... who reigned about a thousand years before his time, reveals the fact that timbrels were being used at banquets and at religious gatherings. Jacob's father-in-law Laban, lived in Babylonian territory, and when Jacob left him in haste, he said to him: "Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly . . . that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? (Gen. 31:27). This suggests the possibility that some of these musical instruments as used in Babylonia found their way into the life of the early Hebrews. Egyptian Musical Instruments Influencing Moses And Israel. Moses received a thorough education at the hands of the Egyptians, a ...
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... life decisions, but others are not so important, like "What should I wear?" I think, that whatever type of music you listen to, you effect it and it effects you. LET IT BE ~ The Beatles ~ 1970 When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in my hour of darkness She is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. Let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, let it be. And when the broken hearted people Living in the world agree, There will be an answer, let it be. For though they may be parted there is Still a chance that they will see There will be an ...
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... The Encyclopedia of Pop Rock and Soul. In 1947, when Jim was four, the Morrison family was driving through a desert in New Mexico when they came upon a car wreck. “The first time I discovered death,” said Morrison, “me, my mother and father, and grandmother and grandfather, were driving through the desert at dawn. A truckload of Indians had either hit another car or something – there were Indians scattered all over the highway, bleeding to death. So we pulled the car up…I don’t remember ever seeing a movie, and suddenly, there were all these redskins, and they were lying all over the road bleeding to death. I was just a kid, so I had to stay in the car while my ...
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... let me ride."-Tupac Shakur (1971-1996) His name was Tupac Amaru Shakur he was born on June 16, 1971 he was twenty-five years old when he was killed In las Vegas ,Nevada On 10 13, 1996 He measured 5' 7" tall and weighed 165 lbs. He was a rapper/actor. He was talented when he put his mind to something.Some would say like to dance with death. 2Pac was a rapper/actor who recorded numerous records a played head roles in a few movies. He sold more then ten million records and made millions from his movies this is a man that was born into violence and went the opposite direction by doing everything everything his parents didn't do. 2Pac attended art school in the s ...
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... and suicide. Hollywood, the country's Mecca for TV and movies, is another contaminated disaster area. This area has given us hero's such as Clint Eastwood, Humphrey Bogart, and Bruce Willis. Once filmmakers would evoke sexual interests through eye contact or a touch of the leg. Today cinematographers resort to graphic sexual acts and horrific beatings. A poll by Newsweek stated that sexual moderation and fidelity are normal for both married people and for those who live together. In contrast, 7 out of 8 televised sexual encounters involve extramarital sex (Newsweek, 1994). This trend is startling when compared to the fact that children spend more time w ...
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... resulted in an everlasting impact on many Americans as well as on the world of Jazz. The American tale of rags to riches is defined by the life and development of Louis Armstrong. Armstrong was born into a childhood of challenges and struggles. He was born poor and illegitimate in New Orleans on the fourth of August 1901. In addition to his hardships, Armstrong was forced to grow up lacking a fatherly figure. Due to this, Armstrong’s main support through out his childhood is accredited to his mother (Ward 16). As a child, Armstrong was introduced to and guided through music by his only fatherly figure and mentor, Joe “King” Oliver. Oliver was not only Ar ...
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... a new young audience when it was featured in the 1987 film 'Good Morning, Vietnam' ". (www.downbeatjazz.com) Most recent research gives Armstrong's birth as Aug. 4, 1901. He grew up in New Orleans and received his first music instruction in 1913 at a children's home. By 1915 he was sitting in with local bands. "He came north to Chicago to join King Oliver in 1922 and made his first records with Oliver the following April". (www.chimesblues.com) "Though Chicago would be his base for the next 12 years, he went to New York for the first time in September 1924 to join Fletcher Henderson's band and record extensively with various blues singers, including Bessie Smit ...
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... say “yeah, that CD with the cool beat and the monks singing in the background!” This is not true, simply because it is not signing it is chanting and that’s the big difference. Second, there shouldn’t be any music in the background as in the enigma CD. So what exactly is ? A bunch of notes slapped on a paper that people just riddle off in a deep voice so it sounds good? Of course not. Chant is a specific kind of music. The people of that time didn’t really develop far into music so there was no real back bone to work from. No organization or format to follow. The way chant was written and performed is very different from today’s music. today has a format ...
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... great Pope Gregory. It signified the religious aspect of the early to middle ages. Chants were performed as a ritual of praying and were very popular in these times. An organum was the earliest sacred music performed in churches and many other religious stages. It could be sung in polyphonic, monophonic, or homophonic. Homophonic consists of a singer and accompaniment. Polyphonic has many contributing factors, singers, instruments, and back up singers. Pallastrena composed many sacred masses of the Renaissance. A mass is a religious gathering of performer that sings praise to the heavens. Acupela is one performer without any accompanying instruments or back u ...
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... only from vowels and consonants but also from a third element of articulation which was based simultaneously on variation of pitch, timbre and timing. West African drum language was not a primitive sort Morse code but a phonetic reproduction of the sound of words; only languages dependent on pitch, vibrato and timing lend themselves to such treatment. The time element was the easiest to reproduce on a drum had, changes of vibrato were effected by vibrating the knees while holding the drum tightly clasped to the armpit, changes of pitch were effected by changes of pressure on the drum skin. Thus language and music were not strictly divided, and the average standard o ...
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