American scholars have discovered that cultural practices have led to emergence of whiteness as a reality of slavery, segregation, immigration, and colonization. Race is perceived to be a cultural creation with negative consequences. According to Richard Wright, Negroes do not have problems; it is the white people who have problems (Lipsitz, G. 1995, 369). From...Read More
Music Sampling The change in music content and production reflects the development in various spheres of human society, such as technological advances and the emergence of popular cultures or subcultures. For instance, music sampling has radically changed the way music is produced in the modern world. The term sampling refers to a situation where an...Read More
People often say that music speaks a language that can only be heard to our heart, but I strongly believe that music does a lot to our lives far much beyond speaking to our hearts. Music is the biggest driver of people’s emotions and feelings. For this reason, I have developed a strong feeling to...Read More
The theories of composition and improvisation are strongly related. Studying non-Western music proves that they are indeed interlinked. In the jazz world, the composition was usually perceived as inevitable. That is, it offered an essential framework for performance, as well as the chance to dispose of it fast to give room for improvisation. In jazz,...Read More
Cool jazz was the first type of cool mode. It had the ability to reduce musical tension. It had slow tempos, which allowed singers to creating long-lined lyrics of a song, and classical music. West Coast jazz style had Dial Records and its bop-focused sound remained on the West Coast in order to retain its...Read More
Introduction The definition of music might appear simple, but it is complex in reality. Music exists in every aspect of human life. It arises from human behavior and is part of how people functions in daily life. Daniel Levitin, a renowned cognitive psychologist and musician, talked of how music exists whenever human beings come...Read More
The Music of the gulf region that includes Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait flourishes mostly within the region’s own boundaries. This is the consequence of the fragmented distribution channels of the music in the Middle East. The music depicts a deep imprint that local cultures have put on it. While popularity of...Read More
Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 874 (from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Book 2)…Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) The prelude is asymmetrically balanced and unusually long. The old-fashioned tone of fugue makes the theme intense. The prelude cuts across the major tones, synchronizing repeated alto, soprano, and tenor entities in the recitation. The prelude was first...Read More
Rhetorical Analysis of the song “All My Loving” by the Beatles The song “All My Loving” describes a lady the writer, Paul McCartney, left behind as a result of a tour the band, The Beatles, had to make around the world. It was released as a single and the first song the band played on...Read More
The soundscape refers to putting together various sounds that build up in an immersive environment. Different elements result in the soundscape; it is from this that one has to listen consciously to understand the meaning or the message conveyed. This paper, therefore, presents the soundscape I encountered during that occasion. In a church setting, various...Read More
