Category: Music

There are many DAWs out there some free that you know form working in the book and some that can be costly.
1. Choose 3 different DAWs.
2. Write a brief paragraph about them; origin, when they became available on the market, target audience, etc.
3. Create a compassion chart between them You may use a spread sheet or a word doc. be sure to show the Price Point, Specks, Professional or consumer, Track count, Effects, Mixing etc.
4. Choose the one that you would use and why. (State this as a conclusion)
You may format this anyway you like. Make it look professional as if you were to recommend one of these to your a studio that you may work in.
Be specific when it comes to the technical specs.
Take your time and cite your research at the bottom of your .pdf

Write an account of the first movement of Beethoven’s “Eroica” (Symphony No. 3) in its historical context. Branch out about events that was happening during the time period when “Eroica” was composed. As part of your preparatory listening and reading, consult the score and the three sources below. Include some discussion of sonata form in your account.
Use this video as a source please: “Keeping Score: Beethoven’s Eroica”, www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5zFitBASEw

Here is the link to the song:
Include the following in your essay:
Song title
Composer and Jazz Style
Name of Performing Artist/Orchestra or Group
Include the number of times you listened to the piece
Give specific descriptions/observations of the selected five topics below – (refer to Elements of Music in your textbook). Use music terminology correctly. You may need to research the Internet for data. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE someone else’s words! An anti-plagiarism program will be used. Be thorough and use complete sentences, not buttons.
Type five well-written paragraphs for the Five topics listed below (2 pts each):
1) INSTRUMENTS AND PERFORMANCE: Identify and spell correctly the instruments used, perhaps their priority to the piece, as well as anything remarkable about the performance, ie. techniques, virtuosity, etc.
2) SOUND: Including use of dynamics, overall major or minor key, emotions evoked, was timbre(s)/tone color a priority? (paragraph).
3) RHYTHM: Including meter(s), tempo(s), beat, retardation and acceleration, pausing & stops, pattern(s), contributing instruments, was rhythm a priority? (paragraph).
4) MELODY: Including contributing instrument(s) to melody, climax, shape, range, themes, motives, form, syncopation, virtuosity, was melody a priority? (paragraph).
5) HARMONY: Including contributing instrument(s) as accompaniment for the melody, texture(s), chords, consonance/dissonance, tension – release, was harmony a priority? (paragraph).

For your Unit III assignments, you have watched videos of historically significant performances of works that were created during an era in which the world was either in turmoil leading to WORLD WAR, at war, or cleaning up from war. Keeping this context in mind, Choosing West Side Story and envision yourself an attendee at the performance in the video. Submit a formal writing assignment of 500 words or more reviewing the performance from the perspective of an attendee. This formal writing assignment should be submitted in MLA format utilizing 12-point double-spaced TIMES NEW ROMAN font. The video that you reference, as well as any other sources that you cite must be included in your bibliography.

For your Unit III assignments, you have watched videos of historically significant performances of works that were created during an era in which the world was either in turmoil leading to WORLD WAR, at war, or cleaning up from war. Keeping this context in mind, Choosing West Side Story and envision yourself an attendee at the performance in the video. Submit a formal writing assignment of 500 words or more reviewing the performance from the perspective of an attendee. This formal writing assignment should be submitted in MLA format utilizing 12-point double-spaced TIMES NEW ROMAN font. The video that you reference, as well as any other sources that you cite must be included in your bibliography.

Choose a piece of music and describe the piece in your own language in terms of the following that may apply.
E.g. a piece might repeat itself in ABACD form that can be your analysis, this can be simple.
Pitch (letter names, sharps, flats, chromatics, enharmonic equivalency, octave)
Interval (consonant, dissonant, resolution, conjunct, disjunct)
Scale (melody, chords/harmonies, keys, tonic, major, minor, modal, blues)
Rhythm (beat, tempo, metronome)
Meter (measure, barline, duple, triple, compound, complex, changing, syncopation)
Dynamics (piano, forte, crescendo, decrescendo, subito)
Timbre (tone color, orchestration)
Key/Tonality (tonic pitch, minor, major, related, dominant, modulation)
Melody (tune, motivic, phrase, cadence, leading tone)
Melodic Modification (counterpoint, repetition, sequence, imitation, canon,
augmentation, diminution, inversion, retrograde)
Harmony (chords, chord progression)
Texture (monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic/contrapuntal)
Articulation (staccato, legato, accented)
Just have to include 4-5 listed aspects. just a short paragraph
after that answer these three questions
-Briefly describe the system/process you employed in the listening assignment that was due Tuesday. Be sure to identify the work you chose to study.
-Please provide your analysis/diagram/etc. of the work you chose for the listening assignment
-What did you learn about the composition you analyzed via your critical listening process?

