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musical material, or composition, as Music Concerts held in western classical music. Even when music is notated precisely, there are still many decisions that a performer has to make. Listen Ethiopian Music The process of a performer deciding how to perform music that

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has been previously composed and notated is termed interpretation. Different Music Concerts performers' interpretations of the same Music Concerts music can vary widely. Music Concerts Composers and song writers who present their own music are interpreting, just as much Music Concerts as those who perform the music of others or folk music. The standard body Music Concerts of choices and Music Concerts techniques present at a given time and a given place is referred to as performance practice, where as interpretation is generally used to mean either Music Concerts individual choices of a performer, or an Music Concerts aspect of music which is not clear, and therefore has a

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"standard" interpretation. In some Music Concerts musical genres, such as jazz and Music Concerts blues, even more freedom is given Music Concerts to the performer to engage in improvisation on a Music Concerts basic melodic, Music Concerts harmonic, or rhythmic framework. The greatest latitude is given to the Music Concerts performer in a Music Concerts style of performing called Music Concerts free improvisation, which Music Concerts is material that is spontaneously "thought of" (imagined) while being performed, not preconceived. According to Music Concerts the analysis Music Concerts of Georgiana Costescu,[citation needed] improvised Music Concerts music usually follows stylistic or genre conventions and even "fully composed" includes some freely chosen material. Composition does not always mean Music Concerts the use of Music Concerts notation, or the known sole authorship Music Concerts of one individual. Music can also be determined by describing a "process" which may create musical 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

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Witold Lutoslawski. Musical composition is a term that describes the composition of a piece of music. Methods Music Concerts of composition vary Music Concerts widely from one composer Music Concerts to another, however in Music Concerts analysing music all forms � spontaneous, trained, Music Concerts or untrained � are built Music Concerts from elements comprising a musical piece. Music can be composed for repeated performance or it can be improvised: composed on the spot. Free Music Players The music can be performed entirely from Music Concerts memory, Funny Music from a written Music Concerts system of musical notation, or some combination of both. Study of composition Music Concerts has traditionally been dominated by examination

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of methods and practice of Western classical music, but the definition of composition is broad enough to include spontaneously improvised works like those of free jazz performers and African drummers. What is important in understanding the Music Concerts composition of a piece is singling out its elements. An understanding of Music Concerts music's formal elements can be helpful in deciphering exactly how a piece is constructed. Music Concerts A universal element of music is how sounds occur in time, which is referred to as the rhythm of a Music Concerts piece of music. When a piece appears to have a changing time-feel, it is considered to be in rubato Music Concerts time, Music Concerts an Italian expression that indicates that the tempo Music Concerts of the piece changes to suit the expressive intent of the performer. Even random placement Music Concerts of random sounds, which occurs in musical montage, occurs within Music Concerts some kind of time, and thus Music Concerts employs time as a musical element. Notation is the Music Concerts written expression of music notes and rhythms on Music Concerts paper using

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symbols. When music is written down, the pitches and rhythm of the music Music Concerts is notated, Music Concerts along with instructions on Music Concerts how to perform the music. The study of how to read notation involves music theory, harmony, the Music Concerts study of performance practice, and in some cases an Music Concerts understanding of historical performance methods. Written notation varies with style and period of music. In Western Art Music Concerts music, the most common types of written notation are scores, which include all the music parts of an ensemble piece, and parts, which are the music notation Music Concerts 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, Music Concerts lyrics (if

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it is a vocal piece), and structure of the music. Scores and Music Concerts parts are Music Concerts also used in popular music and jazz, particularly in large ensembles such Music Concerts as jazz "big Music Concerts bands." In popular music, guitarists Music Concerts and electric bass players often read music notated in tablature, which indicates the location of the notes to be played Music Concerts on the Music Concerts instrument using a diagram of the guitar or bass fingerboard. Tabulature was also used in Music Concerts the

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Baroque era to notate music for the lute, a stringed, fretted instrument. Notated music is produced as sheet music. To perform Music Concerts music from notation requires Music Concerts an understanding of both the musical style and the performance practice that is associated with Music Concerts a piece of music or genre. Improvisation is the creation of spontaneous Music Concerts music. Improvisation is often considered an act of instantaneous composition by composers, where compositional techniques are employed with or without preparation. Music theory

