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Transfer-Encoding: chunked Nailing the step up to A2 Right, AS levels are done, now it’s time to strap on your seat belt and get ready for the next stage – A2s. You’ve got a few weeks before they begin so what can you do right now to get a head start on the final year of you’re A levels? A step up Yes, A2s are harder than the AS courses you’ve just taken, just like those AS levels were harder than GCSEs. At A2 the concepts will be trickier, the analysis deeper and the exams more demanding (and probably longer). You’ll be expected to link different parts of the specification together so you can show your understanding of the ‘big picture’ of the subject. Your teachers will expect you to work independently and assume that you’re super-motivated and willing to exchange ideas in class. But you can do all of that – it’s just the next step. Getting prepared Why not read some popular books that relate to the subjects you study? Maths students might enjoy Alexanders’ Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos; Biology students could try Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene and Sociology and Psychology students How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran. Don’t bother with textbooks (useful but they’re not really meant to be read all the way through) or anything directly related to the A2 course. Choose something that looks really interesting and off you
Musicology essay - Plaisir D'amour
3The piece that will be deconstructed and evaluated is a classical French song called Plaisir d'amour (pleasure of love) written in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Egide-Martini (1741-1814). The text of the piece was taken from a poem by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755-1794), which is seen in his novel Celestine. Jean-Paul-Égide Martini was born in the Bavarian city of Freistadt on August 31, 1741. Martini's father, a talented organist, was his first teacher. Plaisir d’amour, one of Martini’s most well-known works and was greatly successful. The musical elements of duration, structure and expressive devices will be explored in the essay. Plaisir d'amour uses the musical element of duration effectively throughout the piece by using the vocalist’s vocal techniques and slow tempo to establish atmosphere. For example, long phrases are used by the singer to create an emotion by establishing a calm atmosphere. Almost every word that is sung in this song are extended. Long phrases are very commonly encountered in romantic, classical music. Towards the end of the song, in the third section, her voice shows a sad, fearful, and indecisive tone showing a change in tonality similar to a time signature change or change in rhythm. This is further supported by the use of a fermata/pause to lengthen the duration of the last lyrics do release tension with the vocalist. A slow tempo of 94 BPM
Describe Popular Culture In Britain At The Beginning Of The 1960s.
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Critically examine the role of improvisation in Jazz, in particular the improvisational technique of scat singing, and what figures have promoted this technique?
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A Brief History of the Blues
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Autobiography - creative writing.
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Manisha Chohan Baroque Music The Baroque period came from roughly from the 1600 – 1750. It came from Italy. Baroque music was orchestral music. Baroque music is characterised by the contrast between loud and soft music, and solo and ensemble music. Baroque music has a polyphonic texture. This means the music has many voices playing different things all at the same time. It can also take other textures such as monophonic which is a single melody with no accompaniment. Also there is a homophonic texture which is melody and accompanied, so this means there will be one voice and the rest would be backing. Baroque has also a characteristic of tonality which are replaced by major or minor scales. In baroque music imitation and motifs are used. Melodies often had a lot of ornamentation for example there would have been a lot of trills in the music. It also had the use of the harpsichord continuo. The 2 main dynamic levels were loud and soft; this was known as terraced dynamics. An orchestra has a large instrumental ensemble with sections of strings, brass, woodwind, and occasionally persuasion instruments. A baroque orchestra was sometimes directed from a harpsichord. The continuo was a part which was normally played by harpsichord or an organ. This would be filling in the harmonies and holding the whole ensemble place together. A harpsichord is a keyboard instrument where the
Music concert review. I watched a concert named Swire Symphony Under the Stars which is performed by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Jewel Thief is a good example of a Bollywood formula film containing a variety of musical elements.
Jewel Thief Analysis MUSI 1500: Section B Often we see in Bollywood movies that the main character plays a double role. This has become a common theme throughout numerous Bollywood movies, in which good and evil are shown through the same actor while playing two different roles. In the 1960’s formula movie, Jewel Thief, Dev Anand plays the double role of Vinay and Prince Amar. The music director of this movie is S.D. Burman. The story revolves around Vinay and his resemblance to the famous jewel thief Prince Amar. Vinay is a young, happy-go lucky man who has an interest in the business of jewels and valuable stones. Unlike his father, he does not have any interest in joining the Police force but would rather spend his time observing jewellery. He soon gets a job at a Jewellery store which is owned by Seth. Vishamber Nath. During the time he is there, he catches the eye of Nath’s daughter, Anju, who eventually falls head over heels for him. Soon after, he is accused of lying about his true identity and that he is really the notorious jewel thief, Prince Amar. A man named Arjun Singh and his supposed sister, who goes by the name of ‘Shalu’ accuse Vinay of hiding the fact that he is Amar, who also happens to be Amar’s fiancée. Vinay proves that he is not Amar by showing a mark of recognition on his body, but even after his supposed look-alike, Amar, is still causing
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The History of Jazz Jazz is a type of music that was firstly developed around the year 1895 in New Orleans. To create this type of music, elements from many types of music were mixed, including Ragtime, marching band music, and blues. The difference between this newly developed music called Jazz, and the earlier styles of music was the improvising that was done to the music, by many of the players in each band or orchestra. Jazz music was very different to the traditional Western Music, and was a "break " For Jazz players to play in a Jazz band in the earlier years, they were simply given a few notes of chords to play in, which they would create their own melodies from. This is what made Jazz so unique, how every instrument would be playing their own separate, individual melody, but the instruments were able to fit together as a few notes would be given, and every instrument would be playing in the same key. The first Jazz was played by African-American and Creole musicians in New Orleans. The cornet player, Buddy Bolden was considered to be the first musician to play Jazz music ever. He was unable to use his Jazz music as a proper job, and had to find other jobs elsewhere. Once Jazz had been formed into a "proper" music, small bands began to play Jazz in their music, such as Joe King Oliver, Kis Ory and Jelly Rell. This bands mainly held older men, and increased
