Before taking Music Appreciation my understanding of music went from very specific to broad. Being a former band student, I was trained to sight read music or search for patterns within different styles of music. Once I began my freshman year of college, band no longer a part of my life and I began to listen for specific parts of it rather than listening to the piece as a whole. Often when I would describe to individuals while I liked a particular song I would use broad statements like, “Oh, I liked what the singers voice did there” or “It’s really chill and relatable.” I was no longer able to understand the deeper meanings that the composer or singer were trying to portray.
After taking this course I was finally able to recall many of the musical terms that I had previously forgotten. By completing the listening guides, I was able to go through the music second by second and listen to the specific movements, (a rift or a gradual rise in the sound) which led to a greater understanding of the song. Placing the music into it’s contextual history, allowing me to gain a greater
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During that time, I believed that with a music appreciation class I should focus more on the classical side of music as I thought this would be what the class would primarily consist of. I focused more on broad statements of the music and I skipped around to major portions of the music which I liked. During my last listening guide, I decided to do a modern song. At that point I realized that music this class included all forms of music and, with that song in particular, I wanted to analyze to discover the main reasons which I enjoyed it. This time around when I went to the second-by-second listing of the music I detailed over what aspects of the song led to powerful movements. I also focused on how the music and the artists voice can lead to powerful changed in how the tone of the
The first piece of work i chose for this assignment was a song called Sleeping lessons by The Shins.The Shins are a popular band that is known for their rock sound. Each song has deeps lyrics and leaves the listener with their own interpretation of the song. Many of The Shins songs touch on existential themes.
During a musical performance many elements to be looked are not easily recognized by the average critic. A musical performance has multiple interactions taking place between the music, text, performers, audience, and space that all can contribute to a great performance. Overwhelming majority of the audience does not realize so much can be looked at during a single performance. At a performance by the University of Maryland Marching Band I was able to analyze the Musical Sound, Contexts of the Performance, and Interpretation of the Performance.
At the start of this class, I did not think that I would learn as much as I did. Just last night my wife and I were watching “The Voice” and someone was singing “I’ll Be There.” I told her that was a song by The Jackson 5. She disagreed with me and told me that Mariah Carey had sung that song. I looked it up and we were both right. I went onto tell her that I was more right because The Jackson 5 sang it first. It got me thinking about this class and how I catch myself thinking about the history of songs whenever I hear them on the radio or in a movie.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has a website that announces its programs. Anyone can easily find and choose a concert. I chose a concert for Sunday July 25, 2010. This concert was emerging artists from Ipalpiti Festibal 2010. It included the four pieces of music that are described below. One of these was Fantasiestucke, Opus 88, both Romanze and Duet were preformed. This concerto was performed by pianist Luiza Borac, violinist Vladimir Dyo, and cellist Yves Dharamraj. The second piece was Ahnung, a new discovery piece from Kinderszenen. This piece was U.S. Premiere, played solo by the pianist Luiza Borac. The third piece was Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Opus 47. This piece was an Andante cantabile piece. This concerto was performed by pianist Luiza Borac, violinist Conrad Chow and Adelya Shagidullina, and Cellist Kian Soltani. The last piece was Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Opus 44. What I discovered about my own musical understanding by attending this concert is the following thing. I know how to appreciate and to enjoy music that is a little bit familiar, but my understanding stops when a very new type of music is performed. I made a conclusion from this experience. My conclusion is that learning about music will increase the pleasure of listening to music, but that musical learning is not, perhaps, as easy as learning subjects like Math or History.
For this essay I decided to use the genre of 80s-90s r&b. I chose this genre because I grew up around that type of music as a little kid. My mother would always play her favorite artists during car rides, cleaning days, or even on a casual morning. I think having some type of musical background, or even being introduced to music at a young age is a benefit of life. When I was younger, music was always a big part of my life. Whether I was at my grandmother’s house for the weekend, at home on a normal day, music was always playing. If it wasn’t my moms music, there was always another family member playing music. My cousins and I would always find an old 90s r&b song that our moms would play, and run around our grandparents house yalling the lyrics.
Music is an interesting thing. When musicians perform there are plenty of elements to be observed that are not recognized easily to an untrained person. Musical performances contain interactions going on between the performers, audience, music, and space. These come together to create a great performance. The vast majority of people in the audience do not even realize how much there is to be observed during a musical performance. While attending a concert by the Wentzville Holt High School Symphonic Band I was able to evaluate the musical sound, contexts of the performance, and interpretation of the performance.
