Essays on Sound Page 5

How have spoken sounds acquired meaning? What is the nature of the connection between the sounds and what they are taken to represent? Language in a communication system has undergone a number of evolutionary changes. Language can be further explained by saying that it is a collection of sounds, sounds that have acquired meaning over…

            Ragtime compositions are intermingled with the rise of jazz and popular music during the late 19th century. As the romantic and contemporary musical eras became known for its specific contributions to music, ragtime composition set itself as purely an American composition, wherein it originated from African-American communities in the United States. Ragtime music established…

Math is a subject that many people avoid or find frightening. However at some point in everyone’s lives there will come a time when math is required for accomplishing a seemingly difficult task. But, with the right skill sets and practice even the most difficult real world problems can be accomplished. There is nothing in…

Q: 1. Insurance companies in Florida made record profits in 2006, indicating that Nationwide’s choice to cancel policies due to calm hurricane seasons in Florida from 2005-2007 may have resulted in missed revenue and loss of customer goodwill. Do you believe that Rommel’s statement about making a ‘sound business decision’ demonstrates any biases in perception…

A comparative study of the use of the barqoue and modern flute in composition, with specific reference to V Sonata IV for flute and continuo by J.S Bach, and Sonata for flute and piano by HindemithThe baroque, or transverse flute is of great interest to me, mainly because of my own flute playing experience. Since…

Rhythm can be construed as a graceful movement that enables a music to flow. It is a series of beats and pulses that gives timing to every note. It defines the expression, meaning and character of a particular type of music. Rhythm breathes life. Aside from harmony and melody, this is one of the most…

As I continue to pursue towards my undergraduate degree in music education, I stumbled across Professor Kunkel and his Guitar class for music education majors. The material for the class includes an acoustic guitar and two method books for guitar. The first book given to us was Mel Bay’s Guitar Class Method Volume 1. The…

The Ode to the West Wind, a poem by Percy Bysshee Shelley, showcases its spiritual power through visual, auditory, and kinetic imagery. Shelley wrote the poem on a day when the “tempestuous wind” was gathering the autumn rains. The poem employs terza rima, a rhyming pattern that adds rhythm. Each of the five stanzas focuses…

American Goldfinch I always thought getting out of your parent’s household was supposed to be fun and exciting, but all I am feeling is stress and regret. I had the perfect support of my mother and father always doing everything they could to make sure I was doing well in school. My mother giving me…

Mid-term Break is a poem by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney. In this poem I will explain how the poem is very effective at conveying the complex emotions of how Seamus Heaney feels when he loses his younger brother in a road accident. I was surprised that in the poem he doesn’t show any sadness,…