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musical material, or composition, as held

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in western classical music. Even when music Taxi Music is notated precisely, there are still many decisions that a 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 Taxi Music same music can vary widely. Composers and Taxi Music song writers Taxi Music 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 techniques present at a given time and a given Taxi Music place is referred to as performance practice, where as Taxi Music interpretation Taxi Music is generally used to mean either Taxi Music individual choices of a performer, or an aspect of music which is not clear, and therefore has a "standard" interpretation. In some Ocarina Music 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 Taxi Music latitude is given to the performer in a style of performing called free improvisation, which Taxi Music is material that is spontaneously "thought of" (imagined) Taxi Music while being performed, not preconceived. Taxi Music According to the Taxi Music analysis of Georgiana Costescu,[citation needed] improvised music usually follows stylistic or genre Taxi Music conventions and even "fully composed" includes some freely chosen material. Composition does not always mean the use of notation, Taxi Music Sweeny Todd Music or the known sole

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authorship of

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one individual. Music can Taxi Music also be determined by describing a "process" Taxi Music which may create musical sounds; examples of this Taxi Music range from wind chimes, through computer programs which select sounds. Music which contains elements Music Theory In Practice selected by chance is called Aleatoric music, and is associated with such composers as John Taxi Music Cage, Morton 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 Taxi Music forms � spontaneous, trained, or untrained � are built from elements comprising a musical piece. Music can be composed Taxi Music for repeated performance Taxi Music To Zanarkand Sheet Music or it can be improvised: composed on the spot. The music can be performed entirely from memory, from a written system Taxi Music of musical notation, or some Taxi Music combination of both. Study of 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 spontaneously improvised works like those of free jazz performers and African drummers. What is important in understanding the composition of a piece is singling out its elements. An understanding of Taxi Music music's formal elements can be Taxi Music helpful Taxi Music 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 Taxi Music piece of music. When Taxi Music a piece appears to have a changing time-feel, it is considered to be in rubato time, Taxi Music an Italian expression that indicates that the tempo of the piece Taxi Music changes to suit the expressive intent of the performer. Even random placement of random sounds, which occurs in musical montage, occurs

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within some kind of time, and thus employs Taxi Music time Taxi Music as a musical element. Notation is the written expression of music notes and Taxi Music rhythms Taxi Music on 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 Music Vedios of how Taxi Music to read notation involves Taxi Music 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 Taxi Music most common types of written notation are scores, which include all the music parts Taxi Music of an ensemble piece, and parts, which are the music notation for the individual performers or singers. In popular music, jazz, and blues, the Taxi Music standard musical notation is the lead sheet, which notates Taxi Music the melody, chords, lyrics (if it is a vocal piece), and structure of Taxi Music the music. Scores Taxi Music and parts are also used in popular music and jazz, particularly in large ensembles such as jazz "big bands." In popular music, guitarists and electric bass players often read Taxi Music music notated in Taxi Music tablature, which Taxi Music indicates the location of the notes to be played Taxi Music on the instrument using a diagram of Taxi Music the guitar or bass fingerboard. Tabulature was also used in the Baroque Taxi Music era to notate

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music for the lute, a stringed, fretted instrument. Notated music is produced as sheet music. To 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 Taxi Music creation of spontaneous music. Improvisation is often considered an act of instantaneous composition by composers, where

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compositional techniques are employed with or without preparation. Music theory encompasses the nature and mechanics of music. It often involves identifying

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patterns that govern composers' techniques. In a more detailed sense, music theory (in Taxi Music the western system) also distills and analyzes the elements of

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music � rhythm, harmony (harmonic function), melody, structure, and texture. People who study Taxi Music these properties are known as

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music theorists. The

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field of music cognition involves the study Taxi Music of many aspects of music including how it is processed by listeners. Rather than accepting the standard practices of Taxi Music analyzing, composing, Taxi Music and Taxi Music performing music Taxi Music as a given, Taxi Music much research in music cognition seeks instead to uncover the mental processes that underlie these practices. Also, research in the field Taxi Music seeks to

