Morado's Space: octubre 2008

Music has been a great influence in the lives of many people through lyrics and rhythm. There are many different styles that can be performed by either a male or female. Music has been around for many years and is constantly changing. Music has been divided into six periods: Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Twentieth Century. Music is written in symbols that represent musical sounds. The system of written symbols is called Musical Notation. "The primary requirement of any notation is that it be suited to the music it represents." The simplest texture of music is monophonic or single voiced texture. Gregorian chant is an example of monophonic texture. All music up to about a thousand years ago, of which we have any knowledge, was monophonic.

Its melody is heard with out a harmonic accompaniment or other vocal lines and attention is focused on the single line. To this day the music of the Oriental world - of China, Japan, India, Java, Bali, and the Arab nations -is largely monophonic. Polyphonic or many-voiced texture is when two or more melodic lines are combined. Most Medieval polyphonic music is anonymous, though some composers were so important that their name was preserved along with their music. The polyphonic texture is based on counterpoint: the art and science of combining in a single texture two or more simultaneous melodic lines, each with a rhythmic life of its own. The development of counterpoint took place at a time when composers were mainly occupied with religious choral music, which was by its nature, many-voiced. Polyphony had to be written in a way that would indicate the rhythm and pitch precisely. It brought the emergence of regular meters that enabled different voices to stay together. Polychoral music is music for several choirs singing in answer to each other across the huge recesses of the church. Homophonic texture is a single-melody with chords. Homophonic means "same" or similar sounding. Its texture is based mainly on harmony. This texture dominated the Classical style. The Medieval period was the longest and most distant period of musical history and consists of almost a millennium worth of music .

One of the difficulties in studying Medieval music is that a system for notating music developed only gradually. A musical notation system was started in the 12th or 13th century. Notation in music, for several centuries, only indicated what pitch (or note) to sing. The Renaissance (1400-1600) began in 14th century Italy and its name means rebirth. A cultural break with medieval tradition was the Renaissance idea of humanism. The Renaissance was a time of brilliant accomplishments in literature, science, and the arts.

During the Renaissance there is an increase in individualism that is reflected by the changing role of the composer. In late Renaissance instrumental music went toward an independence from vocal music. Most of the popular songs were played on the lute. The Renaissance, in the arts, was on of the most innovative and active periods in the history of Western man, based partly on the philosophic movement called humanism. The Baroque period (or Middle Ages) (1600-1750) is divided into three fifty-year periods, early, middle, and late Baroque. Music of the Baroque era was characterized by the vastness of proportion, rich counterpoint, great splender and a highly ornamented melodic line. Baroque music is often highly ornate, colorful and richly textured when compared with its predecessors ("Historical"). The term Baroque came from a French word for an imperfect or irregular pearl. The early baroque was a time of intense experimentation, led in large part by Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi." Many aspects of the Baroque art were determined by religion. "The intensity and immediacy of Baroque art and its individualism and detail - observed in such things as the convincing rendering of cloth and skin textures - make it one of the most compelling periods of Western Art." Major events of the early 17th century were related to the invention of a new method of composition called monodic style. Monodic style music was for one singer with an instrumental accompaniment. It was achieved by a group of Florentine writers, artists, and musicians known as the Camerata, a name derived from the Italian word for . Opera was born around 1600, the beginning of the Baroque era.

Opera was considered by many to be the single most important achievement of the Baroque period. The first great opera was Orfeo, by Claudio Monteverdi and was first performed in 1607. The Classical period (1750-1825) centers about the achievements of the four masters of the Viennese school Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert. Vienna was the most important center of the classical period. The growth of the public concert was one of the most important developments of the classical period .

Writing music was much simpler than it was in the Baroque period. Composers were now able to survive with out being the employee of one person or family and concerts were no longer limited to place drawing rooms. Composers also started organizing concerts that featured their own music. This would often attract large audiences. The size of the orchestra was gradually expanded, by composers, to accommodate the expanded musical version. "Although chamber music and solo works were played in the home or other intimate settings, orchestral concerts seemed to be naturally designed for big public spaces. The popularity of the public concert had a strong impact on the growth of the orchestra. During the Romantic period (1825-1900) typical symphony were extended from thirty minutes to well over an hour. Gifted performers - particularly pianists, violinists, and singers - became enormously popular. In addition to seeking the sights and sounds of other places, composers began exploring the music of their native countries. When nationalism became a driving force in the late Romantic period composers wanted their music to express their cultural identity . Color was an important feature of Romantic music . Music has been around for many years and has been through many changes, not only in the styles, but also in the way it is written, read, and sang. It exists in all known societies and has many uses.