The changes in rock and roll music reflected the mood of the population in the United States during the Vietnam War. Rock and roll, written as rock ‘n’ roll, music was fully born in the 1950’s and formed from electric blues and gospel music. Rock and roll is characterized by electric guitars, a strong rhythm and youth-orientated music. This music became popular because of the children of the decade. Parents called this type of music “noise.” While parents were listening to calm music, their children were listening to rock n roll.
This study demonstrated that pop music influences happiness mood. As hypothesized participants in the pop music category were influence by the music and seem happier. The analysis revealed that participants in the rock and classical music categories didn’t have an effect in their mood. The results for rock and classical music did not supported the hypothesis, which rock music causes a person to have an aggressive mood, and classical music will lead to a calmer mood. The data support the primacy effect pop music results supported the hypothesis that pop music leads to a happier mood. The results from this data support from previous literature research such as the pop category. The results could also interpret as support for (Hargreaves, 1999). People make their music preferences based on the emotional state they are in (Hargreaves, 1999). The analysis revealed that pop music scored higher than students who had rock or classical. The implications for this study are to examine if music influence mood in a negative or positive aspect). As an outcome happiness mood correlated with pop music . There wasn’t no effect between rock music and aggressive mood. Classical music didn’t have a relationship between classic music and calm mood. The results of this study wouldn’t be able to support (Jordana Mena, 2007). This consists of classical music being composed with different emotions based on the key and time signature it is on. If the classical piece is written in a higher key then they saw different mood responses than the classical pieces written in a low key (Jordan Mena, 2007). This study has provided that music is more than just a piece, of a lyric, beat, or instrument it has been proven that music can help people ...
What is music? Where did it come from? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, music is defined as the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and continuity (Music). There are many types of genres of music. Examples include classical, rock, rap, techno, metal, acoustic, pop and many others. Music is one of the most popular cultural aspects that we have adopted from ancient societies throughout history. Some forms of music date back to ancient civilizations of Egypt, China, India, Greece and Rome. Music can be used during every day activities such as working out, relaxation, for entertainment and also therapeutic uses. Many types of music therapy have been seen all over the world and also in different time periods. Music Therapy was used in the 20th century for World War One and World War Two veterans. Local musicians were hired to play in the local hospitals where veterans that were suffering both physically, emotionally and mentally were making progress towards recovery. Music therapy is still very common today. It gives an opportunity for a musical therapist to work with people of all different ages and varying disabilities. In order to become a musical therapist, a person must have some special qualities. Some of these include basic understanding of music, the willingness to help people, patience, creativity, empathetic and supportive. According to the Cancer Association society “ Music therapy may be used to encourage emotional expression, promote social interaction, relieve symptoms, and for other purposes.”
This changed the music history and the American history because most of the genre types of music have various types of the genre and are very different from each other yet related to the roots which are rock and roll when it began in the mid 1900’s. What I liked about the author is that he speaks to us about how there are different types of rock and roll and how it has reshaped our culture and music and how it has changed over time from the past to the present. He states a lot of good facts and examples on the topic rock and roll and how it is effective and how it has changed from when it first started in different states to how it has changed to now which is well known and different types of rock and roll that are known in today’s music era. But overall I did like how the author organized his ideas and how it all fit into what he was saying about his argument and how it worked out for him.
I decided to take Music Appreciation online because I like taking time to read more about music and its history without being rushed. By taking this class, I would like to know more about music and find more inspiration as well as motivation to complete piano courses. Besides, I would love to know more about pieces of music, especially classical, blues and jazz.
Forney, Kristine, and Joseph Machlis. Study Guide for the Enjoyment of Music. New York: W.W. Norton &, 2011. Print.
What does music mean to you? Music is something that has been around for many years. It started out as just some drums and a few instruments, but has changed a lot over time. The dictionary defines music as “an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.” When I think of music I think of it has a story combined with instrumental sounds. Over the years, it has changed so much, some for the good and the bad. There are many different types of music and different emotions it will bring.
On December 4th, I decided to indulge myself with some Chamber music in between my classes. I must admit I never saw myself as the type to go to a concert where there is not a large band and screaming fans. And, may I add, it was obligatory to go to this concert for my music class. But, when I arrived to the “Afternoon Chamber Music” event, I was pleasantly surprised. The music was different from the R&B, Hip-Hop and Rap music
When I first started this class, I was not sure what to expect in terms of the overall content. Would I be listening to various pieces of music and then have to identify them? This class turned out to be so much more. First, I think one of the most important elements in learning about music, is learning about the history that shapes each piece.