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musical material, or composition, as held in western classical music. Even when music American Gangster Music is notated precisely, there are still many decisions that a performer has to make. The American Gangster Music process American Gangster Music of a American Gangster Music 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 American Gangster Music widely. Composers and song writers who present

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their own music are interpreting, just as much American Gangster Music as those

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who perform the music of others or American Gangster Music folk music. The standard American Gangster Music body of choices American Gangster Music and techniques present at a given time and a Music Of Wwii given American Gangster Music place American Gangster Music is referred to as performance practice, where as interpretation is generally used to mean either American Gangster Music individual choices of a performer, or an American Gangster Music aspect of music which is not clear, and therefore has a "standard" interpretation. In some musical genres, such American Gangster Music as

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jazz and blues, even more Super Mario Brothers Band Music freedom is given American Gangster Music to the performer to engage in improvisation on a basic melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic framework. American Gangster Music The greatest American Gangster Music 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 American Gangster Music Costescu,[citation needed] improvised music American Gangster Music usually follows stylistic or genre American Gangster Music conventions and even "fully composed" includes some freely chosen

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material. Composition does not always mean American Gangster Music the use American Gangster Music 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 range from wind chimes, through computer programs which select sounds. Music American Gangster Music which contains elements selected by chance is called American Gangster Music Aleatoric music, and is associated with American Gangster Music such composers as John Cage, Morton Feldman, and Witold Lutoslawski. Musical composition is a term that describes the composition American Gangster Music of a American Gangster Music piece of music. Methods American Gangster Music of composition vary widely American Gangster Music from one composer to American Gangster Music another, American Gangster Music however in American Gangster Music analysing music all forms � spontaneous, trained, or untrained � are built from American Gangster Music elements comprising a

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musical American Gangster Music piece. Music can be composed for repeated performance or it can be improvised: composed on the spot. The music can be performed American Gangster Music entirely from memory, from a written system of musical notation, or some combination of both. Study of

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composition has traditionally been dominated by examination of methods and practice of Western classical music, but the definition of composition is broad enough to include American Gangster Music spontaneously improvised works like those of free jazz performers and African drummers. What is important in understanding American Gangster Music the composition of a piece is singling out its elements. An understanding of American Gangster Music music's formal 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

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the rhythm of 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 American Gangster Music the piece changes to suit the expressive intent of the performer. American Gangster Music Even American Gangster Music random placement of random American Gangster Music sounds, which occurs in musical montage, occurs within some kind of time, and thus employs time as a musical element. Notation is the written American Gangster Music expression of music American Gangster Music notes and rhythms on paper using symbols. American Gangster Music 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 American Gangster Music of how to 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 American Gangster Music notation are scores, which include all the music parts of an ensemble piece, and parts, which are the American Gangster Music music notation for the individual performers or singers. In popular music, jazz, and blues, the standard American Gangster Music musical notation is the lead sheet, which notates the melody, chords, lyrics (if it is a vocal piece), and structure of the music. Scores

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

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Tabulature was also used in the Baroque era to notate music for the lute, a stringed, fretted instrument. Notated music is produced as sheet American Gangster Music music. To perform music from notation requires an understanding of both the musical style and the performance American Gangster Music practice that is associated with a piece of American Gangster Music music or genre. Improvisation is the creation of spontaneous music.

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Improvisation is often considered an American Gangster Music act of instantaneous composition by composers, where compositional techniques are American Gangster Music employed with or without preparation. Music American Gangster Music theory encompasses the nature and mechanics of music. It often involves identifying patterns that govern composers' techniques. American Gangster Music In a more detailed sense, music theory (in American Gangster Music the western system) also distills and analyzes the elements of music � rhythm, Play Me Some Mountain Music harmony (harmonic American Gangster Music function), melody, structure, and American Gangster Music texture. People who study these properties are known as music theorists. The field of music cognition involves the study of many aspects of music including how it is American Gangster Music processed by listeners. Rather than accepting the standard practices of analyzing, composing, and performing music as a given, much research in music cognition seeks instead to uncover American Gangster Music the mental processes that underlie these practices. Also, research in the field seeks to uncover commonalities between the musical traditions American Gangster Music of disparate cultures and possible cognitive "constraints" that American Gangster Music limit these American Gangster Music musical American Gangster Music systems.

