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held in western classical Music Machine Musical music. Even when music is notated precisely, there are still many Music Machine Musical decisions that a performer has to make. The process of a performer deciding how to perform

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music that has been previously composed and notated is termed interpretation. Different performers' Music Machine Musical interpretations of the same Music Machine Musical music can Music Machine Musical vary widely. Composers and song writers who present their own music are interpreting, just as much as those who perform the Music Machine Musical music of others or folk music. The standard body Music Machine Musical of choices Music Machine Musical and techniques present at a given time and a given place is referred to as performance practice, where as interpretation Music Machine Musical is generally used to mean either individual choices of a performer, or an aspect of music which is Music Machine Musical not clear, and therefore has a "standard" interpretation. In some musical Music Machine Musical genres, Music Machine Musical such as Music Machine Musical jazz and blues, even more freedom is given to Music Machine Musical the performer to engage in improvisation on a basic melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic framework. The greatest latitude is given to the performer in Music Machine Musical a style of performing called free improvisation, which Music Machine Musical is material that is spontaneously "thought of" (imagined) while being Music Machine Musical performed, not preconceived. Music Machine Musical According to the analysis of Georgiana Costescu,[citation needed] improvised music usually follows stylistic or genre conventions and Music Machine Musical even "fully composed" includes some freely chosen material. Music Machine Musical Composition does not Music Machine Musical always mean the use of notation, or the known sole authorship of one individual. Music can Music Machine Musical also be determined by describing a "process" which may create musical sounds; examples of this range from wind Music Machine Musical chimes, through computer programs which select sounds. Music which contains Music Machine Musical elements selected by chance is called Aleatoric music, and is associated with such composers Music Machine Musical as John Cage, Morton Feldman, and Witold Lutoslawski. Musical composition is Music Machine Musical a term that describes the composition of a piece of music. Methods of composition Music Machine Musical vary widely from one composer to another, however in analysing music all forms � spontaneous, trained, or untrained � are built from elements comprising a musical piece. Music can be composed for repeated performance or it can be improvised: composed on the spot. The music can be performed entirely from memory, from a written system of musical notation, or some combination of both. Study of composition has traditionally been dominated by examination of methods and practice of Western Music Machine Musical classical music, Music Machine Musical but the definition of composition is broad enough to include spontaneously improvised works like those of free jazz performers and African Music Machine Musical drummers. What is important in understanding the composition of a piece is singling out its elements. An Music Machine Musical understanding of music's formal elements can be helpful in

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deciphering exactly how a piece is constructed. A universal element of music is Music Machine Musical how sounds occur in time, which is referred to as the rhythm of a piece of music. When a Florida Christian Music Camp piece appears to Music Machine Musical have a changing time-feel, it is considered to be in rubato time, an Italian expression that indicates that the tempo of the piece changes to suit the expressive intent of the performer. Even random placement of random sounds, which occurs in musical montage, occurs within some kind of time, and thus employs time as a musical element. Notation is the written expression Music Machine Musical of music notes and rhythms on paper using symbols. When Music Machine Musical music is written down, the pitches and rhythm of the music is notated, along Music Machine Musical with Music Machine Musical instructions on Music Machine Musical how to perform the music. The study Music Machine Musical 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, Music Machine Musical the most common types of written notation are scores, which include Music Machine Musical all the Music Machine Musical music parts of an ensemble piece, and parts, which are the music notation for the individual performers or singers. In popular music, jazz, and blues, the standard musical notation is the lead sheet, which notates the melody, chords, lyrics (if it is a vocal piece), and structure of the music.

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Scores and Music Machine Musical parts are also used in Music Machine Musical popular music and jazz, particularly in Free Country Music Tabs large ensembles such as jazz "big bands." In popular music, guitarists and electric bass players often read Music Machine Musical music notated in tablature, which indicates the location of the notes to be played on the instrument using a diagram of the guitar or bass fingerboard. Tabulature was also used in Music Machine Musical the Baroque Music Machine Musical era to Music Machine Musical notate music for the lute, a stringed, fretted instrument. Notated Music Machine Musical music is produced as sheet music. To perform music from notation Music Machine Musical requires an understanding of both the musical style and the Music Machine Musical performance practice that is Music Machine Musical associated with a piece of music or Music Machine Musical genre. Improvisation is the creation of spontaneous music. Improvisation Music Machine Musical is often considered an Music Machine Musical act of instantaneous composition by composers, where Music Machine Musical compositional techniques are employed with or without preparation. Music theory encompasses Music Machine Musical the nature Music Machine Musical and mechanics Music Machine Musical of music. It often involves identifying patterns that govern composers' techniques. In a more detailed sense, music theory

