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Eyrún Björg Hilmisdóttir
Music What
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KEY TO GOOD HEALTH
Music is a form of art. It’s one of the major forms of performing arts. The other ones are dance, ballet, theatre and opera. Music has a lot of elements and a few common ones are rhythm, pitch and dynamics. Rhythm is defined as a strong and regular repeated pattern of sound or move-
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ment. Pitch is the quality of a sound controlled by the rate of vibrations producing it. And dynamics is defined as the branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces. Music can also be defined as “the art of arranging tones
Different Music has different meanings for everyone. For example: to some music is a hobby, a thing that they enjoy and
in an orderly sequence to produce a continuous composition.
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find pleasure in. They maybe know how to sing or play a instrument but it’s not really important to them.
But to a musician, music is their life. They always think about music and it’s their passion.
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DID YOU To win a gold disc, an album needs to sell 100.000 copies in Britain and 500.000 in the United States
In 1980 the CD was developed by Philips and Sony.
40 billion songs are downloaded illegally Music was sent down every year. a telephone line for The music industry the first time in looses about $40 1876, which was the billion to illegal downyear that the phone loads, but generates was invented. about $4 billion in
“Without music life would be a mistake.� -Friedrich Nietzsche
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The first pop video was Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, which was released in 1975.
INTERESTING WORDS Acapella: when one or more vocalists are performing without an accompaniment.
Allegro: A direction to play lively and fast.
MORE Chromatic scale: Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Clavier: The keyboard of a
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Capriccio: A quick, improvisational, spirited piece of music. Carol: A song or hymn celebrating Christmas.
INTERESTING stringed instrument.
Choir: Group of singers in a chorus. Chord: 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
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The first violin in an orchestra.
Coda: Closing sec- Contralto: Lowest tion of a movefemale singing ment. voice. Concert master:
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CAREERS Music has always been an important thing in my life. I grew up listening to music and I’d love to work with music when I get older. There are so many career options that are music related. For example:
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composer, lyricist, songwriter, singer, music director, producer, studio director and arranger.
courses. You can get a diploma in music, both in music performance and music technology.
You can study music almost everywhere in the world. You can study music at college and take further education
CLIFF BURTON Cliff Burton was the bass guitarist in Metallica. He joined Metallica in 1982 and he performed on the band’s first three studio albums He
wrote quite a few bass solos which were very impressive. In 1986 they were on their way to their next gig in Copenhagen when the bus driver lost
JIMMY Jimmy Page is an English musician, multiinstrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. He achieved success as the guitarist of
control of the bus. Cliff flew out the window and ended up under the bus. No one was sure if he died instantly or not.
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the band Led Zeppelin. He founded Led Zeppelin in 1968, which later became one of the best-selling bands in the history of audio recording. He is
considered to be one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Led Zeppelin broke up in 1980 after their drummer, John Bonham, died.
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent” -Victor Hugo
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Elvis Aaron Presley was an American actor and singer. He is often referred to as “the King of Rock and Roll”. He scored his first No. 1 single in 1956 which was
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“Heartbreak Hotel”. Also in 1956, he scored his first No. 1 album and signed a movie contract. He became very famous around the world and everyone loved him.
He played his last concert in June 1977, in Indianapolis, Indiana. In the morning of August 16, 1977, he died of heart failure, caused by his drug use.
LISTENING TO MUSIC IS THE KEY TO GOOD HEALTH Researches have shown that music has a variety of health benefits.
sic is said to be the best to relieve muscle pain.
Music can help with chronic back pain. Music works on the autonomic nervous system, which is the part of the nervous system that controls our blood pressure, brain function and heartbeat. Classical mu-
It can also improve your workout. Listening to music during exercise can boost your mood and make you more focused on your workout. High tempo music is the best for this. Music can also help
with memory loss. People connect memories for music so listening to music they like can bring back memories.
(Daily Mail article)