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

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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 General Music Pianos own music are interpreting, just as much as those

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

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or genre conventions and even "fully composed" includes some freely chosen material. Composition does not always mean the use of notation, or the known sole authorship of one General Music Pianos individual. Music can also General Music Pianos be General Music Pianos determined 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 General Music Pianos by chance is called Aleatoric music, and General Music Pianos is associated with such composers as John Cage, Morton Feldman, and Witold Lutoslawski. Musical composition is a term that describes the composition of a piece General Music Pianos of music. Methods of composition vary widely from General Music Pianos one composer General Music Pianos to another, however in General Music Pianos analysing music all forms � spontaneous, trained, or untrained � are built from elements comprising a General Music Pianos musical piece. Music can be composed for repeated performance General Music Pianos or

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it can be improvised: General Music Pianos composed on the spot. The music can be performed entirely from General Music Pianos memory, from a written system of musical notation, or some General Music Pianos combination of both. Study of composition has traditionally been General Music Pianos dominated by examination of methods and General Music Pianos 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 General Music Pianos drummers. What is important in understanding the composition of a piece is singling out its elements. An understanding of music's formal elements can be helpful in deciphering exactly how a piece is constructed. A universal General Music Pianos element General Music Pianos of music is how sounds occur

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down, the pitches and rhythm of General Music Pianos the music is notated, Music College And University along with instructions General Music Pianos on how to perform the music. The study of how to read notation involves music theory, harmony, the study of performance General Music Pianos practice, and in some cases an understanding of historical performance methods. Written notation varies with General Music Pianos style and period of General Music Pianos music. In Western Art music, the most common types of written notation are scores, which include all the General Music Pianos music parts of an ensemble piece, and parts, which are the music notation for the individual performers or singers. In popular music, jazz, and

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also major areas of research in the field. Deaf people can experience music by feeling General Music Pianos the vibrations in their body, a process which can be enhanced if the individual holds a resonant, hollow object. A well-known General Music Pianos deaf musician is the composer Ludwig van Beethoven,

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or the internet. Some musical styles focus on producing a sound for a performance, General Music Pianos 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 and splice to produce recordings which are considered

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early 20th century, with their prerecorded musical tracks, an increasing number General Music Pianos of moviehouse orchestra musicians found General Music Pianos themselves out of work.[6] During the 1920s live musical performances by orchestras, pianists, and theater organists were common at first-run theaters[7] General Music Pianos With the coming of the talking General Music Pianos motion pictures, those featured performances were largely eliminated. The AFM took out newspaper advertisements protesting the replacement of live musicians with mechanical playing devices. General Music Pianos One 1929 ad that appeared General Music Pianos in the Pittsburgh Press features an image of a can labeled "Canned Music / Big Noise Brand / Guaranteed to General Music Pianos Produce No Intellectual or Emotional Reaction Whatever" Since legislation General Music Pianos introduced to help General Music Pianos protect performers, composers, publishers and producers, including the Audio Home General Music Pianos Recording Act of 1992 in the United States, and the 1979 revised Berne Convention for the

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