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musical material, or composition, as held in western classical music. Even when music is notated precisely, there are still many decisions that a Music Rooms performer has to make. 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,

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just as much as those who perform the music of others or folk music. The standard body of choices and techniques present at a given time and a given 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

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music which is Music Rooms not clear, and therefore has a "standard" interpretation. In some musical genres, such as jazz and Music Rooms blues, even

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more freedom is given to the performer Music Rooms to engage in improvisation on Music Rooms a basic melodic, harmonic, Music Rooms or rhythmic framework. The greatest latitude is given to the performer in a style of performing called free improvisation, which is material that is spontaneously "thought of" (imagined) while being Music Rooms performed, not preconceived. According to the analysis of Georgiana Costescu,[citation needed] improvised music usually follows stylistic or genre conventions and even "fully Music Rooms composed" Alicia Keys Piano Sheet Music includes some freely chosen material. Composition does not always mean the use Music Rooms of notation, or the known sole authorship of one Music Rooms individual. Music can also be determined Music Rooms by describing a "process" which may create musical sounds; examples of this range from wind chimes, through computer programs which select sounds. Music which contains elements selected by chance is called Aleatoric music, and is associated with such composers as John Cage, Morton Feldman, and Witold

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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 � spontaneous, Music Rooms trained, or untrained � are built from elements comprising a musical piece. Music can be composed for repeated performance or it can be improvised: composed on the spot. The music can be performed entirely from memory, from a written system of Free Illegal Music Downloading musical notation, or some combination of both. Study of composition has traditionally been dominated by examination of methods and practice of Western classical music, but Music Rooms the definition of composition is broad enough to include spontaneously improvised

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works like Music Rooms those of free jazz performers and

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African drummers. What is important in understanding the composition of a piece is singling out its elements. An understanding of music's Music Rooms formal Music Rooms elements can be helpful in deciphering exactly how a piece is constructed. A universal element of music is how sounds occur in time, which is referred to as the rhythm of a piece Music Rooms of music. When Music Rooms a piece appears to have a changing time-feel, it is considered Music Rooms to be in rubato time, an Italian expression that indicates that Music Rooms the tempo of the Music Rooms piece changes to suit the expressive intent of the performer. Even random placement of random sounds, which occurs in musical montage, occurs within some Music Rooms kind of time, Music Rooms and Music Rooms thus employs time as a musical element. Notation is the written expression of music notes and rhythms on paper using symbols. Music Rooms When music is written down, the pitches and rhythm Music Rooms of the music is notated, along with Music Rooms instructions on Music Rooms how to perform the music. The study of how to read notation involves music theory, harmony, Music Rooms the study of performance practice, and in Music Rooms some Music Rooms cases an understanding of historical performance methods. Written notation Music Rooms varies with style and period of music. In Western Art music, the most common Music Rooms types of Music Rooms written notation are scores, which include all the music parts of an ensemble piece, Music Rooms and parts, which are the music notation for the individual performers or singers. In popular music, jazz, and blues, the Music Rooms standard musical notation is the Music Rooms lead sheet, Music Rooms which notates the melody, Music Rooms chords, lyrics (if it is a Music Rooms vocal piece), and structure of the music. Scores and parts are also used in popular music and jazz, Music Rooms particularly in Music Rooms large ensembles such as jazz "big bands." In popular music, guitarists and electric bass players often read music Music Rooms notated in tablature, which Music Rooms indicates the location of Music Rooms the notes to be played on the instrument using Music Rooms a diagram of the guitar or bass Music Rooms fingerboard. Tabulature was also used in the Baroque era to notate music for the lute, a stringed, fretted Music Rooms instrument. Notated music is produced as sheet music. To perform music Music Rooms from Music Rooms notation requires an understanding of both the musical style and the performance practice Music Rooms that is associated with a Music Rooms piece of music or genre. Improvisation is Music Rooms the creation of spontaneous music. Improvisation is often considered an

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act of Music Rooms 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' Music Rooms techniques. In a more detailed sense, music theory (in the Music Rooms western system) also distills and analyzes the elements of Music Rooms music � rhythm, harmony (harmonic function), Music Rooms melody, structure, and Music Rooms texture. People who study Music Rooms these properties are known as music theorists. The field of music cognition Music Rooms involves the study of many aspects of music including how it is processed by listeners. Rather Music Rooms than accepting the standard practices of Music Rooms analyzing, composing, and performing music as a given, much research in music cognition seeks instead to Music Rooms uncover the mental processes that underlie these practices. Also, research in the field seeks to uncover commonalities between the musical traditions of disparate cultures and possible

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cognitive "constraints" that limit these musical systems. Questions regarding musical innateness, and emotional responses to music are also major Music Rooms areas of research in the field. Deaf Music Rooms people can experience music by feeling the vibrations in their

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body, a process which can Music Rooms be enhanced if the individual holds a resonant, hollow object. A well-known deaf Music Rooms musician is the Music Rooms composer Ludwig van Beethoven, who composed many famous works even after he had completely lost his hearing.

