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musical material, or composition,

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as held in western classical music. Even when music is notated precisely,

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there are still Hartt Music 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 same music can vary widely. Composers and song writers 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 Hartt Music present at a given Hartt Music time and a given place is Hartt Music referred to as performance practice, where as interpretation is generally used to mean either individual choices of Hartt Music a performer, Hartt Music or an aspect of music Hartt Music which is not clear, and therefore has a "standard" interpretation. In some musical genres, such as jazz and blues, even Hartt Music more freedom is given to the performer to engage in

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improvisation Hartt Music 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. Hartt Music According to the analysis of Georgiana Costescu,[citation needed] improvised music usually follows stylistic or genre conventions and even "fully composed" includes Hartt Music some freely chosen material. Composition does not Hartt Music always Hartt Music mean the use of notation, or the known sole authorship of Hartt Music one individual. Music can also be determined Hartt Music by describing

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a "process" which may create musical sounds; examples Hartt Music of Hartt Music this range Hartt Music from Hartt Music wind chimes, through computer programs which select sounds. Music which contains elements selected by chance is called Aleatoric music, and is associated with such composers as John Cage, Morton Hartt Music Feldman, and Witold Lutoslawski. Musical composition is a Hartt Music term that describes Sandpoint Music Festival the composition of a piece of music.

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Methods of Hartt Music composition vary widely from Hartt Music one composer to another, however in analysing music all forms � spontaneous, trained, or untrained � are built Hartt Music from elements comprising a musical Hartt Music piece. Music can be composed for repeated performance or it can be improvised: composed on the spot. The music can be Hartt Music performed entirely from memory, from a written system of musical notation, or some combination Hartt Music of both. Study of composition Hartt Music has traditionally been dominated by examination of methods and practice of Western classical music, Hartt Music but Hartt Music the definition of composition is broad enough to

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include spontaneously improvised works like those of free jazz performers Hartt Music and African drummers. What is important in understanding the composition of a Hartt Music piece is singling out its elements. An understanding of music's formal elements

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can be helpful in deciphering exactly how a piece is Hartt Music constructed. A universal element of music is how sounds Download Mart Kenney Music occur in time, which is referred to as the rhythm Hartt Music of a piece of music. When a piece appears to 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 Hartt Music random placement of random sounds, which occurs in musical montage, occurs within some kind of time, and thus employs time

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as a musical element. Notation is the written expression of music notes and Hartt Music rhythms on paper using Hartt Music symbols. When music is written down, the pitches Hartt Music and rhythm Hartt Music of the music is notated, along with instructions on Hartt Music how to perform the music. The study of how to read notation involves music theory, harmony, the Hartt Music study Hartt Music of performance Hartt Music practice, and in some Jackie Chen Supercop Audio Music cases an understanding of historical performance methods. Written notation varies with style and period of music. In Western Music Edit Audio Art music, the most common types of written notation Hartt Music are scores, which The Blue Lyers Uk Music include all

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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, Hartt Music the standard Hartt Music musical notation is the lead sheet, which notates the melody, chords, lyrics (if it Hartt Music is a vocal Dark Swing Music piece), and structure of the music. Scores and parts are also used in popular music and jazz, particularly in large ensembles Hartt Music such as jazz "big bands." In popular music, guitarists and Hartt Music electric Hartt Music bass players often read music notated Hartt Music in tablature, which indicates the Hartt Music location of

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the notes to be played on the instrument using a diagram of the guitar or bass

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fingerboard. Tabulature was Hartt Music also used in the Baroque era to notate Hartt Music music for the lute, a stringed, fretted instrument. Notated music is produced Texas Gospel Music Excellence Awards as sheet music. Hartt 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 creation

