musical Dance Music material, or composition, as held in western classical music. Even when music is Dance Music notated precisely, there are Dance Music 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 Dance Music notated is termed Dance Music interpretation.
Different performers' interpretations Dance Music of the same music Dance Music can vary widely. Composers Dance Music 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 present at a given time and a Dance Music given place is referred to as Dance Music performance practice, where as interpretation Dance Music is Dance Music generally used to mean either individual choices of a performer, or Dance Music an aspect of music which is Dance Music not clear, Dance Music and therefore has a "standard" interpretation.
In some musical genres, such as jazz and Dance Music blues, Dance Music 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 Dance Music a style of performing called Dance Music free improvisation, which is material that is spontaneously "thought Dance Music of" (imagined) while being performed, not preconceived. According to the analysis Dance Music of Georgiana Costescu,[citation needed] improvised Dance Music music usually follows stylistic or genre conventions and even "fully composed" includes some freely chosen material. Dance Music Composition does not always mean the use of Dance Music notation, Dance Music or the known sole authorship of one individual.
Music can also be determined by describing a "process" Dance Music which may create musical Dance Music sounds; examples of this range from 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 Feldman, and Witold Dance Music Lutoslawski.
Musical composition is Dance Music a term that describes the composition of Dance Music a piece of music. Methods of Dance Music composition vary widely from one composer to another, however in analysing music all forms � spontaneous, trained, or untrained � are built from elements comprising a musical Dance Music piece. Music can be composed for repeated performance or it can be improvised: composed on the spot. The music can be performed entirely from Dance Music 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 classical music, but the definition of Dance Music composition Dance Music is broad enough to include spontaneously improvised works like those of Dance Music free jazz performers and African drummers.
What is important in understanding the composition of a piece is Dance Music singling out its Dance Music elements. An understanding of music's formal elements can be helpful in deciphering exactly how a piece is constructed. A universal element of music Dance Music is how sounds occur in time, which is referred to Dance Music as the rhythm of a piece of music.
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When a piece appears Dance Music to have a changing time-feel, it is considered to Dance Music be in rubato time, an Italian expression that indicates that the tempo Dance Music of the piece changes to Dance Music suit the expressive intent of the performer. Dance Music Even random placement of random sounds, which occurs in musical montage, occurs within some kind of time, and thus employs Dance Music time Dance Music as a musical element.
Notation Dance Music is the written expression of Dance Music music notes and rhythms on paper using symbols. When Dance Music music is written down, the pitches Dance Music 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 theory, harmony, Dance Music the study of performance practice, and Dance Music in some cases an understanding of Dance Music historical performance methods.
Written notation varies with style and period Dance Music of music. In Western Art music, the most common types of written notation are scores, which include all Dance Music the music parts of an ensemble piece, and parts, Dance Music which are the music Dance Music notation for the individual performers Dance Music or singers. In popular music, jazz, and blues, the standard musical notation is the lead sheet, which Dance Music notates the melody, chords, lyrics Dance Music (if it is a vocal piece), and structure of the music. Scores and parts are also used in popular music and jazz, particularly in large ensembles such as jazz "big bands."
In popular music, guitarists and electric bass players often read music notated in tablature, which indicates the location of the notes to Dance Music be played on the instrument using Dance Music a diagram of the guitar Music Of The S or bass fingerboard. Dance Music Tabulature was also used in the Baroque era to notate music for Dance Music the lute, a stringed, fretted instrument.
Notated Dance Music music is produced as sheet music. To perform music from Dance Music notation requires Dance Music an Dance Music understanding of both Listen To Christmas Music the musical style and the performance practice that is associated with Dance Music a piece of music or genre.
Improvisation Dance Music is Dance Music the creation of spontaneous music. Improvisation is often considered an act of instantaneous composition by composers, where Dance Music compositional techniques are employed with or without preparation.
