Very First Insturments

"The Oxford Companion to Musical Insturments" Anthony Baines

Lutes

• Tuning of strings have changed throughout the years.
• Known as a 'renaisance insturment'
• History of the Lute dates back to the 15th century.

Lyres

• 1. The African Lyre
• 2. The Ancient Lyre
• 3. Greek Lyre
• Strings varied from 7-10

Harps

• Early developed in Western Europe.
• History of the harp dates back to the 9th century. Seen in historic paintings.
• No one knows where it first arose. (West Europe)
• First came the Medieval harp, then the Doubled stringed harp,  a hook and petaled harp, and Harpe Chromatique. 

Zithers

• Native to Austria and Bavaria
• It is laid flat on your lap as you play it
• Metal Picks can be worn on fingers(like the banjo)
• Instrument dates back to 1800's

In this book (book/article, etc.), Anthony Baines(author)   claims (claims/argues/explains) that Lutes, Lyres, Harps, and Zithers were early instruments that were based off the instrument we play today. The Author gives all the background information and history on these instruments, as well as many other instruments. (identify author’s argument/purpose).
One reason/fact/example that supports this main idea is that this book is set up like a dictionary so you can easily look up many instruments. Another reason/fact/example that supports this main idea is, each instrument shows its 'parent instrument'- or what first instrument it was based off of. 
. Finally, the author gives the reason/fact/example of showing how each instrument makes sound, which proves to us how one instrument can be based of another instrument, to support the main idea.
These ideas are similar (connected/similar) to the music theory of chords and music. (something you learned or experienced previously)because each musical chord is based of a specific note, just like a modern instrument is based off a 'parent instrument'. (explanation of connection).

Cathedral (Notre Dame)

a. Cathedral; The Story of Its Construction by David Macaulay

b.- They primarily used limestone because they got there materials from Somme Valley.
- They also used a lot of cement because solid stone was very expensive and heavy.
- They built extravagant cathedral to thank God for prosperity and honor a First Crusader. 
- The chapter (a group of clergymen) controlled the money in the Catholic church.
- Cathedrals take a very long time to build, Notre Dame took about 86 years to complete.
- Notre Dame is te longest, widest, and highest cathedral in France today. 
- Sain glass wasn't just to let in light, it also tells a biblical story.

c. In this book, David Macaulay explains how and why Cathedrals like Notre Dame where built. One example that supports this main idea in his book he informs us on why a cathedral was constructed. Another reason that supports this main idea is he gives information on who built and designed the cathedral. Finally, the author gives the reason he clear writes and illustrates each step in the process of erecting such a feat to support the main idea. These ideas are similar to a cook book because they tell you step by step how they made something. 

Bog post #5 - special effects/how hard and long it is to make a film

The image above is from 'Yahoo images' and shows one of the animatronic Rexes from Jurassic Park.

-Orriginally going to be in go-motion/stopmotion, but ILM came along and ended up wotking on it.

- Making the T Rex animatronic(20 feet tall - 3000 Ibs of clay for sculpt) ~ rigid foam casting-sliced into cross-sections-each piece numbered-"put on an opaque projector and projected up 5 times into a piece of plywood"-cut plywood out and reduce it by 2 inches for the clay-hooked onto sculpting armature-spanned hardware cloth and fiberglass and put the clay on-ect. 

- T Rex contolled by small puppet rex (based on flight simulator).

- Arms in raptors were controlled by "half-cable-operated and half radio-controlled" (Velociraptors in real life were only 3 feet tall, but at the time the film was being filmed, the Utahraptor was discovered, about the same size as the ones in JP)

- Dilophosaurus in film was 4-feet tall, in real life, it is around 10 feet tall (so people do not confuse them with the raptors).

- was a final draft, rejected by Spielberg, who read it twice.

- T rex had graphite fiber endoskeletal structure, which would later be covered with foam latex skin.