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of spontaneous music. Improvisation Hartt Music is often considered an act of instantaneous composition by composers, where compositional techniques are employed with Hartt Music 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 analyzes the elements of music � rhythm, harmony Hartt Music (harmonic function), melody, structure, and texture. Hartt Music People who study these properties are Hartt Music known as music theorists. The field of music cognition involves the study of many aspects of music including how it is Hartt Music processed by listeners. Rather than accepting the standard practices of analyzing, composing, and performing Hartt Music music as a given, much Hartt Music research in music cognition seeks instead to Hartt Music uncover Hartt Music the mental processes that underlie these practices. Also, research in Hartt Music the field seeks to Hartt Music uncover commonalities between the musical traditions of disparate cultures and possible cognitive "constraints" that limit these musical systems. Questions regarding musical innateness, and Hartt Music emotional responses to music are also major areas of research in the Hartt Music field. Deaf people can Hartt Music experience music by feeling the vibrations in their Hartt Music body, a process which can be enhanced if the individual Crabb Family Gospel Music holds a resonant, hollow object. A well-known deaf musician is the composer Hartt Music Ludwig van Beethoven, who composed many famous works even after he had completely lost his hearing. Recent examples of Hartt Music deaf musicians include Evelyn Hartt Music Glennie, a highly acclaimed percussionist who has Hartt Music been deaf since age twelve, and Chris Buck, a virtuoso violinist who has lost his hearing. This is relevant because it indicates that music is a deeper cognitive process than unexamined phrases such as, Hartt Music "pleasing to the ear" would Hartt Music suggest. Much research in music cognition Hartt Music seeks to uncover these complex mental processes involved in listening to music, which may seem intuitively simple, yet are vastly intricate and complex.The Hartt Music music that composers make can Hartt Music be heard through several media; Hartt Music the most traditional way is to hear it live, in the presence, or as one of the musicians. Live music can also be Hartt Music broadcast over the Hartt Music radio, television or the internet. Some musical styles focus on producing a sound for a performance, while others focus on producing a recording which mixes together Hartt Music 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 better than the actual performance. As talking pictures emerged in the early 20th century, Hartt Music with their prerecorded musical tracks, Hartt Music an increasing number of Hartt Music moviehouse orchestra musicians found themselves out of work.[6] During the 1920s live musical performances by orchestras, pianists, and theater organists were common at first-run theaters[7] Hartt Music With the coming Hartt Music of the talking motion pictures, those featured performances were largely Hartt Music eliminated. The AFM took out newspaper advertisements protesting the replacement of live Hartt Music musicians with mechanical playing devices. One 1929 ad Hartt Music that appeared in the Pittsburgh Press features an image of a can labeled "Canned Music / Big Hartt Music Noise Brand / Guaranteed to Produce No Intellectual or Emotional Reaction Whatever" Since legislation introduced to help protect performers, composers, publishers and producers, including the Soundtrack For Sounds Of Music Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 in the United Hartt Music States, and the Sound Of Music Music 1979 revised Berne Convention for the Protection Hartt Music of Literary and Artistic Works in the United Music Alphabet Kingdom, recordings and live Hartt Music performances have also become more accessible through computers, devices Hartt Music and internet in a form that is commonly known as music-on-demand. In Hartt Music many cultures, there Hartt Music is less distinction between Hartt Music performing and listening to music, since Hartt Music virtually everyone is involved in Hartt Music some sort of musical activity, Hartt Music often communal. In industrialised countries, listening to music through a recorded form, such as sound recording or watching a music video, became more common than Hartt Music experiencing 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 have a solo for an instrument or voice that is performed along with music that is prerecorded onto a Hartt Music tape. Computers and many keyboards can be programmed to produce and play MIDI music. Audiences can also become performers by Hartt Music participating in Karaoke, an activity of Japanese origin which centres Hartt Music around a device that plays Hartt Music voice-eliminated versions of well-known songs. Most karaoke Willie Green Music machines also have video screens that show lyrics to songs Hartt Music being Hartt Music 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 and the Names Of Music Of increased choice. Chris Anderson, in his book The Long Tail: Why the future of business is selling less of more, suggests that while the economic model of Hartt Music supply and demand describes scarcity, the Internet retail Hartt Music model is based on abundance. Digital storage Hartt Music costs are low, so a company can afford to make its whole Hartt Music inventory available online, giving customers as much choice as possible. It has thus become economically viable to offer products that very few people are interested Hartt Music in. Consumers' growing awareness Hartt Music of their increased choice results in Hartt Music a closer association between listening tastes Hartt Music and social identity, and the creation of thousands of niche markets. Another effect of the Internet arises with Hartt Music online communities like Youtube The Cascades Free Sheet Music and Myspace. Myspace has made social networking with other Hartt Music 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 Hartt Music use Youtube as a free publisher of promotional Hartt Music material. Youtube Hartt Music users, for example, no longer only download and listen to mp3s, but also actively create their Hartt Music own. According to Tapscott and Williams, there has been a shift from a traditional consumer role Hartt Music to what they call a "prosumer" Hartt Music role, a consumer who both creates and consumes. Manifestations of this in music include the production of mashes, remixes, and music videos by fans.