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encompasses the nature and mechanics of music. It often involves identifying patterns that govern composers' techniques. In a more detailed sense, music Music Concerts theory (in the western system) also distills and analyzes the elements of music � rhythm, harmony (harmonic function), melody, structure, and texture. People who Music Concerts study these properties are known as music theorists. The field of music cognition involves the study of Music Concerts many aspects of music including how Music Concerts it is processed by listeners. Rather than accepting the standard practices of analyzing, composing, and performing music as a given, much research in music Music Concerts cognition seeks Music Concerts instead to uncover the mental processes that underlie these Bee Gees Music Lyrics practices. Also, research in Music Concerts the field seeks to uncover commonalities between the musical Music Concerts traditions of disparate cultures and possible cognitive "constraints" that limit these musical Music Concerts systems. Questions regarding musical innateness,

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and emotional responses to music are also major areas of research in the field. Deaf people can Music Concerts experience music by feeling Music Concerts the vibrations in their body, a process which can be enhanced if the individual holds a resonant, hollow object. A Music Concerts well-known deaf musician is the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, who composed many famous works even after Music Concerts he had completely lost his hearing. Recent examples of deaf musicians include Evelyn Glennie, a highly acclaimed percussionist who has

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been deaf since age twelve, Music Concerts 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 Music Concerts as, "pleasing to the ear" would suggest. Much research in music cognition seeks to uncover these complex Music Concerts mental processes involved in listening to music, which may seem intuitively simple, yet Music Concerts are vastly intricate and complex.The music that composers make can be heard through several media; the most traditional way is to hear Music Concerts it live, in the Music Concerts presence, or as one of the musicians. Live music Music Concerts can also be broadcast Music Concerts over the 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 sounds which were never

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played "live". Recording, even of styles which are essentially live, often uses Music Concerts the ability Music Concerts to edit and splice Music Tuanreinh to produce recordings which are considered better Music Concerts 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 of work.[6] During the 1920s live musical performances by orchestras, pianists, and theater organists were common at first-run theaters[7] With Music Concerts the coming of the talking motion pictures, those featured performances were largely eliminated. The AFM Music Concerts took out newspaper advertisements protesting the 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 Music Concerts Noise Brand / Guaranteed Music Concerts to Music Concerts Produce No Intellectual or Emotional Reaction Whatever" Since legislation introduced to 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 of Literary and Artistic Works in the United Kingdom, recordings and live performances have also become more accessible through Music Concerts computers, devices and internet in a form that is commonly known as music-on-demand. In many cultures, there Music Concerts is less distinction between

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performing and listening to music, since virtually everyone is involved in some sort of musical activity, Music Concerts 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 live performance, Music Concerts roughly in the Music Concerts middle of the

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20th Music Concerts century. Sometimes, live Add Music To Myspace performances incorporate prerecorded sounds. For example, a DJ uses disc records for scratching, and some 20th-century works have a Music Concerts solo for Music Concerts an Music Concerts instrument or voice that is performed along with music that is prerecorded onto a tape. Computers and many keyboards can be programmed to produce and play MIDI music. Audiences can also become performers by participating in Karaoke, an activity of Japanese origin which Music Concerts centres around a device that plays voice-eliminated versions of well-known songs. Most karaoke machines also Music Concerts have video Music Concerts screens that show lyrics to songs being performed; performers can Music Concerts follow the Music Concerts lyrics as they sing over Music Concerts the instrumental tracks. The advent of the Internet has transformed the Music Concerts experience of music, Music Concerts partly through the increased ease of access to music and the increased choice. Chris Anderson, in his book The Long Tail: Why the future of Music Concerts business is selling less of more, suggests that while the economic model of supply and demand describes scarcity, the Internet retail Space Music model is based on abundance. Digital storage costs are low, so a company can afford to make its whole inventory available online, giving customers as much Music Concerts choice as possible. It has Music Concerts thus become Music Concerts economically viable to

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offer products that very few people are interested in. Consumers' growing awareness Music Concerts of their increased choice results in a closer Music Concerts association between listening tastes and social identity, and the creation of thousands of niche markets. Another effect of the Internet arises with online communities like Youtube and Myspace. Myspace has made social networking with other musicians easier, and greatly facilitates the distribution of one's Music Concerts music. Youtube Music Concerts also has a Music Concerts large community of both amateur and professional musicians who

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post videos and comments. Professional musicians also use Music Concerts 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. Music Concerts According to Tapscott and Williams, there has been a shift from a traditional consumer Music Concerts role to what they call a "prosumer" role, a consumer who both creates and Music Concerts consumes. Manifestations of this in music include the production of mashes, remixes, and music videos by fans.

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