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musical material, or composition, as held in western classical music. Even Christian Music Forums when music is notated Christian Music Forums precisely, Christian Music Forums there are still many decisions that a performer has to make. Christian Music Forums The process of a performer deciding how to perform music that has been previously composed and notated is termed interpretation. Different performers' interpretations of the same music can vary widely. Composers and song writers who present their own music are interpreting, just as much as those who perform the music of others or folk music. The standard body of choices and Christian Music Forums techniques present at a Christian Music Forums given time and a given Christian Music Forums place is referred to as performance practice, where as interpretation is generally used to mean either individual choices of a performer, or an aspect of music which is not clear, and therefore has a "standard" interpretation. In some musical genres, such as jazz and blues, even more freedom is given to the performer to engage in improvisation on a basic melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic framework. The greatest latitude is given Christian Music Forums to the performer in a Christian Music Forums style of performing called free improvisation, Christian Music Forums which is material that is spontaneously "thought of" Christian Music Forums (imagined) while being performed, not preconceived. According Christian Music Forums to the analysis of Georgiana Costescu,[citation needed] improvised music usually Christian Music Forums follows stylistic or genre conventions and even "fully composed" includes Christian Music Forums some freely chosen material. Composition does not always mean the use of notation, or Christian Music Forums the known sole authorship of one individual. Music can also be determined

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by describing a "process" which may create musical sounds; Christian Music Forums examples of this range from wind Christian Music Forums chimes, through computer programs Christian Music Forums which select sounds. Music which contains elements Christian Music Forums selected by chance is called Aleatoric music, and is Christian Music Forums associated with such composers Christian Music Forums as John Cage, Morton Christian Music Forums Feldman, and Witold Lutoslawski. Musical composition is a term that describes the composition of a piece of music. Methods of composition vary widely from one composer to another, however in analysing music all forms � Christian Music Forums spontaneous, trained, or untrained � are built from elements comprising a musical piece. Music can be composed Christian Music Forums for repeated performance or it can be improvised: composed on the spot. The Christian Music Forums music can be performed entirely from memory, from a written system of musical notation, or some combination of both. Study Christian Music Forums of composition has traditionally been dominated by examination of methods and practice of Western classical music, but the definition Christian Music Forums of composition is broad enough to Christian Music Forums include spontaneously improvised works like those Christian Music Forums of free jazz performers and African drummers. What is important in understanding the composition of Christian Music Forums a piece is singling out its elements. An understanding of music's formal elements can be Christian Music Forums helpful in deciphering exactly how a piece is constructed. Christian Music Forums A universal element of music is how sounds occur

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in time, which is referred Christian Music Forums to as Christian Music Forums the rhythm of a piece of music. When a piece appears to have a changing time-feel, it Christian Music Forums is considered to be in rubato time, an Italian Christian Music Forums expression that indicates Christian Music Forums that the tempo of the piece changes to suit the expressive intent of the performer. Christian Music Forums Even random placement of random sounds, which occurs in musical montage, occurs within some kind of time, Dark Cloud Music Download and thus employs time as Christian Music Forums a musical element. Notation Christian Music Forums is the written expression of music notes and rhythms on

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paper using symbols. When music is written down, the pitches and rhythm of the music is notated, along with instructions on how to perform the music. The study Christian Music Forums of how to Christian Music Forums read notation involves Christian Music Forums music theory, harmony, the study of performance practice, and in some cases an understanding of Christian Music Forums historical Christian Music Forums performance methods. Written notation varies with style and period of music. In Western Art music, the most common types of written notation are scores, which include all the music Christian Music Forums parts of an Christian Music Forums ensemble piece, and parts, which are the music notation for the individual performers or singers. In popular music, jazz, and Christian Music Forums blues, the Christian Music Forums standard musical notation is the lead sheet, which notates the melody, chords, lyrics (if Christian Music Forums it is a vocal piece), and structure of the music. Scores and parts are also used in popular music and jazz, particularly Christian Music Forums in

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large ensembles such as jazz "big bands." In popular music, guitarists and electric bass players often read music Christian Music Forums notated in tablature, which indicates Christian Music Forums the location of the notes to be played on the instrument using a diagram of the guitar or bass fingerboard. Tabulature was also used in the Christian Music Forums Baroque era to notate music for the lute, a stringed, fretted instrument. Notated music is produced as sheet music.

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To perform Christian Music Forums music from Christian Music Forums notation requires an understanding of

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both the musical style and the performance practice that is associated with a piece of music or genre. Improvisation is the creation Christian Music Forums of spontaneous music. Christian Music Forums Improvisation is often considered Christian Music Forums an act of instantaneous composition by composers, where compositional techniques are employed with or without preparation. Music theory encompasses the nature and mechanics of music. It often involves identifying patterns that govern composers' techniques. In Christian Music Forums a Music School New York City more detailed sense, music theory (in the Christian Music Forums western system) also distills and analyzes Christian Music Forums the elements of music � rhythm, harmony (harmonic function), melody, structure, and texture. People who study these properties are

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known as music theorists. The field

