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musical material, or composition, as held in Brand X Music western classical Brand X Music music. Even when 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 Brand X Music termed interpretation. Different performers' interpretations of the same music Brand X Music can vary widely. Composers and

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song Brand X Music writers who present their own music are interpreting, just Brand X Music as much as Brand X Music those who perform the music of others or

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folk music. The standard body of choices and techniques present at a given time and a given place is referred to as performance practice, where Brand X Music as interpretation is generally used to mean either Brand X Music individual choices of a performer, or an aspect of music which is not clear, Brand X Music and therefore has a "standard" interpretation. In some 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 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 Brand X Music chosen material. Composition does not always mean the use of notation, or the known Brand X Music sole authorship of one individual. Music Brand X Music can also be determined by describing a "process" which may create

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musical sounds; examples of this range from wind chimes, through computer programs which select sounds. Music which contains elements selected by chance Brand X Music is called Aleatoric music, and is associated with such composers as John Brand X Music Cage, Morton Feldman, and Witold Lutoslawski. Musical composition is a term that describes the composition of a piece of Brand X Music music. Methods of composition vary widely from one composer to another, however in analysing music Brand X Music all forms � spontaneous, trained, or untrained � are built from elements Brand X Music comprising a musical piece. Music can be composed for repeated performance or it can be improvised: composed on the spot. The Brand X Music music can be performed entirely from memory, from a written system of musical notation, Brand X Music or some combination of both. Brand X Music Study of composition has traditionally been Brand X Music dominated by Brand X Music examination of methods and Brand X Music 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 music's formal elements can be helpful in deciphering exactly how a piece Brand X Music is constructed. A universal element of music is how sounds occur in time, which is referred to as the rhythm of a piece of

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

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music, the most common types

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of written notation are scores, which include all the music Brand X Music parts of an ensemble piece, and parts, which are Brand X Music the music notation for the individual performers

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or singers. In popular music, jazz, and blues, the standard musical Brand X Music notation is the lead sheet, which notates the melody, chords, lyrics (if it is a vocal piece), and structure of the music. Scores Brand X Music and parts are also used in popular music and Brand X Music jazz, particularly in large ensembles such Brand X Music as jazz "big bands." In popular music, Brand X Music guitarists and electric bass players often read music notated in tablature, which indicates the Brand X Music location of the notes to be played on the instrument using a diagram of the guitar or bass fingerboard. Tabulature was also Brand X Music used in Brand X Music the Baroque era to notate music for the lute, David Wilcox Tab Sheet Music a stringed, fretted instrument. Notated Brand X Music music is produced as sheet music. To perform music from notation requires an understanding of both the musical Music Lisence Uk style and the performance practice Brand X Music that is associated with

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a piece Brand X Music of music or genre. Improvisation is the creation of spontaneous music. Improvisation is often considered an act of Brand X Music 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 composers' techniques. In a more detailed sense, music theory (in the western system) also distills and

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analyzes Brand X Music the elements of Brand X Music music � rhythm, harmony (harmonic Brand X Music function), melody, structure, Brand X Music and 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 Brand X Music how it is Brand X Music processed Brand X Music by listeners. Rather than accepting the standard practices Brand X Music of analyzing, composing, and performing music as a given, much research in music cognition seeks

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instead to uncover the mental processes that underlie these practices. Also, research in the field seeks to uncover commonalities between the musical Brand X Music traditions of disparate cultures and possible cognitive "constraints" that limit these musical Brand X Music systems. Questions regarding musical innateness, and emotional

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responses to music are also major areas of research in the field. Deaf people can experience music Brand X Music by feeling Brand X Music 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 the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, who composed many Brand X Music famous Brand X Music 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 Brand X Music lost his Brand X Music hearing. This is relevant because it indicates that music is a deeper cognitive process than unexamined phrases

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such as, "pleasing to the ear" would suggest. Much research in music cognition seeks to uncover these complex mental processes involved Brand X Music in listening to music, Brand X Music which may seem intuitively simple, yet are vastly intricate and complex.The music that composers make can be heard through several media; the most traditional way is to hear it live, in Brand X Music 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 Brand X Music for Brand X Music a performance, while others focus on producing a recording Kooks Indie Music which mixes together sounds which were Brand X Music never played "live". Recording, even of styles which are Brand X Music essentially live, often uses the ability to edit and splice Brand X Music to produce recordings which are considered better than the actual performance. As talking pictures emerged Symphonium Music Box Disks in the early 20th century, with their prerecorded musical tracks, an increasing number Brand X Music of moviehouse orchestra musicians found themselves out of work.[6] During Brand X Music the Jeff Perkins Music Ministry 1920s Brand X Music live musical performances by orchestras,

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pianists, and theater Brand X Music organists were common at Brand X Music first-run theaters[7] Brand X Music With the Brand X Music coming of the talking motion pictures, those featured performances were largely eliminated. The AFM took out newspaper advertisements protesting the replacement of live musicians Brand X Music with mechanical playing Brand X Music devices. One 1929 ad that appeared in the Brand X Music Pittsburgh Press features an image of a can labeled Brand X Music "Canned Music / Big Noise Brand / Guaranteed to Produce No Intellectual or Emotional Reaction Whatever" Since legislation Brand X Music introduced to help protect performers, composers, publishers and producers, including the Audio Home Brand X Music Recording Act of 1992 in the United States, and the Brand X Music 1979 revised Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Brand X Music Works in the United Kingdom, recordings and live performances have also become more accessible through computers, devices and internet Brand X Music in a form that is commonly Brand X Music known as music-on-demand. In many cultures, there is less distinction between performing and

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listening to music, since virtually everyone is involved in some sort of musical activity, often communal. In Brand X Music industrialised Purchasing Karioki Music countries, listening to music through a Brand X Music recorded form, such as sound recording Brand X Music or watching a music video, became more common than experiencing live performance, roughly in the middle of the 20th century. Sometimes, live performances incorporate prerecorded Brand X Music sounds. For example, a DJ uses Brand X Music disc records for scratching, and some 20th-century works Before He Cheats-sheet Music have a solo for an instrument or voice that Circus Music - Imeem is Brand X Music performed along with music that is prerecorded onto a tape. Computers and many keyboards can be programmed to produce and play Brand X Music MIDI music. Audiences can also become performers by participating Brand X Music in Karaoke, an activity of Japanese origin which centres around Brand X Music a device that plays voice-eliminated versions of well-known songs. Most karaoke machines also have video screens that show lyrics to Brand X Music songs being performed; performers can follow the lyrics as they Brand X Music sing over the instrumental tracks. The advent of the Internet has transformed the experience of music, partly through the increased Brand X Music ease Brand X Music of access to music and the Brand X Music increased choice. Chris Anderson, Brand X Music 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 Brand X Music model is based on abundance. Digital storage costs are low, Random Music Generators so a company can afford to make its whole inventory available online, giving customers as Brand X Music much choice as Brand X Music possible. It has thus become economically Brand X Music viable to offer products that very few Brand X Music people

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closer association Brand X Music 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

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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 as a free publisher of promotional material. Youtube users, Brand X Music for example, no longer only download and listen to mp3s, but also actively create Brand X Music their own. According to Brand X Music Tapscott and Williams, there has been a shift from a traditional consumer role to what Brand X Music they call a "prosumer" role, a consumer who both creates and consumes. Manifestations of this in music include the production of Brand X Music mashes, remixes, and music Brand X Music videos by fans.