 In this book, The making of Jurassic park, by Don Shay and Jody Duncan explain how a film (in this case Jurassic Park) is made. The Author's purpose is to show readers how people made Jurassic Park, showing that it took a long time and a lot of work to make it.An example that supports this main idea is "Dinosaur picture had a long way to go." and Spielberg began to work on Hook, which he "Engrossed in that film for nearly a year.  Another reason that supports this main idea is when Malia Scotch Marmo gave the final draft of her JP script to Spielberg, who then said "I've read it twice an I think it's a miss." Finally, the author gives the example "The author of the book has 400 single-spaced the screenwriter has 120 double-spaced." to support the main idea.

These Ideas are simular to slavery and seggregation between blacks and whites because the blacks fought for a long and hard time for freedom of slavery, and then seggregation.

Picasso

Picasso and his Art ch. 1- Picasso and his Art By: Denis Thomas

• Pablo Picasso was born on October 25th, 1881 in Malaga, Spain
• the mid wife thought he was a stillbirth and left him on a table
• Picasso's uncle, who was a doctor, saved him
• the story of his birth influenced his art because his painted about death 
• Picasso followed his father foot steps and became a artist
• when ever he painted a man he thought of it as his father
• his father was a school art teacher
• was illiterate and didn't do well in school
• Picasso had surpassed his father in art and his father resigned as a artist to Picasso
• Picasso was a child prodigy
• he painted mostly in abstract form, but cutting out shapes and glueing them together

In this book, Denis Thomas explains how Picasso was thought of as a child prodigy. One reason that supports this main idea is that Picasso started painting at a very young age. Another reason that supports the main ideas is that he didn't have a teacher telling him ho to paint. He taught himself how to paint detailed paintings. Finally, Denis Thomas gives the example that when Picasso was about ten years old his father resigned from painting and gave all his art supplies to Picasso beacuse Picasso had surpassed his father as an artist. These ideas are similar to Beethoven because he was thought of as a music prodigy at an early age.

In this book Micheal MacCambridge explains that in Americas Games you have to put everything on the line to win or have a winning record.One example that supports this main idea is the Oakland A's had a 20 game winning sreak from sacrificing everything the had to win.

Mozart Effect

The Mozart effect : tapping the power of music to heal the body, strengthen the mind, and unlock the creative spirit by Don Campbell. Chapter 1
 
• Music clears our mind
• Listening to music is said to make you more intelligent
• It can bring up memories from long ago
• Music helps you sleep
• It causes distraction
• Listening to music can bring out emotions, from evil to happy
• It can spark your imagination
• It makes you more aware of the surrounding noises
 
 
In this book, Don Campbell explains that music moves, enchants, energizes, and heals people. One reason that supports this main idea is that music can cause intense emotion such as happiness, sadness, and anger. Another reason that supports this main idea is that if you listen to music during a medical surgery it can take away the pain or help you heal. Finally, the author gives the reason that music can drum out evil spirits to support the main idea.
These ideas are similar to my other research because you can get emotions from music.

Country/Pop Music 101

Book: Country Music U.S.A
Author: Bill C. Malone
Chapter: Country-Pop Music and the Nashville Sound
Things I learned:
In 1954, rock and roll was dominating the charts for music
in the 1940s and 50s, blacks and white performers started experimenting with the sound of the music
the "hill-billy" sound started to disappear
more electric guitars and basses were used
most musicians from country never really drifted away from their roots when they did experiment with rock and roll
because of the rock and roll craze, the country industry began to create something that would beat out rock and roll
a new sound appeared and country was mostly described as "pop"
Country and Pop started to mix together even more than it did before
Country artists did not like the term "pop"
Known as the "Nashville Sound"
Developing artists were tempted to join the new sound because of the advantage of a bigger following
At the end of the 50s people were wondering if country had lost its meaning and its sound

In this book, Bill Malone explains that there was a new genre on the rise in the 1950s. One reason that supports this main idea is that when rock and roll came out, the country industry was looking to infuse something very new to appeal to people. Another reason is when this sound came out, it was called "Nashville Sound". It had a huge audience. Finally, the author gives the reason that most of the developing country artists wanted to join up with the country-pop genre because it had a bigger advantage of being popular. These ideas are similar to when one of my friends tried to show me some music she liked. I absolutely hated it but I was tempted to listen to it more because it is popular and a good conversation starter.

