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musical material, or composition, as held Abeilene Texas Music Stores in western classical music. Even when music is notated precisely, there are still many decisions Abeilene Texas Music Stores that a performer has to make. The process of a performer deciding Abeilene Texas Music Stores how to perform music that has Abeilene Texas Music Stores been previously composed and notated
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of others or folk music. The standard body Abeilene Texas Music Stores of choices and techniques present at a given time and a given place is referred to as performance practice,
Abeilene Texas Music Stores where as interpretation is generally used to Abeilene Texas Music Stores mean either individual choices of a performer, or an aspect of music which is not clear, and therefore has a Abeilene Texas Music Stores "standard" interpretation.
In some musical genres, such as jazz and blues, even more freedom is given to the performer to engage Abeilene Texas Music Stores in improvisation on Abeilene Texas Music Stores a basic melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic framework. The greatest latitude is given Abeilene Texas Music Stores to the performer in a style of performing called free improvisation, Abeilene Texas Music Stores which is material that is spontaneously "thought of" (imagined) while being performed, not
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Abeilene Texas Music Stores may create musical sounds; examples of this range from wind chimes, through computer programs which select sounds. Music which contains elements selected by Abeilene Texas Music Stores chance Abeilene Texas Music Stores is called Abeilene Texas Music Stores Aleatoric music, and Abeilene Texas Music Stores is associated with such composers as John Cage, Morton Feldman, and Witold Lutoslawski.
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Notation is the
Abeilene Texas Music Stores written Abeilene Texas Music Stores expression of music notes and rhythms on paper using symbols. When music is written down, the pitches and rhythm Abeilene Texas Music Stores of the music is notated, along Abeilene Texas Music Stores with instructions on how to perform the music. Abeilene Texas Music Stores The study of how to read notation involves music theory, harmony, the study of performance practice, and in some cases
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Written notation varies with style and period of music. In Western Art music, the most common
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Abeilene Texas Music Stores which Abeilene Texas Music Stores include all the 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
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In popular music, guitarists and electric bass players often read music notated in
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Music theory encompasses the nature and mechanics of music. It often involves identifying patterns that Abeilene Texas Music Stores govern composers' techniques. In a more detailed sense, music theory (in the western system) also distills and analyzes the elements of music � rhythm, harmony (harmonic function), melody, structure, and
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The field of music cognition involves the study of many aspects of music including how it is processed by listeners. Rather than Abeilene Texas Music Stores accepting the standard practices of analyzing, composing, and performing Abeilene Texas Music Stores music as a Abeilene Texas Music Stores given, much Abeilene Texas Music Stores research in music cognition seeks instead to uncover the mental processes that underlie these practices. Also, research in the field seeks to uncover commonalities between Abeilene Texas Music Stores the musical traditions of disparate cultures and possible cognitive "constraints" that limit these musical systems. Questions regarding musical innateness, and emotional responses
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Deaf people can experience music by feeling 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 famous works even after he had completely lost his hearing. Recent examples of deaf musicians include Evelyn Abeilene Texas Music Stores Glennie,
Abeilene Texas Music Stores a highly acclaimed 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
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music is a deeper cognitive process than unexamined phrases such as, "pleasing to the ear" would suggest. Much research in music cognition seeks to uncover these complex
Abeilene Texas Music Stores mental processes involved in listening Abeilene Texas Music Stores to music, which may seem intuitively simple, yet are vastly Abeilene Texas Music Stores intricate and complex.The music that composers make can be heard through several media; the most traditional way is to Abeilene Texas Music Stores hear it Abeilene Texas Music Stores live, in the presence, Abeilene Texas Music Stores or as one of the musicians. Live music can also
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As talking pictures emerged Abeilene Texas Music Stores in the early 20th century, with their prerecorded musical tracks, an increasing number of moviehouse orchestra musicians Abeilene Texas Music Stores found themselves out of work.[6] During the 1920s Abeilene Texas Music Stores live musical performances by orchestras, pianists, and theater organists were common at first-run theaters[7] With the Abeilene Texas Music Stores coming of the talking motion pictures, those featured performances were largely eliminated. The AFM took out newspaper advertisements protesting Abeilene Texas Music Stores the Abeilene Texas Music Stores replacement of live musicians with mechanical 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 Intellectual or Emotional Reaction Whatever"
Since legislation introduced to help protect performers, composers, publishers and producers, including the Audio Home Recording Abeilene Texas Music Stores Act of 1992 in Abeilene Texas Music Stores the
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In many cultures, there is less distinction between performing and listening to music, since virtually everyone is involved in some sort of musical activity, often communal. In
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The advent of the Internet has transformed the experience of music, partly through the increased
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of one's music. Youtube also has a large community of both amateur and professional musicians who post videos Abeilene Texas Music Stores and comments. Professional musicians also use Youtube as a free publisher of promotional material.
Youtube users, for Abeilene Texas Music Stores example, no longer only download and listen to mp3s, but also actively create their own. According to Tapscott and Williams, there has been
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