The Sound of Music

Traditional Japanese music is basically meditative in character. Its performance is highly ritualized, as much in the music itself, as in the composure of the musicians when performing it. Japanese chamber and solo music have a slow meditative pace. Westerners obviously discern melodies and musical structures, but ones which do not have much in common with Western music. The performance of Japanese music has traditionally been of a spiritual character, similarly to martial arts and other art…

actually in harmony in different aspects. What’s more, complicated melodies in a wide range also make the whole piece of musical work sounds apparently vivid. To some extents, the percussions and high frequency instruments (for example, drumbeats and trombone throughout) play a significant role of decoration supporters. They created several special effects and made the music become communicative towards its audience. By the way, I am also fascinated by the general theme of the lyrics in this…

1949. He then went back to Detroit in 1950 and started attending Wayne State University where he studied music composition and flute. Yusef Lateef has won many awards in music in 2007 he achieved an award from Massachusetts University artist of the year. He has also had achievements in teaching he has a bachelor degree and masters degree in music education from Manhattan university of music. Lateef he also has his own day in San Francisco, California. Bill Clinton invited Yusef to the white…

Music can take on many meanings and there are many forms of music that come in different languages throughout the world. So it is reasonable to conclude that music does affect a person 's mood and personality throughout his or her life. Despite the fact that music plays such an important role in a person 's life, there are still people who do not care about the art and the cultural aspect behind different types of music that we experience in everyday life. Interviewed on Steve Menche podcast,…

bombed Pearl Harbor; the first ever attack on U.S. soil, in 1944 American troops landed in Nazi-occupied Europe, and in 1945 the microwave oven was introduced to America. There was another great change taking place, but in the world of jazz music -- a new sound was developing that would alter the genre forever, pioneered by such people as Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Thelonious Monk. As 1940 was coming to a close, a recently opened club called Minton’s Playhouse on 118th street in Harlem…

Alzheimer’s type (DAT) is a common form of dementia that affects individual’s memories. They can be long term or short term and can consist of loss of recent conversation, events and names. The article “Emotional Recognition from Face, Voice, and Music in Dementia of the Alzheimer Type” focused on the “emotional recognition from both face and voice” (Drapeau, Gosselin, Gagon, Peretz, & Lorrain, 2009). According to Drapeau et al., during the onset stages of Alzheimer’s disease important…

First time I enrolled in a music class, I was six years old and discovered a world of sounds and rhythms that, in a few years, turned into pieces of sheet music and instruments I wanted to explore. After three years of music classes for kids, I decided to learn how to play the flute and dedicated myself to the tricky task of making sounds through steady blows and precise finger movements. I believe that most of my determination were strengthened during that time. Furthermore, I joined a choral…

COMPOSER COMPARISON HANS ZIMMER’S PROFILE

Zimmer was 1st introduced to film music in London during collaboration with Stanley Myers for the film “My Beautiful Laundrette”. He then started working on his own solo projects which became a success, mastering the use of combining old and new musical technologies. He got his 1st break in 1988 when he was asked to score Rain Man for Barry Levinson. This was his 1st film to win an Oscar for Best Picture of the Year and earned him his 1st nomination…

An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument that produces sound through strings’ vibration. At different frequencies strings vibrate creating harmonic tunes. The strings mass, length and tension determine the frequency produced. The guitar is very popular in music today and a useful part of classical, reggae, blues and other genres. The guitar ancestry draws back to Arab countries, where an instrument with many strings and a gourd sized body was brought from Spain. It was called an alu’de. This…

Music programs are being cut from an increasing number of schools across the country each day. Making the choice to rid a school of its music program is like making the choice to rid a school of its education all together. Music in schools is much more than an elective, and few people know this. It is a tool that affects students in a way that will help them succeed and become more intelligent members of society. It alters the way the brain develops, the way someone learns, and strengthens…