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(in Music Machine Musical the western system) also distills and analyzes the elements of music � rhythm, harmony (harmonic function), melody, structure, and texture. People who Music Machine Musical study these properties Music Machine Musical are known as music theorists. The field of music cognition involves the study of many aspects of music including how it is processed by listeners. Music Machine Musical Rather than Music Machine Musical accepting the standard practices of analyzing, composing, and performing music Music Machine Musical as a given, much research in music cognition seeks instead to uncover the mental processes that underlie these practices. Also, research in the Music Machine Musical field seeks to uncover commonalities between the musical traditions Music Machine Musical of disparate cultures and possible cognitive "constraints" that limit these musical systems. Questions regarding musical innateness, and emotional responses to Music Machine Musical 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 can be Music Machine Musical 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 Music Machine Musical even after he had completely lost his hearing. Recent Music Machine Musical examples of deaf musicians include Evelyn Glennie, a highly acclaimed percussionist who has Music Machine Musical been deaf since age twelve, Music Machine Musical and Chris Buck, a virtuoso violinist who has lost his hearing. Music Machine Musical This is relevant because it indicates that music is a deeper

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cognitive process than unexamined phrases such as, "pleasing to the ear" would suggest. Much research in music cognition seeks to uncover these complex mental processes involved

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in listening to music, which may seem intuitively simple, yet are vastly intricate and Music Machine Musical complex.The music that composers make can be Music Machine Musical heard Music Machine Musical 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 Music Machine Musical the radio, television or the Music Machine Musical internet. Some musical styles focus on Music Machine Musical producing a sound for a performance, while others focus on producing a recording which mixes together sounds which were never Music Machine Musical played "live". Recording, even of styles which are essentially live, often uses the ability to edit and Music Machine Musical Music To Put On Your Page splice to produce recordings which are considered better than the actual performance. As talking Music Machine Musical pictures emerged in the Music Machine Musical early 20th century, with Music Machine Musical their prerecorded musical tracks, an increasing number of moviehouse orchestra musicians Music Machine Musical found themselves out of work.[6] During the 1920s live musical performances by orchestras, pianists, and theater organists were Music Machine Musical common at first-run theaters[7] With the coming of the talking motion pictures, those featured performances were largely eliminated. Music Machine Musical The AFM took out newspaper advertisements protesting the replacement of live musicians with mechanical playing Music Machine Musical devices. Music Machine Musical One Music Machine Musical 1929 ad that appeared in the Pittsburgh Press Music Machine Musical features an image of a can labeled Music Machine Musical "Canned Music / Big Noise Brand / Guaranteed to Produce No Intellectual or Emotional Reaction Whatever" Since legislation introduced to Shet Music help protect performers, composers, publishers and producers, including the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 in the United States, and the 1979 revised Berne Convention for the Protection Music Machine Musical of Music Machine Musical Literary and Artistic Works Japanese Music Online in the United Kingdom, Music Machine Musical recordings and live performances have also become more accessible through computers, Music Machine Musical devices and internet in a Music Machine Musical form that is commonly known as music-on-demand. In many cultures, there is less distinction between performing and listening to music, Music Machine Musical since virtually everyone is involved in some sort of Music Machine Musical musical activity, often Music Machine Musical communal. In industrialised countries, listening to music through a recorded form, Music Machine Musical such as sound recording or Music Machine Musical watching a music video, became more common than experiencing live performance, roughly in the middle of the 20th Music Machine Musical century. Sometimes, live performances incorporate prerecorded sounds. For example, a DJ uses disc records for scratching, and

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some 20th-century works have a solo for

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an instrument or voice that is performed along with Free Music Creator Software music that is prerecorded onto a tape. Computers and many

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keyboards can be programmed to produce and Music Machine Musical play MIDI music. Audiences can also become performers by participating in Karaoke, an activity of Japanese origin which centres around a device that plays voice-eliminated versions of well-known songs. Most karaoke machines also have Music Machine Musical video screens that show lyrics to Music Machine Musical songs being Music Machine Musical performed; performers can follow the lyrics as they sing over the instrumental tracks. The advent Music Machine Musical of the Internet has transformed the experience of music, partly Music Machine Musical through the increased ease of access to music and the increased choice. Chris Anderson, in his book The Music Machine Musical Long Tail: Why Music Machine Musical the future of business is selling less of more, suggests Music Machine Musical that while Music Machine Musical the economic model of supply and demand describes scarcity, the Internet retail model is based on abundance. Digital storage costs are Music Machine Musical low, so a company can afford to make its whole inventory available Music Machine Musical online, giving customers as much choice as possible. It has thus become economically Music Machine Musical viable to Music Machine Musical offer products that very few people are interested in. Consumers' growing awareness of their increased choice results in a closer association between listening tastes and social identity, and the creation

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of thousands of niche markets. Another effect of the Internet arises with online communities like Youtube and Myspace. Myspace has Music Machine Musical made social networking with other musicians Music Machine Musical easier, and greatly

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of one's music. Youtube also has a large community of both amateur and professional musicians who post videos and comments. Professional musicians Music Machine Musical also use Youtube as a free 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 Music Machine Musical they call a "prosumer" role, a consumer who both creates and Music Machine Musical consumes. Manifestations Music Machine Musical of this in music Music Machine Musical include the production of mashes, remixes, and music videos by fans.