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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 performer has to make. The process of a performer Gospel Music Association deciding how to perform Gospel Music Association music that has been Gospel Music Association previously composed and notated is termed interpretation. Different performers' interpretations of the Gospel Music Association same music can vary widely. Composers and song writers who present their own music are interpreting, just as much as those Gospel Music Association who perform Gospel Music Association the music of others or folk music. The standard body of choices and Gospel Music Association techniques present at a given time and a given place is referred to as performance practice, where as interpretation is generally used to Gospel Music Association mean either Gospel Music Association individual choices of a performer, or an aspect of music which is not clear, and therefore has a "standard" Gospel Music Association interpretation. In some Gospel Music Association Free Music Shareware musical genres, such as jazz and blues, even more freedom is given to Gospel Music Association the performer to engage in improvisation on a basic melodic, harmonic, 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 performed, not preconceived. According to the analysis of Georgiana Costescu,[citation needed] improvised music usually follows stylistic or genre conventions and even "fully composed" includes some freely chosen material. Composition does not always mean Gospel Music Association the use of notation, or the known sole authorship of one individual. Music can Gospel Music Association also be determined by describing a "process" which may create musical sounds; examples of this range from wind chimes, through computer Gospel Music Association programs which select sounds. Music which contains elements selected by chance is Gospel Music Association called Aleatoric music, and is associated with such composers as John Cage, Morton Feldman, and Witold Lutoslawski. Musical composition is a Gospel Music Association term that describes the composition of a piece Gospel Music Association of music. Methods Gospel Music Association of composition vary widely from one composer to Gospel Music Association another, however in analysing music Gospel Music Association all forms Gospel Music Association � spontaneous, trained, or untrained � are built

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from elements comprising a musical Gospel Music Association piece. Music can Gospel Music Association be composed for repeated performance or Gospel Music Association it can be Gospel Music Association improvised: composed on the spot.

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The music can be performed entirely from memory, from a written system of musical notation, Gospel Music Association or some combination of both. Study of composition has traditionally been dominated by examination of methods and practice of Western Gospel Music Association classical music, but the definition Gospel Music Association of composition is broad enough to include spontaneously improvised works like those of free jazz performers and Gospel Music Association African drummers. What Gospel Music Association is Free Web Music important in understanding the composition of a piece is singling out its elements. An understanding of

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

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that indicates Gospel Music Association that the tempo of the piece changes to suit the expressive intent of the performer. Even random placement Gospel Music Association of random sounds, which occurs in musical montage, occurs Gospel Music Association within some kind of time, and thus employs time as a musical element. Notation is the written Gospel Music Association expression of music notes and rhythms on paper using symbols. When music is written Gospel Music Association down, the pitches and Gospel Music Association rhythm of the music is notated, along with instructions on how to perform the music. The study of how to read notation involves music theory, harmony, the study of performance Gospel Music Association practice, and in some cases Gospel Music Association an understanding of Gospel Music Association historical performance methods. Written notation varies with style and

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period of music. In Western Art music, the most common types of written notation are scores, which include all the music Gospel Music Association parts of an Gospel Music Association ensemble piece, and parts, Gospel Music Association which are the music notation for the individual performers or singers. Gospel Music Association In popular Gospel Music Association music, jazz, and blues, the standard musical notation is

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the lead sheet, which Gospel Music Association notates the melody, chords, lyrics (if it is a Gospel Music Association vocal piece), and structure of the music. Scores and parts

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are also used in popular music Gospel Music Association and jazz, particularly in large ensembles such as jazz "big bands." In popular music, guitarists and electric bass players often read Gospel Music Association music Gospel Music Association notated in tablature, which indicates the location of the notes to be played on the instrument using a Gospel Music Association diagram Gospel Music Association of Gospel Music Association the guitar or bass fingerboard. Tabulature was also used in the Baroque era to notate

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music for the lute, a Gospel Music Association stringed, fretted instrument. Notated music is produced as sheet music. To Gospel Music Association perform music from notation requires 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 Gospel Music Association of spontaneous music. Improvisation is often considered 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 Gospel Music Association composers' techniques. In a more detailed sense,

