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Indian Music and the Tabla Drums

the emission of harmonics(Courtney, 2001). Musicians play the tabla (or a smaller one at least) by placing it in their la...

Brazilian Samba Music

de enredo" to the more "relaxed guitar and rhythm variant" of song samba (Clifford). Sambas earliest beginnings can be traced to t...

Venice, Italy

be seen both across the expanse of water and reflected in it (Lauritzen 12). San Marco is constructed so as to catch the light. Th...

Lanza/Elevator Music

or artistic merit that might be associated with his music genre. He argues that decades of rock music that sound more like car cra...

Music History, Classical Era to the 20th Century

as an example of perfection ("Romantic"). The sociopolitical upheavals of the late eighteenth century created "new social order an...

History of the Guitar

guitar were when a hunting bow was paired with a tortoise shell to create a tar or sting instrument that was plucked (Hartmetz et ...

Leisure Music

when I first heard this tune" aspect to it. Or maybe the student has other reasons for why music is a...

Jazz Music and its History

comes in many variants: field hollers, levee camp hollers, prison work songs, street cries, and the like" (Gioia, 2005). It is rea...

Musical Differences Between the U.S. and India

of any kind. The notes and the instruments within any piece of music represent virtually everything, including inanimate objects,...

The History of Rock Music in Mexico

well known simply for their Mexican remakes of songs favored in America, such as those songs popularized by Elvis and others. Now,...

American Appeal of Blues Music

both in terms of musicality and lyrics. This paper will examine the roots of the blues, what has made it very appealing...

Contemporary Classroom Invention of Music and Montessori

childhood education. She would not only enact an educational methodology which would directly aid the societally disadvantaged ch...

Blues Music History

The blues, in all its glory, is truly a black American phenomenon but it is also an American phenomenon. Davis (2003) writes: "The...

A Short History of Reggae Music

foster a very different beat. It should be said that what made this music very different is its association with religion. The ty...

A Short History of Franco-Flemish and Venetian Schools of Art and Music

of Flemish techniques with established French style became the Franco-French school, with the earliest known innovators being the ...

The Recording Ban and Other Issues in Music History

advances in technology, new concerns arise. Again, the concept of downloading music has been discussed. But the issues that face t...

Electronic Music History

Debussy advocated the "emancipation of dissonance" (Machlis, 1961). A more immediate precursor of electronic music was Edgar Vares...

Dance Music in Musical History

This research paper briefly describes the dance music within the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods. Two pages in length, ...

The History Of American Gospel Music

nothing but these songs, these oral traditions that communicated not only their religious beliefs but their hopes and dreams as we...

The Early Music Revival A History by Harry Haskell

with significant insight to the concepts about which he wrote; without such influence, it is likely that the writers intensity tow...

A History of Surf Music

This paper traces surf music from its beginnings in the 1950s through the present, discussing trends and artists. This fifteen pa...

The History of Modern Music

as the century progressed so did his style and flare. The Rite of Spring was revived by the Russian ballet in 1920...

Three Brief Essays on Musical Topics

opium. The drug, too weak to kill, plunges him into a heavy sleep accompanied by strange visions. His sensations...are translated ...

Music as a Character in Meet Me in St. Louis and 42nd Street

the plot development and story. For example, as the movie opens, various cast members pass the song "Meet Me in St. Louis" from o...

Music and its Health Benefits

how this works but one thing that is certain is that the brain responds to certain kinds of music. Scientists now agree that music...

2nd Graders and the Impact of Silence and Rap Music

In six pages this research paper provides a review of the pertinent literature regarding the process of learning and the effects o...

Learning Enhanced Through Music

pick to be at the heart of a scientific controversy. Yet, he is one of the principal researchers into the Mozart effect. Perceivi...

Music of Jamaica

portion of the cultural variety of the Island, it helps to take note of the wide racial influx, which determined and created that ...

Music of the Australian Aborigines

In ten pages this research paper considers the music of the aboriginal peoples of Australia in this informational overview that di...

Music Industry Protection and Copyright Laws

In a paper consisting of seven pages the ways in which Internet downloading of songs have impacted the music industry are examined...