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Reynoso Blog 9
Within the Mevlevi Sama, music plays a very spiritual role. During all the rites of the Sufi orders, there is a belief that there is a direct spiritual union with a universal god. In the textbook, “Music and Spirituality”, it is stated that, “The Mevlevi place a strong emphasis on music, which sends the practitioner’s […]
Blog 8 Reynoso
The song I chose to use as a show of gender stereotypes, is ,”I’ll Make A Man Out of You”, featured in Disney’s 1998, “Mulan”. In a movie that challenges gender stereotypes with a female protagonist undergoing military training with men, the song, “I’ll Make A Man Out of You” paints a clear picture as […]
Reynoso Blog 7
Having parents that were born in Mexico, and still have deep ties to their culture even to this day, one genre of music that is very distinctively, “Mexican”, is the genre of Mariachi music. This genre of music originated in the 1860s, almost hand in hand with the French occupation of Mexico, where Mariachi music […]
Reynoso Blog 6
“Baamaya”, is (or was) an important dance ritual for the Dagbamba villages. This ritual was used for moments in time when there was a drought occurring. This dance essentially was a rain dance, when hoping for rain. Despite this, now in time, the dance has changed meanings, and is now performed at funerals. I’d say […]
Reynoso Blog 5
In the last class, we learned about: the jazz club, the chamber music recital, and the symphony orchestra concert. While learning about these performances, we also learned about the form of conduct that was appropriate at each form of concert. Personally, I feel that I’d be the most comfortable at a symphony orchestra concert. The […]
Blog 4 Reynoso
The clip I chose was the “Run Rabbit Run” scene in Jordan Peele’s, “Get Out” (2017). In this scene, a young black man named Logan is walking down the street of an affluent neighborhood, noting that he, “sticks out like a sore thumb”. A car appears and drives past Logan, to no surprise. When this […]
Reynoso Blog 3
The piece of musical technology that I want to use, is distortion, within the world of guitars as musical instruments. Distortion is an effect, that when electric guitars are put through it, sound much more gritty, and therefore can be used as an alternative to a clean guitar sound. Distortion itself, is the result of […]
Reynoso Blog 2
For this blog, I’ll be choosing the song, “Layla”, by Eric Clapton. Originally released in 1970, the version I will be discussing here, is Clapton’s performance at Madison Square Garden in 1999. Eric Clapton is primarily a blues musician, and as far as the blues are concerned, this song fits right in. Generally, the blues […]
Blog 1 Reynoso
After reading about the six historical periods in Western Art music, the one period that intrigues me the most, has to be the Classical Period, taking place from ca. 1730-ca. 1829. The thing that excites me the most about this time period is music, is the advancement in what the music was centered around. Within […]
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