A composer (literally meaning 'to put together') is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of notation, for interpretation and performance (which may be repeated an unlimited number of times) by other musicians. The composer is the author of the music.The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music. For example, in the development of European music, the function of composing music initially had no greater importance than the function of performing music. The preservation of individual compositions received little attention, and musicians generally had no qualms about modifying compositions for performance. Over time, however, the written notation of the composer has come to be treated as strict instructions, from which performers should not deviate without good reason. Performers do, however, play the music and interpret it in a way that is all their own. In fact, in the concerto form, the soloist would often compose and perform a cadenza as a way to express their individual interpretation of the piece.More recently, scorewriter programs have become available, allowing composers to typeset music without the need of an engraver.The term 'composer' is often used specifically to mean a composer in the mainstream Western tradition of 'classical' music. In popular and folk music, the composer is typically called a songwriter (since the music generally takes the form of a song).Friday, September 19, 2008
Music Composer
A composer (literally meaning 'to put together') is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of notation, for interpretation and performance (which may be repeated an unlimited number of times) by other musicians. The composer is the author of the music.The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music. For example, in the development of European music, the function of composing music initially had no greater importance than the function of performing music. The preservation of individual compositions received little attention, and musicians generally had no qualms about modifying compositions for performance. Over time, however, the written notation of the composer has come to be treated as strict instructions, from which performers should not deviate without good reason. Performers do, however, play the music and interpret it in a way that is all their own. In fact, in the concerto form, the soloist would often compose and perform a cadenza as a way to express their individual interpretation of the piece.More recently, scorewriter programs have become available, allowing composers to typeset music without the need of an engraver.The term 'composer' is often used specifically to mean a composer in the mainstream Western tradition of 'classical' music. In popular and folk music, the composer is typically called a songwriter (since the music generally takes the form of a song).GODLY Music
A music that is inpired by the Holy Spirit. And it is written to express the love and affection in worship to God, Common themes of Godly music include praise, worship, penitence and lament.Like other forms of music the creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of Godly music or they call it Christian music varies according to culture and social context. Christian music is composed and performed for many purposes, ranging from aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, or as an entertainment product for the marketplace.Christian music can be divided into several genres and sub-genres, although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to individual interpretation, and occasionally controversial. These genres (sometimes referred to as 'style') like other forms of music may be distinguished by the techniques, the styles, the context and the themes, or geographical origin. Historic categories and genres include (but are not limited to): Hymns, Motets, sequences, psalmody, antiphons, Contemporary Christian music, Southern Gospel, and Urban contemporary gospel. Specific subgenres of Christian music may include (but are not limited to): Progressive Southern Gospel, Christian country music, Christian pop, Christian rock, Christian metal (including Christian metalcore), Christian punk, Christian alternative rock, Christian hip hop, Jubilee quartet, and Mass choir music.
Music Controls Emotions
Every occasion and every emotion has the appropriate music that suits the moment. Be it just simply meeting old friends and sharing the same food again in your favorite restaurant sparks up a beat of music that you once shared back in high school or college. All emotions are coupled with the right lyrics that can express your state of being at a given time and at a given place. Music has been a part of our daily living since time immemorial. Primitive music is produced by chirping birds, rustling leaves and flowing brooks. Since then man has been familiar with this kind of sounds and it has evolved into what we call now as music. Feeling giddy or lonely? Don’t know where to take your emotions today? Grab your player and dig into your music.Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Music
What is Music?: Solving a Scientific Mystery is a book by Philip Dorrell which explains a new scientific theory about music: the super-stimulus theory.The main idea of the theory is that music is a super-stimulus for the perception of musicality, where "musicality" is actually a perceived property of speech. "Musicality" refers to the property of music that determines how "good" it is, how strong an emotional effect it has, and how much we enjoy listening to it.
The theory implies that ordinary speech also has this property, in a manner which may vary as a person speaks. The musicality of speech is much more subtle than that of music, but it provides important information which the listener's brain processes (without conscious awareness of the processing), in order to derive some information about the internal mental state of the speaker. This information is applied to modulate the listener's emotional response to speech, and this accounts for the emotional effect of music.
What distinguishes the super-stimulus theory from all other serious attempts to explain music scientifically is that it starts from a simple assumption that music perception must be an information processing function, and this assumption results in quite specific explanations of how major aspects of music such as scales, regular beat and harmony are processed in the brain. It is the first theory to explain the perception of musical scales without a priori assuming the existence of musical scales. (The theory has to do this, because it is a theory of music perception as an aspect of speech perception, and musical scales do not occur in normal speech.)
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)