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Recent examples Music Rooms of deaf musicians include Evelyn Glennie, a highly acclaimed percussionist Music Rooms who has been deaf since Music Rooms age twelve, and Chris Buck, a virtuoso violinist who has lost his hearing. This Music Rooms is relevant because it indicates that music is a deeper cognitive process than unexamined Music Rooms phrases such as, "pleasing to the ear" would suggest. Much research in music cognition seeks to Music Rooms uncover these complex mental processes involved in Music Rooms listening

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to music, which may seem intuitively simple, yet are vastly intricate and complex.The music that composers make Music Rooms can be heard through Music Rooms several media; the most traditional way is to hear it live, in the presence, or

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as one of the musicians. Live music can also be broadcast over the radio, television or the internet. Some musical Music Rooms styles focus on producing a sound for a performance, while others focus on Music Rooms producing Music Rooms a recording which mixes together sounds which were never played Music Rooms "live". Recording, even of styles which are essentially live, often uses the ability to edit and splice to produce recordings which are Music Rooms considered better than the actual performance. As talking pictures emerged in the early 20th century, Music Rooms with their prerecorded musical tracks, an increasing number of moviehouse Music Rooms orchestra musicians found themselves out of work.[6] During the 1920s

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live musical performances by orchestras, pianists, and theater organists were common at first-run theaters[7] With the coming of the talking motion pictures, those featured performances were largely eliminated. The AFM took out newspaper advertisements protesting the replacement of live musicians with Music Rooms 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 Emotional Reaction Whatever" Since legislation introduced to help protect performers, composers, Music Rooms publishers and producers, including the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 in the United States, Music Rooms and the 1979 revised Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in the Music Rooms United Kingdom, recordings and live performances have also become more accessible through computers, devices and internet in Music Rooms a form that is commonly known as music-on-demand. In many cultures, there is less distinction between

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performing and listening to music, since virtually everyone Music Rooms is involved in some sort of musical activity, often communal. Music Rooms In industrialised countries, listening to music through a recorded form, such as sound Music Rooms recording Music Rooms or watching a music video, became more Music Rooms common than experiencing live performance, Music Rooms roughly Music Rooms in Music Rooms the middle Music Rooms of the 20th century. Sometimes, Music Rooms live performances incorporate prerecorded sounds.

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For example, a DJ uses disc records for scratching, and some 20th-century works have a solo for an instrument or voice that is performed along with Music Rooms music that is prerecorded onto a tape. Computers Music Rooms and many keyboards can be programmed to produce and play Music Rooms MIDI music. Audiences can also become performers by participating in Karaoke, an activity of Japanese origin which centres Music Rooms around a device Music Rooms that plays voice-eliminated versions of well-known songs. Most karaoke machines also have video screens that show lyrics to songs being performed; performers Music Rooms can follow Music Rooms the lyrics as they sing over the instrumental tracks. The advent of the Internet has transformed the experience of music, partly through the increased ease of access to music and the increased choice. Chris Anderson, in his book The Long Tail: Why Music Rooms the future of business is selling less of more, suggests that Music Rooms while the economic model of Music Rooms supply and demand describes scarcity, the Internet retail model is based on Music Rooms abundance. Digital storage Music Rooms costs are low, so a company Music Rooms can afford to make its whole inventory available Music Rooms online, giving customers as much Music Rooms choice as possible. It has thus become economically viable to offer products that very few people are interested in. Consumers' growing Music Rooms awareness of their increased choice results in a Music Rooms closer association between listening tastes and Music Rooms social identity, and the creation of thousands of niche markets. Another effect of the Internet arises Music Rooms with online communities like Youtube and Myspace. Myspace has Music Rooms made social networking with other musicians easier, and greatly facilitates the distribution of one's music. Youtube Music Rooms also has a large community of both amateur and professional musicians who post videos and comments. Professional musicians also use Youtube as a free publisher of promotional material. Youtube users, for example, no longer only download and listen to mp3s, but also actively create their own. According to Tapscott and Williams, Music Rooms there has been Music Rooms a shift from a traditional consumer role to what they call a "prosumer" role, a consumer who both creates and consumes. Manifestations of this in music include the production of Music Rooms mashes, remixes, and music videos by fans.