Choose a piece of music and describe the piece in your own language in terms of the following that may apply.
E.g. a piece might repeat itself in ABACD form that can be your analysis, this can be simple.
Pitch (letter names, sharps, flats, chromatics, enharmonic equivalency, octave)
Interval (consonant, dissonant, resolution, conjunct, disjunct)
Scale (melody, chords/harmonies, keys, tonic, major, minor, modal, blues)
Rhythm (beat, tempo, metronome)
Meter (measure, barline, duple, triple, compound, complex, changing, syncopation)
Dynamics (piano, forte, crescendo, decrescendo, subito)
Timbre (tone color, orchestration)
Key/Tonality (tonic pitch, minor, major, related, dominant, modulation)
Melody (tune, motivic, phrase, cadence, leading tone)
Melodic Modification (counterpoint, repetition, sequence, imitation, canon,
augmentation, diminution, inversion, retrograde)
Harmony (chords, chord progression)
Texture (monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic/contrapuntal)
Articulation (staccato, legato, accented)
Just have to include 4-5 listed aspects. just a short paragraph
after that answer these three questions
-Briefly describe the system/process you employed in the listening assignment that was due Tuesday. Be sure to identify the work you chose to study.
-Please provide your analysis/diagram/etc. of the work you chose for the listening assignment
-What did you learn about the composition you analyzed via your critical listening process?

Read 3 attachments (Ellington – The Debate in Jazz – 1943.pdf only read no. 43: “The Debate in Jazz”). Two other readings read it all. Some questions to ponder as you read. What aspects of Ellington and his music-making were so controversial within discourse around jazz? How did he respond to this discourse and challenge some of its underlying assumptions? What kinds of “parallels” between the music of Such Sweet Thunder and Shakespeare’s work can you hear, if any? How do you see Such Sweet Thunder fitting into the wider debates about “jazz” and Ellington outlined in the readings? What kinds of political and/or artistic statements do you think Ellington and his musical collaborators were making in adopting the work of such a canonically white figure as Shakespeare?

1-Generally speaking, there are different perceived levels of music in The Middle East. What types of music would be considered halal and what types of music would be considered haram? Why isn’t music typically used in Islamic religious activities? How does the Sufi sect of Islam contradict this generality?
Your discussion post should be around 150 words (5 pts), cover all of the topic points (5 pts), and be submitted on time (5 pts). You are also required to respond to at least two of your fellow classmate’s posts (5 pts). Be sure to add new insight and/or pose questions that are relevant to the discussion topics, and not just agree with or like their post. There are 20 points possible for this assignment.
2-Choose an AUDIO example Arabic Taqsim(not video clip) from Unit 5: Middle East and write a 150 word journal about it. Please utilize the listening guides in your textbook for this assignment. Include information about the audio example including the genre or style, instruments and form. What culture creates this music? What behaviors or activities are associated with this music? Also include your personal thoughts or feelings about your chosen audio example. Do you like it/dislike it? Why did you choose this particular example?
3- Describe a chahar mezrab
9. Define the term tarab
10. List and describe the five
types of songs found in the Persian suite:
11. What types of music are
considered “halal?” and
“haram?”
12. What is the meaning of Musiqi?
Khandan?

13. In the Middle East, why
would a well-trained amateur musician be held in higher regard than a
professional musician?
17. What were the two main
topics of historical theoretical treatises on music?
18. What are two specific
examples of how Middle Eastern music influenced the music of other cultures?
20. What is ironic about the role of classical music concerts in North America’s Persian communities?
21. What are some of the current issues discussed in Middle Eastern artistic and intellectual circles today?

NO CHATGPT OR ANY AI PLEASE
Submit your performance response 2 here. Make sure to have written roughly 1 paragraph for each song played (minimum of 50-75 words). Consider performance aspects such as song order, instrumentation, solos, and musical elements for each song such as dynamics, speed, groove, etc. Please do not just compliment the musicians on their playing; this is very kind, but we’d like to see more than surface-level observations (talk about if you could hear the melody in the piano or drums, etc.)
Format your document using 12-point, Times New Roman Font, double spaced.
VIDEO HERE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7T_jYhOhAg
Setlist:
1. Salt Peanuts
2. Pannonica
3. A Night in Tunisia
4. Blues for Alice
5. Cherokee
(6.) (Donna Lee)
Performers:
Brad Goode – Trumpet
Gayoung Bae – Piano
Seajun Kwon – Bass
Zach Howarth – Drums