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Questions regarding musical innateness, American Gangster Music and emotional responses to American Gangster Music 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

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can be enhanced American Gangster Music if the individual holds a American Gangster Music resonant, American Gangster Music hollow object. A well-known deaf musician is the American Gangster Music composer Ludwig van Beethoven, who composed many famous works even after he American Gangster Music had completely lost his American Gangster Music hearing. Recent examples of deaf musicians include Evelyn Glennie, a highly acclaimed American Gangster Music 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 American Gangster Music than unexamined phrases such as, "pleasing to the ear" would suggest. Much research in music cognition seeks to uncover these complex mental processes involved in listening to music, which may seem intuitively simple, yet American Gangster Music are American Gangster Music vastly intricate and complex.The music that composers make can American Gangster Music be heard through several media; the most traditional way is to hear it live, in the presence, or as one of the musicians. Live 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 American Gangster Music Summer Music producing a American Gangster Music recording which mixes together sounds American Gangster Music which were never played "live". Recording, even of styles which American Gangster Music are essentially Daughters Music Lyrics live, American Gangster Music often uses the ability to edit and splice American Gangster Music to produce recordings American Gangster Music 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 American Gangster Music the 1920s live musical performances by orchestras, pianists, and theater organists Classical Music K Meaning were common at first-run theaters[7] With the coming American Gangster Music of the talking motion pictures, American Gangster Music those featured performances were largely eliminated. The AFM took out newspaper advertisements protesting the replacement of live American Gangster Music musicians with mechanical playing devices. One 1929 ad that appeared in the Pittsburgh Press features an image of a American Gangster Music can labeled "Canned Music / Big Noise Brand / Guaranteed to Produce No Intellectual or Emotional Reaction Whatever" Since American Gangster Music legislation introduced to help protect performers, American Gangster Music composers, publishers and producers, including the American Gangster Music Audio Home Recording Act 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 form that is commonly known American Gangster Music 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 American Gangster Music of musical activity, often communal. In industrialised countries, listening to music through a recorded form, such as sound recording or watching a music video, became more common than experiencing

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live performance, roughly in the middle of the 20th century. Sometimes, live performances incorporate prerecorded sounds. For American Gangster Music example, American Gangster Music a American Gangster Music DJ uses disc records for scratching, American Gangster Music and some 20th-century works American Gangster Music have a solo for an instrument or voice that is performed along with music that is prerecorded onto a tape. Computers and many keyboards can be American Gangster Music programmed to produce and play MIDI music. Audiences can also become performers by American Gangster Music participating in Karaoke, an activity of Japanese origin which centres around

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a device that plays voice-eliminated versions of well-known songs. Most karaoke 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 Internet has American Gangster Music transformed the experience of American Gangster Music music, partly through the increased American Gangster Music 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 model is based on abundance. Digital 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 that very American Gangster Music few people are interested in. Consumers' growing awareness of their increased choice results in a closer association between American Gangster Music listening American Gangster Music tastes and social identity, and the creation American Gangster Music of thousands of niche markets. Another effect of American Gangster Music the Internet arises with online communities like Youtube and Myspace. Myspace has made American Gangster Music social networking American Gangster Music with

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other musicians easier, and greatly facilitates the American Gangster Music 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 American Gangster Music Youtube as a free publisher of promotional material. Youtube users, for example, no

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longer only download and listen to mp3s, American Gangster Music but also actively create American Gangster Music their own. According to Tapscott and Williams, there has American Gangster Music been a shift from a American Gangster Music traditional consumer role to what they call a "prosumer" role, a consumer who both creates and consumes. Manifestations of this in American Gangster Music music include the production of mashes, remixes, and music videos by fans.