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musical material, or composition, as

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held in western classical music. Even when music is notated precisely, European Music there are still many decisions that a performer has to make. The process of a performer deciding European Music how to perform European Music music that has been previously

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composed European Music and European Music 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 European Music standard body

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of choices and techniques present at a given time and a given place is referred to as performance practice, European Music where as European Music interpretation is European Music generally European Music used to mean either individual choices of a European Music performer, or an aspect of music which is not clear, and therefore has a "standard" Free Music Shareware interpretation. In some musical genres, such as jazz and blues, even more freedom is given European Music to the performer to engage in improvisation on a basic melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic framework. The greatest latitude is European Music given to the performer in a style of performing called free improvisation, which is European Music material that is spontaneously European Music "thought of" European Music (imagined) while being performed, not preconceived. According to European Music the European Music analysis of Georgiana Costescu,[citation needed] improvised music usually follows stylistic or genre conventions and even "fully composed" European Music includes some European Music freely

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chosen material. European Music Composition does not always mean European Music the use of notation, or the known sole authorship of one individual. Music can also be determined by describing a "process" which may create musical sounds; examples of this European Music range European Music from wind chimes, through computer programs which select sounds. European Music Music which contains elements selected by chance is called Aleatoric music, and is associated with such composers as John Cage, Morton Feldman, and Witold Lutoslawski. Musical composition is a term that describes the composition of European Music a piece of music. Methods of composition vary widely from one composer to another, European Music however in analysing music all forms European Music � spontaneous, trained, or European Music untrained � are built European Music from elements comprising a musical piece. Music can be composed for repeated performance or it can be improvised: composed on the spot. European Music The music can be performed entirely from memory, from a written system of musical notation, or some combination European Music of both. Study of composition has European Music traditionally been dominated by examination of methods and practice of Western classical music, but European Music the definition of composition European Music is broad enough to include spontaneously European Music improvised European Music works like those of free jazz performers and African drummers. What is important Free Web Music in understanding the composition of European Music a piece is

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singling

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out its elements. An understanding of music's formal elements can be helpful in deciphering European Music exactly how European Music a piece is constructed. A universal element of music is how sounds occur European Music in time, which is referred to European Music as the rhythm of European Music a piece of music. When a piece appears to have a changing time-feel, it is considered to be in rubato time, an Italian expression

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that indicates that the tempo of the piece changes to suit the expressive European Music intent of the performer. Even random placement of random sounds, which occurs in musical montage, occurs within European Music some kind European Music of time, and thus employs time as a musical element. Notation is the written expression of music notes and rhythms on paper using symbols. When music European Music is written down, the pitches and rhythm of the music European Music is notated, along with instructions

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on European Music how to perform the music. The study of how European Music to European Music read notation involves music theory, harmony, the study of performance practice, and in some cases an understanding of historical performance methods. Written notation varies with style and period of music. In Western Art music, the most common types of written notation are scores, Music Of Wwii which include all the music parts of European Music an ensemble piece, and parts, which are the music notation for the individual performers or singers. In popular music, jazz, and blues, the standard musical notation is the lead sheet, European Music which notates the melody, chords, lyrics (if European Music it European Music is a vocal piece), and structure of the music. Scores and parts are also used in popular music and jazz, particularly in large ensembles European Music such as jazz "big bands." In popular music, guitarists and electric bass players often read music notated European Music in tablature, which indicates the location of the notes to be played on the instrument using a diagram European Music of the guitar or bass fingerboard. Tabulature was also used in the Baroque era to notate music for the lute, a stringed, fretted instrument. Notated music is produced as sheet music. To perform music European Music from notation requires European Music an understanding of both the musical style and the performance practice that is associated with a piece of music or genre. Improvisation is the creation of spontaneous music. Improvisation European Music is often considered European Music an act of instantaneous composition by composers, where compositional techniques are employed with or without preparation. Music theory encompasses the Super Mario Brothers Band Music nature and mechanics of music. It often involves identifying patterns that govern composers' techniques. In a Play Me Some Mountain Music more detailed sense, music theory (in the western system) also European Music distills and

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analyzes the elements of music � rhythm, Summer Music harmony (harmonic function), melody, structure, and texture. People who study European Music these European Music properties are known as music theorists. The field of music cognition involves the European Music study of many aspects of music European Music including how it is processed by listeners. Rather than accepting the standard practices of analyzing, composing, and performing music as European Music a given, much research in European Music music European Music cognition seeks instead to uncover the mental processes

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that underlie these practices. Also, research in the field seeks to uncover commonalities between the musical traditions of disparate cultures and possible cognitive "constraints" European Music that limit these musical systems. Questions regarding musical European Music innateness, and emotional responses to music are also major areas of research in the field.
Deaf people can experience music by feeling the vibrations in their body, a process which can be enhanced if the individual holds a resonant, hollow object. A well-known deaf musician is

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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 relevant because it indicates that music is a deeper cognitive process than unexamined phrases such as, "pleasing to the European Music ear" would suggest. Much research in music cognition seeks to uncover these European Music complex mental processes involved in listening to music, which may seem intuitively simple, yet are vastly intricate and complex.The music that composers make European Music can be heard through several media; the most European Music traditional way

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is to

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

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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 European Music musicians European Music with mechanical playing devices. One 1929 ad that appeared in the European Music Pittsburgh Press features an image of a can European Music labeled "Canned Music / Big Noise Brand / Guaranteed European Music to Produce No Intellectual or Emotional Reaction Whatever" Since legislation

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introduced to help European Music protect performers, composers, publishers and European Music producers, including the Audio Home Recording Act European Music of 1992 in the United States, and the 1979 revised Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in the United Kingdom, recordings and live performances have also become more accessible through computers, devices and internet in a European Music form that is commonly known as music-on-demand. In many cultures, there is less distinction between performing and listening to music, European Music since virtually everyone is involved in some sort of European Music musical activity, often European Music communal. In industrialised countries, listening to music European Music through a recorded form, such as sound recording or watching a music video, became more common than experiencing live performance, European Music roughly in the middle of the 20th century. Sometimes, live performances incorporate prerecorded sounds. European Music 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 that is prerecorded onto a tape. European Music Computers and many keyboards can be programmed to produce and play MIDI music. European Music Audiences can also become performers by European Music participating

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in Karaoke, an activity European Music of European Music Japanese origin which centres around a device that plays voice-eliminated versions of well-known songs. Most karaoke European Music machines also have video screens that show lyrics to songs being performed; performers can follow the lyrics as they sing over the instrumental tracks. The advent of the European Music Internet European Music has transformed the experience of music, partly through the increased ease

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of access to music and the increased choice. Chris

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Anderson, in his book The Long Tail: Why the future of business is selling less European Music of more, suggests that while the economic model European Music of supply and demand describes scarcity, the Internet retail European Music model is based on abundance. Digital storage costs are low, so a company can afford to Classical Music K Meaning make its whole inventory available online, giving customers

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as much choice as possible. It has thus become economically viable to offer products that very few people are European Music interested in. European Music Consumers' growing awareness of their increased choice results in a closer association between listening tastes and social identity, and the creation of thousands 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 amateur and professional musicians who post videos and comments. Professional musicians also use Youtube European Music as a free publisher of promotional material. Youtube users, for example, no longer only European Music download and listen to mp3s, but also European Music actively create their own.

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According to Tapscott and Williams, there European Music has been a shift from a European Music traditional consumer role to what American Gangster Music they European Music call a "prosumer" role, a consumer who European Music both creates and consumes. Manifestations of this in music include the production of mashes, remixes, European Music and music videos by fans.


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