Essays about: "Musician"
Showing result 31 - 35 of 61 essays containing the word Musician.
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31. The Voice of the Voiceless : The use of African American Vernacular English and linguistic discourses in Tupac Shakur's Changes
University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för utbildningsvetenskap och språkAbstract : Tupac Amaru Shakur was a successful African American musician, poet, and actor most renowned for tackling controversial subject matters in his music as well as using it as a platform to highlight his political opinions and social activism. Tupac used African American Vernacular English (AAVE) in his music. READ MORE
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32. Improvisation and the Modern Orchestral Musician. A Critical Analysis of the Performer’s Agency in the Contemporary Concert Hall
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musikAbstract : Improvisation is a critical skill for musicians across nearly all genres and eras, however, to the modern orchestral musician, it is mainly a lost art. A study into the history, techniques, and traditions of improvisation details not only new ways to explore and develop performance practice of the instrument itself but also to train the ears and sensibilities of a musician. READ MORE
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33. Composition as a tool to find home
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musikAbstract : In this artistic research I explore my own process of composing music. Being a “world musician” with no specific roots but with experience from many different genres from western classical music and jazz to many different world traditions was confusing for me in the search for the answer to the question “what is my identity?” In this thesis I describe how the genres I’ve played and listened to blend in my compositions creating “genreless music”, which influences appear in the music unconsciously and also what conscious choices do I make while composing. READ MORE
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34. A Dissection of the Direct Link Test : An Analysis of the Enigmatic Concept of a 'Supply for Consideration'
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : How does one know whether a service is supplied against payment? While the answer to that question appears to be self-evident, it is, in fact, the sole reason for a host of court procedures across the world of VAT. Indeed, the underlying concept of a supply for consideration has eluded and continues to elude courts and practitioners. READ MORE
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35. A = 432: A superior tuning or just a different intonation? How tuning standards affects emotional response, timbre and sound quality in music
University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologiAbstract : The purpose of this study was to explore the ways tuning to A = 432 Hz affects emotional response, timbre, sound quality, character and tone compared to the standard tuning of A = 440 Hz, and whether or not it is humanly possible to discern a difference between these two. This was all done in an effort to evaluate claims that A = 432 Hz is superior to standard tuning in regards the previously mentioned factors. READ MORE