World muisc Blog post #5

World Music: The Rough Guide by Simon Broughton
Chapter 12: North America

• at end of 19th century, many europeans moved to america
• European music started to change the way american music sounded
• also changed what kind of music people listened to in the united states
• Rock was considered a hi-tech phenomenon
• with 500 years of immigration, america is host of every sort of world music
• instruments are guitars, drums sets, and a lot of others
• american traditional music is powwows and native american style music
 In this ____Book_____ (book/article, etc.), ___Simon Broughton___ (author)   ____Explains______(claims/argues/explains) that __________there are many types of music in america and that there is lots of world music____________(identify author’s argument/purpose).
One reason/fact/example that supports this main idea is ____beacause of immigration, there is music from all over the world_______. Another reason/fact/example that supports this main idea is __That the kind of music that ameicans listen to has changed throughout the years because of all the different kinds of music________. Finally, the author gives the reason/fact/example ___america is the host of almost every kind of world music_____to support the main idea.
These ideas are ____connected______ (connected/similar) to _______music in different countries_________ (something you learned or experienced previously) because ___world music is from other countries and they are all related in some way. Also other countries listen to other country's music._______(explanation of connection).

75 Years of Fasion

75 Years of Fashion
By: Annalee Gold
Chapter 2 - Dresses
- Simple Straight dress comes with matching jacket called the "Costume" can be worn at formal attire, and first started being worn in 1959.  (Still worn today.)
- Also people wear the two piece dress to formal evenings.  It is called the two-piece dress.  A loose, slevless, high-necked over blouse and slim skirt in solid colors. Jacqueline Kennedy is known for wearing this dress.
- The saying, "The Little Black Dress" came from the 1960's.  It was a above the knee black dress with a thick leather waisted belt. 
- The shirtdress became very popular around 1963.  Very different from the little black dress, but became very popular from the loose fitting dress, with a colar and pockets.  This is a reccuring theme that goes away and comes back throughout fasion. 
- In 1968, a ruffled front dress became popular. Called the ruffled front chemise.  Normally had buttons down the front and long sleeves. 
-In 1968 a more revealing dress was designed.  A covered-up clothes revealed the the body beneath using cut-outs and see-through inserts of sheer fabric such as mesh. 
-In 1970 and two-piece evening outfit became popular.  It had a blouson top combined with full pajama pants with a circular cut. 


In this book, Annalee Gold explains how America's fasion has changed throughout the years and what garnments were designed and popular.  One example that supports this idea is the shirtdress.  It s a loose fitting dress with a colar.  Gold exaplains how it is "in and out" of fasion.  By that, i mean it keeps on recurring in fasion.  Another example that supports this main idea is, when dresses were starting to be designed with cut-outs and sheer fabric, it shows that our fasion is slowly getting more revealing.  Finally the author gives the example of the block dress.  It is a dress that is loose fitting and black and white block pattern on it.  It showed me that some things can be popular at one point, and considered un-fasionable at another.  These ideas are similar to, fasion in Europe.  Throughout the book, most of the designes were inspired by European fasion because our fasion has always been like theres.  But at times, ours is one step behind them. 

