye witnesses? Does it tell a story, a biography, a sequence of events? The documentary was filmed all in live action and was narrated by Lorne Greene. Every time something dangerous happens, Lorne’s voice would change from a happy voice to a more serious voice. A voice that a teacher would sound like when she is…

Edward Scissorhands, when they first find Edward he was in the dark corner of the attic all by himself. And lastly, sound also made a character seem lonely as. The loner characters talk a lot softer than other characters in the movie, to show their depression and loneliness and In Edward Scissorhands, Edward never shouts and talks in a quiet, wispy voice. Tim Burton also uses music to depict…

For a piece that utilizes so many non-pitched sounds, Halim El-Dabh’s Leiyla and the Poet (1959) is a surprisingly melodic and structured piece. Two introductory motifs, one melodic, one rhythmic, are introduced at the beginning. The melodic element is shown in a whistle that follows a roughly duple pattern which is broken and reformed throughout the following minutes. Both the introduction and ending, it sets up the atmosphere and cues the listener’s attention to the different sections of the…

instruments similar to the guitar, and it has become an integral part of the uncountable musical tradition for generations. The guitar is one of the best and most popular music instruments you will ever find in the world. Singing and playing the guitar predates the European Renaissance by several centuries, and as a portable music, it is simply matchless. While the look and function of the guitar have undergone facelifts and alterations…