Amiel Blog 9
The music in the Sema ceremony plays a crucial role. The music helps the dancers spin a counter clockwise spin dance while staying on beat while the Samazan knows when to come into the performance space and cross his arms and put his hands on his shoulders. While singing Kol Nidre, I grew up not […]
Amiel Blog 8
In the song, “Miss Independent”, by Ne-Yo, we do see the traditional gender roles in the lyrics. However, what is truly interesting is how much the lyrics and their topics in songs over the past decade have changed. In his song “Miss Independent”, which was written in 2008, Ne-Yo sings empowering lines that boost the […]
Amiel Blog 7
My family originated from Turkey on my paternal grandmother’s side. As Sephardic Jews, much of the music that was listened to was either in Hebrew or in Ladino, otherwise known as Judeo-Spanish, which is a Jewish language that has a mixture of Hebrew, Spanish, Greek and hints of other languages. The music listened to is […]
Amiel Blog 6
Baamaaya was a special ritualistic dance that was used by the people who lived in Ghana to beg to their Gods for rain. For the most part, the Baamaaya is the same, but their outfits are different. The men used to dress up as women and repented for the bad that they had done to […]
Blog 5 Amiel
I would feel a lot more comfortable and enjoy a jazz concert much more than sitting through a symphony orchestra. At a jazz concert, there is a much more laid back feeling. It is more enjoyable music that you can dance to and is usually at a bar or at a very social scene. You’re […]
Blog 4 Amiel
The opening scene of “Get Out” (2017) shows a black man walking through a neighborhood very late at night. He is on his phone trying to direct himself somewhere by looking at directions on his phone. All of a sudden you see a car drive past him and then turn around, slowly creeping up behind […]
Blog 3 Amiel
The piece of musical technology I chose to write about is the synthesizer, otherwise known as a synth. A synth is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals that may be converted into sound. It takes files that have a specific noise on it that can be of a musical instrument, such as a […]
Amiel Blog 2
Song: Can I kick It? By: A Tribe Called Quest A Tribe Called Quest loves to make the beat in their songs very loud. In this specific song, you can vividly hear the high hat and the snare so keeping on pace with the rhythm was not difficult at all. The tempo of the song […]
Amiel Blog 1
The most intriguing out of the six musical periods was the Twentieth-Century Period. The most interesting part about this period is the advancement of people and society as a whole. In the past hundred years or so, we have improved and added to all of the art and technology at a faster rate than ever […]
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