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music theory (in the western system) also distills and analyzes the elements of music � rhythm, harmony (harmonic function), melody, Gospel Music Association structure, and texture. People who study these properties are known as music theorists. The field of music cognition involves the Gospel Music Association study of many aspects Music Of Wwii of music including how it is processed by Gospel Music Association listeners. Rather than accepting the standard practices of analyzing, composing, and performing music as a given, much research in music cognition seeks Super Mario Brothers Band Music instead to uncover the mental processes that underlie these practices. Also, research in the Gospel Music Association field seeks to uncover commonalities between the musical traditions of Play Me Some Mountain Music disparate cultures and possible cognitive "constraints" that Gospel Music Association limit these musical systems. Questions regarding musical innateness, and emotional responses to music are also major areas of Gospel Music Association research in the field. Deaf people Gospel Music Association can experience

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music by feeling the vibrations Gospel Music Association in their Gospel Music Association body, a process which can Gospel Music Association be enhanced if the individual holds

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a resonant, hollow object. A

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well-known deaf musician is the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, who composed many famous works even after he had completely lost his hearing. Gospel Music Association Recent examples of deaf musicians include Evelyn Glennie, a highly acclaimed percussionist who has been deaf since Summer Music age twelve, and Chris Buck, a virtuoso violinist Gospel Music Association 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 ear" would suggest. Much Gospel Music Association research in music cognition seeks to uncover these complex mental processes involved Gospel Music Association in listening to music, which may seem intuitively simple, yet are vastly intricate and complex.The music that composers make can be heard through several Gospel Music Association media; the Gospel Music Association most traditional way is to hear it live, in the presence, Gospel Music Association or as one of the musicians. Live music can also be broadcast over Gospel Music Association the radio, Gospel Music Association television or the Gospel Music Association 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 of styles which are essentially live, often uses the ability to edit

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and splice to produce recordings which are considered better than the actual performance. As talking pictures emerged in

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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 orchestras, pianists, and theater Daughters Music Lyrics organists were common at first-run theaters[7] With the coming of Gospel Music Association the talking motion pictures, those featured performances were Gospel Music Association 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 Gospel Music Association Produce Gospel Music Association No Intellectual or Emotional Reaction Gospel Music Association Whatever" Since legislation introduced to Gospel Music Association help protect

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Classical Music K Meaning performers, composers, Gospel Music Association publishers and producers, including the Audio Home Recording Act of Gospel Music Association 1992 in the United States, and

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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 form

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that is Gospel Music Association commonly known as music-on-demand. In many cultures, there is less distinction between performing and listening to music, since virtually everyone is involved in some sort of Gospel Music Association musical activity, often communal. In industrialised countries, listening to music through a recorded form, such as sound recording or watching Gospel Music Association a American Gangster Music music video, became more common than experiencing live performance, Gospel Music Association roughly in Gospel Music Association the middle of the 20th century. Sometimes, live performances incorporate prerecorded sounds. Gospel Music Association For example, a DJ uses disc records for scratching, and some 20th-century works have a solo for Gospel Music Association an instrument or voice that is performed along with music that is prerecorded onto a tape. Computers Gospel Music Association and many keyboards can be Gospel Music Association programmed to produce and European Music play MIDI music. Audiences can also become performers by participating in Karaoke, Gospel Music Association an activity of Japanese origin which centres around a device that plays voice-eliminated versions of well-known songs. Gospel Music Association Most karaoke Gospel Music Association machines also have video screens that Gospel Music Association show lyrics to songs being performed; performers can Gospel Music Association follow the lyrics as they sing over the instrumental tracks. The advent of Gospel Music Association the Internet has Gospel Music Association 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 the future of business is selling less of more, suggests that while the economic model of supply and demand describes scarcity, the Internet retail Gospel Music Association model is based on abundance. Digital storage costs are low, so Gospel Music Association a company can afford to make its whole inventory available online, giving customers as much choice as possible. Gospel Music Association It has thus become economically viable to offer products that very few people are Gospel Music Association interested in. Consumers' growing awareness of Gospel Music Association their increased choice results in a closer association between listening tastes and social identity, and

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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 Gospel Music Association musicians easier, and greatly facilitates the distribution of one's music. Youtube also has a large community Gospel Music Association of both amateur and professional musicians who Gospel Music Association post videos and comments. Professional musicians also use Youtube as a free publisher of Gospel Music Association promotional material. Youtube Gospel Music Association users, Myspace Music Playlists for example, no longer only download and listen Gospel Music Association to mp3s, Gospel Music Association but also actively Free Cello Music create their own. According to Tapscott and Williams, there has been a shift from a traditional consumer role to what they call a "prosumer" role, a consumer who both creates Gospel Music Association and consumes. Manifestations of this in music include the production of mashes, Gospel Music Association remixes, and music videos by fans.