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    ideas and avenues for the growth of the rock and roll music. Right from the commonality of tunes and instruments, Rock and Roll music performers have been able to draw from their knowledge of Jazz. The development of the influence of Jazz has been seen in the development of the interests related to the growth of Rock and Roll. This would mean that the development of the norms of Jazz has been influential in the creation of interests and ideas related to Rock and Roll. The emergence of Jazz has been

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    Many people consider classical and rock music opposite. What is it about those two types that makes people believe that they are completely different? Is it because they each have such a contrasting audience or because both environments have differing characteristics? Rock and classical music are unlike in many ways. They differ through their history, their setting as well as their structure. Each type of music as their own unique history about how they came to be. The past has a great influence

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    topic this paper will attempt to flesh out is how “Rock and Roll Music” has affected, or been affected (by) Social Change or Social Movements. Perhaps the most notable examples of how music has been inextricably linked to the social-political climate of this country, would be The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. In the case of the Civil Rights Movement, and the following decade, we see artists like Bob Dylan and Neil Young playing music, championing the causes, messages and voices of those

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    Stemming from the creation of Rock ‘n’ Roll in the 1950s was the birth of a diverse range of different genres and styles marked a new era for music history. Some of the most common styles created in this period include Pop and Rock music. In Australia, this music began to expand in popularity as a response to its advancement around the world. Common features of Rock music include verse-chorus form, a diversity of lyrical themes, syncopation, terraced dynamics, repetitive hooks and riffs, standard

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    The majority of society does not believe that music is an influential component of social inequality, social deviance and social networks. When in reality music has been proven to be both beneficial and important in society to stimulate our appreciation, learning and understanding of this contemporary art. In so we must learn about the history and the role it plays in placing our understanding of human kind. Additionally, from the day music was developed in this world the artists, industry, music’s

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    Megan Boyer American Popular Music CU MUS 115 24 Apr. 2016 Jazz vs. Rock: Focusing on the Differences in Instrumentation, Rhythm, and Difficulty Jazz emerged in New Orleans around 1900. Largely admired by the black communities at first, Jazz attracted a more diverse audience as it spread. Years later, Rock surfaced and began to take over the world. Although rock was related to Jazz early on, it quickly veered off into its own direction specifically during the post-war era. Currently, commonalities

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    classical music who was regarded as on of the best composers that had ever lived. The Beatles were a British boy band who had revolutionized pop and rock music. Although Mozart composed classical music and The Beatles composed Pop and Rock, the two have something in common; they revolutionized music. The Beatles do share a similarity to classical music though. Growing up, the members of The Beatles listened to BBC radio, which played classical music and familiarized them with what classical music was

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    Fusion music is defined as a combination of different types of genera’s that includes funk, rock, rhythm, blues, and Latin jazz. It was back in 1970s when it became a more enjoyed genera as it became a new music style that the public began to enjoy more. During the decay of the 1970’s fusion music was already a recognised genera in the 1950s and 1960s and it was an important topic in the music industry, as it was becoming more popular to the world. The word fusion had remained so generously used

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    Rock ’N’ Roll by Tom Stoppard and This Was Our Music by Mike Rothschild are plays that both revolve around big events in the main characters’ lives. Jan in Rock ’N’ Roll is a man living through the battle between Socialism and Communism and gets caught up in the political scene and has to stay true to what he believes in, music. Alan in This Was Our Music has to cope with the news that his jazz radio channel is changing to fit what will get the station more listeners but refuses to give in. Jan and

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    What does your taste in music reveal about your personality? Do you like hip-hop, rock music, or country music? Or R&B and classical music? Can the playlists on your Iphone really reveal information about your personality? II. Credibility: Researches have found that people can make accurate judgments about a person’s friendliness, creativity and open-mindedness after listening to 10 of their favorite songs III. Relate to audience: We all love listening to music Some of us like hip-hop

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