Iran's Sounding Box

Music is present in every culture’s past, present, and future. It has been around since 500 B.C. and was especially important in the Elizabethan Era. There were reinventions of music as it was widespread and popular. Without this essential time in history, modern music may have been completely different from what we have today. This era brought new uses for music, styles of compositions, new instruments, and the uprising of popular composers.

This was about 35,000 years ago. Previous hominins were musically unintelligible. The modern-day composers, musicians, and singers with tubas, bagpipes, and xylophones have evolved from these Neanderthals with the instruments of body parts.

Music was a very important asset to the peoples’ society. According to historians, the medieval period was the beginning of the unbroken tradition of notated Western music. Music was the one thing that all classes could enjoy, royals, nobles, women, slaves, anyone could listen to music being played out on the streets. Music was used in cathedrals and abbeys, dances and was even part of poetry. Most of the poetry from the Medieval Period known today were sung in front of crowds during events and festivals. Vocal music was very important in churches and worshipping. Back in the medieval time, there weren’t any radios, so all of the music was played live. Festivals, celebrations and the holiday season were very popular times for music. During an important holiday, Mayday, the dancers danced to high

The first instruments were the rustling of the wind in the trees. The first primal sound a child is exposed is their mother’s heartbeat; mothers around the world instinctively vocalize soothing sounds to their children. The healing power of music dates just as far back, the first written medical records see music as a means to heal the spirit. Some cultures today use traditional music as an analgesic during some operations.

This paper will seek to identify three key aspects of US sanctions imposed on Iran. First the paper will briefly introduce the reasons as to why US and Iran relations have worsened since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Secondly, this paper shall outline some of the key sanctions imposed on Iran which have influenced Irans’s behaviour. After sanctions are reviewed, the paper will then summarise the impact of sanctions on Iran. Last but not the least and most importantly, the paper will elaborate how Iran is resisting stringent US sanctions. This paper will argue that despite punitive measures adopted by the US, Iran has found alternative mechanisms to fight them and has reoriented its

Since it was the era of the first World Qar, music had a deeper meaning to each individual. Music was used as an element of celebration. Soldiers used music to celebrate surviving a day of war, and wives used music to celebrate their husbands returning home after war. Music also used to be something special and rare; they used to only play music occasionally. Friends or families used to get together to play music with each other.

The fiddle had a high pitched sound that went along well with the “high lonesome” singing (Langrall, 1986). It is not certain when the banjo entered, but it was the next instrument added to strings for Appalachian music. The next stringed instrument was the guitar. Bands called String Bands came around and as they were reserved, they when out and entertained people, instead of just singing with a couple of people (Langrall, 1986). These String Band players played court days, political rallies, country fairs and at other social gatherings (langrall, 1986). Sting bands would play for dances such as the waltz (Olson). As the string bands started with the fiddle when the banjo gain popularity in the Appalachian music it was included in the sting bands followed by the guitar and the mandolin

Music with a purpose. Music serves a purpose throughout our lives, it is more than just entertainment and something to use for background

Modern music is very heavily influenced by the Zhou dynasty for example the flute. The flute is used in many orchestras and songs today . The use of the flute was advanced by the Zhou dynasty . The flute was made from bamboo pipes with holes in them that were made to imitate bird noises . At this time period a musical instrument like the flute is seen as advancement in music and was ahead of its’ time . There were different versions of a flute before the Zhou Dynasty , but they were not as precise and they could not play different notes. No other dynasty has revolutionized music in such an impactful way. There were two types of their flute that were invented. the first one was the dizi and the

It was a bright and sunny day in the streets of Tehran, where my father would walk along side by side with the love of his life. He was dressed like any gentleman in the blistering summer’s heat would, but the real sight to him was his girlfriend. She was wearing a bright colored dress and her hair was swaying with the cool wind. They felt vigorous and young to be able to show their affection so freely. Despite that, times have changed in Iran and to practice that type of freedom would result in brutal consequences from the government. At first glance, one would say modern day Iran juxtaposes the United States. However, that was not always the case. According to my informant, my father, Iran was once a country very much like the United States

What makes Iran-Contra or Irangate more sketchy, is that before the deal, immediately after some of the hostages were taken, Washington said that they “refused to be blackmailed” by terrorists. Of course, they did end up negotiating with them and got the butt end of the deal. What also makes this deal sketchy, is that after the American embassy in Beirut was hit by a car bomb that killed 24 people, the United States then considered themselves at war with Iran. The fact that the United States traded weapons with Iran proves that they in fact would be affected by blackmail, and they were not at war with Iran. Usually, nations at war do not trade weapons with each other.

Music provided rhythm for chores, such as working in the field, and it was also used to celebrate important events as well as

For example, composers wanted bassoonists to act more like higher woodwind players, and be able to play higher, faster, and louder than ever before. So, as in the classical era, instrument makers had to comply with the composer’s needs. During this time, instrument makers did not “re-invent” the bassoon, but instead they improved it by changing where keys go, and added more keys to make playing easier for the player (JSTOR 114-117). The metals that the keys were made out of and the quality of the keys on the bassoon were better than the dulcian, baroque, and classical bassoons. Some of the key work on the bassoons from the romantic era still remain almost unaltered to this day (JSTOR

This book, “Iran Awakening”, is a novel written by Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi. Ebadi weaves the story of her life in a very personal and unique way, telling the account of the overthrow of the shah and the establishment of a new, religious fundamentalist regime in which opposition to the government are imprisoned, tortured, and murdered. By simply reading the Prologue, one can see the love Ebadi has for Iran and her people. This love that Ebadi has for the oppressed of Iran is a theme that appears throughout the book and seems to be a large factor behind her drive to stand up for those who cannot stand up for

Music dates right back to the prehistoric eras where primitive instruments were constructed using items like bone and wood. These primitive musicians would not have known many of the modern terms such as octaves