This is Your Brain on Music: What I Think

a. This is Your Brain on Music, Chapter 2, and Daniel J. Levitin

b. In this book, Daniel J. Levitin explains that what we remember and enjoy the most in musical experiences. One example that supports this main idea is from the author's personal experience. He went to a concert for a saxophonist and although he cannot remember the songs, he can remember the rhythms. Another interesting fact is that tempo and rhythm are not the same: tempo refers to the pace of music, while rhythm is the length of the actual notes that are played. It is important to know the difference because we don't usually remember the tempo as much as the rhythm. Finally, Levitin gives the reason that music is successful is because it combines the best rhythms and other music elements to, essentially, please our ears. These ideas are connected to what music I choose to listen to because this explain why I like the music I do and why only certain music gets stuck in my head: it's all in the rhythm.

c. Things of Note:

• tempo: the pace of the music; what you "tap your foot to" (Levitin 56).
• rhythm: the length of the actual notes: ba-ba-ba baaahhh
• meter: who the beats are organized: LOUD soft LOUD soft soft soft
• songs can have the same tempo, but our brain will perceive them as completely different
• consonant sounds are ones that please our ears.
• dissonant sounds are ones that are unpleasant to hear.
• A part of the brain, called the brain stem, discerns consonant and dissonant sounds. This may mean that if different people like different sounds then the root of that could be in this part of the brain.

Blog Post #5 (Book Summary)

Changing Styles in Fashion, Maggie Pexton Murray, Chapter One

• Fashion has different meanings from different perspectives. Overall, it's the strict sense of apparel that implies covering the body with an article of clothing that is recognized or accepted in society.
• Fashion comes from a psychological need to cover the body.
• During the Ice Ages, people needed to wrap fur and skins around themselves for warmth, creating "clothes" (at the time). Feet were also wrapped for warmth, creating shoes.
• Most people follow the social and cultural "rules" that are socially "accepted" by society.
• People sometimes show their standing in economy by the way they dress and live. For example, people standing higher in economic society would typically dress more formal than the average person and 'drink white whine rather than hard liquor"(Murray 2). 
• Almost every society eventually develops a counter-culture movement, whose members create a look that is different than what is "socially accepted". 
• Person's choice of clothing represents combinations of reasons, psychological, geographic, and historic issues. 
• One's religious principles are often at work for selecting someone's wardrobe. 
• Religions dictates face coverings in the Islamic nations.
• Amish people, even in modern times, still dress like they did a hundred years ago: dark, simple, and quaint from the Puritans and Pilgrims. 
• Clothing establishes a sense of yourself: it communicates your moods and personal attitudes, psychologically speaking.
• Some people dress for identification, such as a sport team's jersey or someone's school.
• Fashion is considered art, because clothing is a changing and moving aesthetic form, depending on the matter in which it moves and changes.

In the book Changing Styles in Fashion, the author, Maggie Pexton Murray argues that people dress for various reasons. I agree with this statement because some people dress for religious purposes, such as in the Islamic nations. People also dress for identification, such as a school or sport's team. People can also dress as a counter-culture movement, where they dress against what is "socially accepted" in society. 

Nutrition and Desserts (Plus Techniques)

 I am reading a book about desserts and the title is Light Desserts
Author: Beatrice Ojakangas
Chapter: Lightstyle Desserts, which includes Healthy Eating, Finishing Touches, and Light Techniques

1) Light Desserts are still delicious but with lower calories to keep you dessert intake under control
2) Even though desserts are usually made with unhealthy ingrediants like fat and sugar, if adding healthy or reducing ingrediants, than it will make the dessert even more rich while still keeping it traditional.
3) People feel guilty eating desserts, but if they are ate in moderation, then once and a while they are a perfectly good treat.
4) A tip for healthier desserts: Try using fresh ingrediants, and low fat dairy products
5) Many people feel deprived not having desserts after a meal, but light desserts are a nutritional way of getting that wanted sweetness
6) If lighter desserts are eaten, then tastebuds can get used to the fresher, healthier taste.
7) Meal tip: try not to repeate the same texture from a main course to the dessert, change it up!