Music Dance Music theory Dance Music encompasses the nature and mechanics of music. It often involves identifying patterns that govern composers' techniques. In a more detailed sense, music theory Dance Music (in the western system) also distills and analyzes the elements of music � rhythm, harmony (harmonic function), melody, structure, 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 how Dance Music it Dance Music is processed by listeners. Rather than accepting the standard practices of Dance Music analyzing, composing, and performing Dance Music music as a Dance Music given, much research in music cognition seeks instead to uncover the Dance Music mental processes that underlie Dance Music these practices. Also, research in Dance Music the Dance Music field Dance Music seeks to Dance Music uncover commonalities between the musical traditions of disparate cultures and possible cognitive "constraints" that limit these musical systems. Questions regarding musical innateness, and emotional responses Dance Music to music are Dance Music also major areas of research in the field.
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Deaf people can experience music Dance Music by feeling the vibrations in their body, a process Dance Music which can be enhanced if the individual holds a resonant, hollow object. A well-known deaf musician is the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, who Dance Music composed many famous works even after Dance Music he had completely lost his hearing. Recent examples of deaf musicians include Evelyn Glennie, a highly acclaimed percussionist Dance Music who has been deaf since age twelve, and Chris Buck, a virtuoso violinist who has lost his hearing. This is relevant because it indicates Dance Music that music is a deeper cognitive process than unexamined phrases such as, "pleasing to the Dance Music ear" would suggest. Much research in music cognition seeks Dance Music to uncover these complex mental processes involved in listening to 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 Dance Music to hear it Dance Music live, in the presence, or as Dance Music 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 for a performance, while others focus on Dance Music producing a recording which mixes together 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, with their prerecorded musical tracks, an increasing number of moviehouse orchestra musicians found themselves out Dance Music of work.[6] During the 1920s live musical performances by orchestras, pianists, and theater organists were common at first-run Dance Music theaters[7] With the coming of the talking Dance Music motion pictures, those featured performances were largely eliminated. The AFM took out newspaper advertisements protesting Dance Music the replacement of live musicians with mechanical playing devices. One 1929 ad that appeared in the Pittsburgh Press features an Dance Music image of a can labeled "Canned Music / Big Dance Music Noise Brand / Guaranteed to Produce No Intellectual or Emotional Reaction Whatever"
Since legislation introduced to help protect Dance Music 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 of Literary and Dance Music Artistic Works in the United Kingdom, recordings and live Dance Music performances have also become more accessible through computers, devices and internet in a form that is commonly known as music-on-demand.
In many cultures, there is less distinction between performing and listening to music, since Dance Music virtually everyone is involved in some sort of musical activity, 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 experiencing Dance Music live performance, roughly in the middle of the 20th century.
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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 Dance Music performed along with music that is prerecorded onto a Dance Music tape. Computers and many keyboards can be programmed to produce and play MIDI music. Audiences Dance Music can Dance Music also become performers by participating in Karaoke, an activity of Japanese Dance Music origin which centres around Dance Music a device that plays voice-eliminated versions of well-known songs. Most karaoke machines also Dance Music have video screens that show lyrics to songs being performed; performers can follow the lyrics as Dance Music 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 increased choice. Chris Anderson, in Dance Music his book The Long Tail: Dance Music 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 model is based on Dance Music abundance. Digital storage costs are low, so a company can afford to make its whole inventory available online, giving customers as much Dance Music choice as possible. It has thus become economically viable to offer products that very Dance Music few people are interested in. Dance Music Consumers' growing awareness of their increased choice results in a Dance Music closer association between listening tastes and social identity, and the creation of thousands of Dance Music niche markets.
Another effect Dance Music of the Internet arises with online communities like Youtube and Myspace. Myspace has made social Dance Music networking with other musicians easier, Dance Music and greatly facilitates Dance Music the distribution Dance Music of one's Dance Music music. Dance Music Youtube also has Dance Music 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, for example, no longer Dance Music only download and listen to mp3s, but also actively create their own. According to Tapscott and Williams, Dance Music there has been a shift from a traditional consumer role to what they call a "prosumer" role, a consumer who both creates and consumes. Manifestations of this in music include the production of mashes, remixes, Dance Music and music videos by fans. |
