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    Discuss the development of musical form and its relation to technology in electronic music in the 20th and 21st centuries. Music has evolved a lot since when it was only orchestral and vocal, but in the past 100 odd years music has really moved on. It has particularly been shaped by technology as it grew more and more advanced. The most recent years of music have made a turn for, what some people would say, the worse, but most people don’t care about the reasons which I will mention below and can

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    Modern day pop music only differs slightly from the perspectives of a consumer or listener while taking the aspects of sound, conception, and behavior into consideration. Sound being the literal sound generated from pop’s rhythm and beat. Conception the history of modern pop, where it came from, and why it is relevant today; and behavior being how the genre can affect mood and behavior. All three aspects will contrast two similar, but distinctly different perspectives derived from personal experience

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    He wants everything to be silent and also that the coffin should be bought out with muffled drum playing. He wants the aeroplanes to announce the message that his loved one is dead to the whole world by scribbling it in the sky. He wants the doves to wear black crepe bows around their necks and the policemen to wear black gloves so as to symbolize

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    sounds of drums because like Murrell states “whenever there is Vodou there are drums” (90). There is no devil worship or witchcraft going on, these are people prating their religion by becoming one with music and nature. The whole idea of Vodou is it is “the existence of a hierarchy of mystical spiritual beings who relate to natural, social, and human phenomena” (73) and the individuals in the film help depict that through their dancing and embodying the spirits of their ancestors. The film presents

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    Slit Drum History

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    The evolution of the drums has varied from being made from a simple wood log, to having a hollow object covered in rawhide, to being completely electronic. Like any instrument, each one produces a different sound. Some may sound light like a snare, deep like a bass, or metronomic by simply producing a clicking noise to keep count. Some are completely electronic, even. Starting from one of the oldest drums in the world, the slit drum is an instrument originating from Africa that is made from a hollow

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    me because I did not expect that at all. That being said, in my opinion the Language of the Drums is by far the best video in this discussion board. I found it really interesting because the musical drumming is expressing the language. While watching this video, I felt like I was involved in the Death of the King’s horseman scenes which helped me to better understand the reading. Different beats of the drums mean different things in this video, similar to in verbal language different tones represent

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    Caribbean Music History

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    over from Africa. The most important instrument in Caribbean music is the drum. Besides being the foundation of African music, which slaves brought with them to the area, drums are inexpensive, simple and can be handmade. Nearly all Caribbean music possesses a strong beat created by drums. Most drums are some version of the bongo or the larger congo, which is a smooth wooden drum that is played with the hands. Tassa drums are conical hand

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    Argument Essay Aubrie Cox 17 October 2012 To Play or Not to Play It seems that no matter what at some point in a child’s life they wander up to their parents and ask, “Mom, Dad, can I learn to play an instrument?” Whether or not it is the guitar, drums, piano, or flute a child could possibly have the thought of wanting to learn how to play an instrument. When Mom and Dad end up saying no to their child they should stop and realize that when a child knows how to play a musical instrument it can help

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    Drummers are perennially underrated. Some writers make rock critic jokes, even other musicians make drummer jokes. But where would the Beatles be without their drummer Ringo Star. The real human drummer was replaced with electronic computer machines during the eighties and nineties for a while, but music fans realized that this was not as good as the sound of a real talented drummer. The drummer does not just support the band they hold it up and push the forward. Robert Plant, the lead singer of

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    Burk Drum Lessons

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    Learn, create, and perform--drum lessons at Matt Burk Music Studio are far more than just ordinary lessons with a washed-out teacher in a stuffy room. You’ll be happy to know that you can find drum lessons in Frisco Texas that will motivate, challenge, and inspire you, and while you might be wondering if this is too good to be true, rest assured that drum lessons at Matt Burk Studio incorporate every element of musical learning in the finest way possible. Our qualified and experienced teachers will

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