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of music cognition involves the study of many aspects of music including how it is processed by listeners. Rather than accepting the standard practices of analyzing, Bow Wow Music Video composing, Christian Music Forums and performing music as a given, much research in music cognition seeks Christian Music Forums instead to uncover Christian Music Forums the mental processes that underlie these practices. Christian Music Forums Also, research in the field seeks to uncover commonalities between Christian Music Forums the musical traditions of disparate cultures and Christian Music Forums possible cognitive "constraints" that limit these musical systems. Questions regarding musical innateness, and emotional responses to music are also major areas Christian Music Forums of research in the Christian Music Forums field. Deaf people can experience music by feeling the

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vibrations in their body, a process which can be enhanced if the Christian Music Forums individual holds a resonant, hollow object. Christian Music Forums A well-known deaf musician is the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, who composed many famous works even after he had completely lost his hearing. Recent examples of deaf musicians include Evelyn Glennie, a highly acclaimed percussionist who has been deaf since age twelve, and Chris Buck, a virtuoso violinist who has lost his hearing. This is Christian Music Forums relevant because it indicates that music is a deeper cognitive process than Christian Music Forums unexamined phrases such as, "pleasing to the ear" would suggest. Much Christian Music Forums research in music cognition seeks to uncover these complex mental processes involved in listening to music, which may seem intuitively simple, yet are vastly intricate and complex.The music that composers Christian Music Forums make can be heard through several media; the Christian Music Forums most Julliard School Of Music In Manhattan traditional way is to hear it live, Christian Music Forums in the presence, or as one of the musicians. Live music can also be broadcast over the radio, television or

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the internet. Some musical styles focus on producing a sound for a performance, while others focus on producing a recording which mixes Christian Music Forums together sounds which were never played "live". Recording, even of styles Christian Music Forums which are essentially live, often uses the ability to Christian Music Forums edit and splice to produce recordings which are considered better than the actual performance. As Christian Music Forums talking pictures

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emerged in the early 20th century, with their prerecorded Christian Music Forums musical tracks, an increasing number of moviehouse orchestra musicians found themselves

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out of work.[6] During the 1920s live musical performances Christian Music Forums by orchestras, pianists, and theater organists were common at first-run theaters[7] With the coming of the talking motion Christian Music Forums pictures, those Ripping Music From Video featured performances were largely eliminated. The AFM took out newspaper advertisements protesting the replacement of live musicians with mechanical playing devices. One 1929 ad that appeared in the Pittsburgh Press features an image of a can labeled "Canned Music / Big Noise Brand / Guaranteed to Produce No Intellectual or Christian Music Forums Emotional Reaction Whatever" Since legislation introduced to help protect performers, composers, publishers and Christian Music Forums producers, including the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 in the United States, Christian Music Forums and the 1979 revised Berne Christian Music Forums Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic

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Works in the United Kingdom, recordings and live Christian Music Forums performances have also become more accessible through computers, devices and internet in a form that is commonly known as music-on-demand. In many cultures, there is less distinction Christian Music Forums between performing and listening to music, since virtually everyone is involved in some sort of musical activity, often communal. In industrialised countries, listening to music through a recorded form, such as sound Christian Music Forums recording or watching a music video, became more Christian Music Forums common than experiencing live performance, roughly in the middle of Christian Music Forums the Christian Music Forums 20th century. Sometimes, live performances incorporate prerecorded sounds. For example, a DJ uses disc records for scratching, and some 20th-century works have a solo for an Christian Music Forums instrument or voice that is performed along with music Christian Music Forums that is prerecorded onto a tape. Computers and many Johannes Brahms Type Of Music keyboards can be programmed to produce and play MIDI music. Audiences can also become performers by participating in Karaoke, an Christian Music Forums activity of Japanese origin Christian Music Forums which centres around a device that plays voice-eliminated versions of well-known Christian Music Forums songs. Most karaoke machines also have video screens that show lyrics to songs being performed; performers can follow the lyrics Christian Music Forums as they

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sing over the instrumental tracks. The advent Christian Music Forums of the Internet Christian Music Forums has transformed the experience of music, partly through the increased ease of access Christian Music Forums to music and the increased choice. Chris Anderson, in his book The Long Tail: Christian Music Forums Why the future of business is selling less of more,

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suggests that while the economic model of supply and demand describes scarcity, the Internet retail model is based Christian Music Forums on Christian Music Forums abundance. Christian Music Forums Digital Christian Music Forums storage costs are low, so a company can afford to make its whole inventory available online, giving customers as much choice as possible. It has thus become economically viable to offer products Christian Music Forums that very few people Christian Music Forums are interested in. Consumers' growing awareness of their increased choice results in Christian Music Forums a closer association between listening Christian Music Forums tastes and social identity, and the creation of thousands Christian Music Forums of niche markets. Another effect of the Internet arises with online communities like Youtube and Myspace. Myspace has made social networking with other musicians easier, and greatly facilitates the distribution of one's music. Youtube also has a large community of both Christian Music Forums amateur Christian Music Forums and professional musicians who post videos and comments. Professional musicians also use Youtube as a free publisher of Christian Music Forums promotional material. Youtube users, for example, no longer only download and listen to mp3s, but also actively create their own. According to Tapscott Christian Music Forums and Williams, there has been a shift from Christian Music Forums a traditional consumer role Christian Music Forums to what they Christian Music Forums call a "prosumer" role, Christian Music Forums a consumer who both Christian Music Forums creates and consumes. Manifestations of this Christian Music Forums in music include the production of mashes, remixes, and music videos by fans.