Music plays a role in all societies, and it exists in a large number of styles, each characteristic of a geographical region or historical era.
Music is the expression of emotion through the medium of sound. Music can be the sound of a beautiful songbird on an early Spring morning to the sound of a singer screaming in a rock and roll band and everything in between. Some think music can only be found at the opera or in the orchestra. Other’s find music at the ballet , the church choir, Broadway, or at a live jazz festival. It is found in nature, on television, at the mall, a contemporary rock concert, radio, and even most grocery stores play music for their customers. Music is everywhere in life. It consumes and surrounds us.

Music is life! No matter who you are or what type of music you prefer, it surrounds us and remains a part of us forever. It is ever changing, and always exciting. Music creates mood, memories, life experiences, feelings, and, is the height of creativity in my opinion. I cannot imagine a world without my beloved music.

Music is one thing, in this world , which nobody hates. A person may not like to hear music always, but he will definitely not hate music. This is the reason; there are many different types of music in the world today. Music can be played in many ways; one can play with strings, sticks, or just a humming. In olden days music has a very good medicinal importance. A pregnant woman, who is in contractions, is relieved of pain with a type of music. Music eases a person out of stress or anger or frustration. Music is also used to lit up a pleasant mood in a vexed person, who works in today technically busy world. There are many more advantages of music.
Traditional music of a country is more important than the international music is a debatable issue. Both the types of music has their own respect and importance. It is rather dependable on ones mood and place. For example, a person in an irritable mood may like to hear rather slow, soft traditional music or may like to hear rock or jazz music to shut off all the sounds and drown into his own world and be in peace of mind. Let’s say in today’s world pub culture has become mundane, in pub all young hearted people like to dance to the glory with some fast and rock music, where its not possible with slow or silent music.

The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions (and their recreation in performance), through improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into genres and subgenres, although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to individual interpretation, and occasionally controversial. Within "the arts", music may be classified as a performing art, a fine art, and auditory art.

Rock music is a genre of popular music often, though not necessarily, employing electric guitar, bass guitar, and drums. Many styles of rock music also use keyboard instruments such as organ, piano, mellotron, and synthesizers. Other instruments sometimes utilized in rock include saxophone, harmonica, violin, flute, French horn, banjo, melodica, and timpani. Also, less common stringed instruments such as mandolin and sitar are used. Rock music usually has a strong back beat, and often revolves around the guitar, either solid electric, hollow electric, or acoustic.

Rock music has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll and rockabilly, which evolved from blues, country music and other influences. According to Allmusic, "In its purest form, Rock & Roll has three chords, a strong, insistent back beat, and a catchy melody. Early rock & roll drew from a variety of sources, primarily blues, R&B, and country, but also gospel, traditional pop, jazz, and folk. All of these influences combined in a simple, blues-based song structure that was fast, danceable, and catchy." In the late 1960s, rock music was blended with folk music to create folk rock, blues to create blues-rock and with jazz, to create jazz-rock fusion, and without a time signature to create psychedelic rock. In the 1970s, rock incorporated influences from soul, funk, and latin music. Also in the 1970s, rock developed a number of subgenres, such as soft rock, glam rock, heavy metal, hard rock, progressive rock, and punk rock. Rock subgenres that emerged in the 1980s included new wave, hardcore punk and alternative rock. In the 1990s, rock subgenres included grunge, Britpop, indie rock, and nu metal.

A group of musicians specializing in rock music is called a rock band or rock group. Many rock groups consist of a guitarist, lead singer, bass guitarist, and a drummer, forming a quartet. Some groups omit one or more of these roles and/or utilize a lead singer who plays an instrument while singing, sometimes forming a trio or duo; others include additional musicians such as one or two rhythm guitarists and/or a keyboardist. More rarely, groups also utilize stringed instruments such as violins or cellos, and/or horns like saxophones, trumpets or trombones.
In conclusion, it is true that international music is now in hearts of most of the young people all over the world, and traditional music of one’s country is not given much importance. As i said music is music let it be international or traditional and all efforts should be made to preserve one’s own traditional music as well, as old saying goes "old is gold"

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