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uncover commonalities between the musical traditions of disparate cultures and possible cognitive "constraints" Taxi Music that limit these musical systems. Questions regarding musical innateness, and emotional responses to music are also Taxi Music major areas of research in the field. Deaf people can experience music by feeling the vibrations in their Taxi Music body, a process which can be enhanced if the individual holds a resonant, hollow object. A well-known deaf musician is the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, who composed many famous works even after he had completely Taxi Music lost his Taxi Music hearing. Recent examples of deaf musicians include Evelyn Glennie, a highly acclaimed percussionist who has been deaf since Taxi Music age twelve, and Chris Buck, a Taxi Music virtuoso violinist Taxi Music who has lost Taxi Music his hearing. This Taxi Music is relevant because it indicates that music is a deeper cognitive process than unexamined Taxi Music phrases

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such as, "pleasing to the ear" would suggest. Much research in music cognition seeks to uncover these complex mental Taxi Music processes involved in listening to music, which may seem intuitively simple, yet are vastly intricate and complex.The music that composers make can be

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heard through several media; the most traditional way is to Taxi Music 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. Taxi Music Some musical Taxi Music styles focus on producing a sound Taxi Music for Taxi Music a performance, while others focus on Free Sprint Music Ringtones producing a recording which Taxi Music mixes together sounds Taxi Music which were never played "live". Recording, even of styles which are essentially live, often uses the ability to edit and splice to 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 Taxi Music found themselves Taxi Music out of work.[6] During the 1920s live musical performances by orchestras, pianists, and theater organists were common Taxi Music at first-run theaters[7] With the coming of the talking motion pictures, Taxi Music those featured performances were largely eliminated. The Taxi Music AFM took out newspaper advertisements Taxi Music protesting the replacement of live Taxi Music musicians with mechanical Taxi Music 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 Taxi Music Intellectual or Emotional Reaction Whatever" Since legislation introduced to help protect performers, composers, Taxi Music publishers and producers, including the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 in the United States, and the 1979 revised Berne Taxi Music Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in Taxi Music the United Kingdom, recordings and live performances have Taxi Music also become more accessible through computers, devices and internet in a form that is commonly known as music-on-demand. In Taxi Music many cultures, there is less distinction between performing Taxi Music and listening to music, since virtually everyone is involved in some sort Taxi Music of musical activity, often communal. In industrialised countries, listening Taxi Music to music through a recorded form, Taxi Music such Taxi Music as sound recording Taxi Music or watching a music video, became more common than experiencing Taxi Music live performance, roughly in the middle of the 20th century. Sometimes, live performances incorporate prerecorded sounds. For example, a DJ uses disc records for scratching, and some 20th-century works Taxi Music have Taxi Music a solo Taxi Music for an instrument or voice that is performed

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along with music that Taxi Music is prerecorded onto a tape. Computers and Taxi Music many Taxi Music keyboards can be programmed to produce and play MIDI music. Audiences can also become performers by participating in Karaoke, an activity Taxi Music of Japanese origin which centres around a device that plays voice-eliminated versions of well-known songs. Most karaoke machines also have video screens that Taxi Music show lyrics to songs being performed; performers can follow 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 Taxi Music and Taxi Music the increased choice. Chris Anderson, in his book Taxi Music The Long Tail: Why the future of business is selling less of more, Taxi Music suggests that while the economic model of supply and demand describes scarcity, the Internet retail Taxi Music model is based on abundance. Digital storage costs are Taxi Music low, so a company Taxi Music can afford to

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make its whole inventory available online, giving customers as much choice as possible. It has thus become economically viable to offer products that Taxi Music very few people are interested in. Consumers' growing awareness of their Taxi Music 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 Taxi Music social networking with other musicians easier, and greatly facilitates the distribution of one's music. Youtube Taxi Music also has a large community of both amateur and professional musicians who post videos Taxi Music and comments. Professional musicians also use Youtube as a free Taxi Music 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, there has been a shift from a traditional consumer role to what Taxi Music they call a

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"prosumer" role,

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a consumer who both creates and consumes. Manifestations of this Taxi Music in music include the production of mashes, remixes, and music videos by fans.