This recipe book and informational book made me realize that even though we crave healthy desserts, they don't have to be something you regret.  Healthy desserts can be made and your tastebuds will get used to them.  Also I read about how we can make certain dessert toppings.  Some examples are edible flowers, different herbs, an edible rose flower, powdered sugar, fruit peels, and melted chocolate designs. Then on some of the other pages, it also explains how to make pastry dough.  Here are some tips the book listed:

1) Use Cold Margarine to make the dough flaky
2) Use a pastry blender
3) Sprinkle in cold water
4) Chill the dough
5) Then finally roll the dough out.
These are good steps to include when making a pastry at home!

Italian/ spanish cooking (book) blogg post #5

Blog Post # 5
1.Italian Cooking for Beginners,  Alice Schryver,  chapter 1. The Delectable Country

2. -Food historians agree that Italy is the mother of European cooking
- Catherine de' Medici left Florence Italy to marry the duke of Orleans, brought her culinary staff and they started the famous Fernch cusine.
- A lot of the stories of how dishes came depend on the country's history, terrain, and climate.
-Olive trees are abundant in the south of Italy, so olive oil is important to their daily life.
- Milk is availble in the North but there is no olive trees so they use butter.
- People in the past have been seperated politically and geographically.
- The Regions cultures are clearly all different from each other. Bologna dishes are bolognese and Milan dishes are Milanese

In the book, Alice claims that Italy is the one of the founders of European foods. She says that French cooking, in away, evoloved from Italian cooking.  Many of the different foods came from different regions. So, a lot of them, are different based on where they are from. This reminds me of how a lot of America has a lot of Italian influence and that we have a lot of different types of foods.

In this book Fiona Reynoldson explains what the native american culture of the Iniut was before the white man came that the native american culture was flourshing before the white man.  One example that supports this is she says that there were citites bigger than london at the time.  Another example is she says they had roads and irrigation systems just as advanced as the europeans did.  Another example that supports the main idea is they had sewing systems for when the winter set in.  Finally the author says that they had tools made out of bone and very advanced weapons for battles.  These ideas are similar to about any other Native American culture because they are a lot more advanced than we ever thought.

Meaning of Music

Check out this podcast and article on the meaning of rock music

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/03/15/148693171/bruce-springsteen-on-the-meaning-of-music?sc=gplus&cc=npr

The impact of both Gospel & Hip Hop/Rap

 The two pictures that are shown show two differents genres of music: Music and hip hop. They are two examples of big genres who has effected the world in a very big way. Between the two, they are in a spiratual warfare of who people will serve that most people really either dont know about it or just don't care about, but the truth is that people should really look into it because the war between these two is a matter of life and death, but some of the things that hip hop puts into the world are actually pretty good without it talking about exotic girls, money, and liquor. But most of it is nothing but rapping with rappid speed and gangsta.Compared to gospel, its not always have to be songs that evryone thinks is boring. There is many genres of gospel representen the lord like gospel rap.

The study of music on emotions (Blog post num.4)

http://search.proquest.com/docview/200301725/1357E8FA0AE7F1CB531/3?accountid=6222

- The issue of musical emotions goes down to whether if the emotional response from the music puts an emotional impact on a person's position

-Measures were recorded to find out how and what effects people's emotions.

-All 4 measures, sad, happy, fear, and tension and showed really big differences in heart rates, and blood
pressure, especially in sad music.

-Musical emotions are not like any other emotions

-Istrumental music, that are without words shortens reports of  hard emotional responses.

-large percentage of tested respondents on musical emotions came to a strong impact response on them.

QUESTIONS ;

1)Why does everyone depend on the music that doesn't help them to help them?

The effects of music on emotions

-Music effects how people react.

-Music can make make feel a certain way about someone.

-Music can show someone how to make a decision.

-Music sends mesages.

-Music can sometimes set your mood of a situation.

- Music can bring peace or chaos.

Personality Impact On Music Taste (blog post #4)

ProQuest Platinum
Personality and Music Preferences: The Influence of Personality Traits on Preferences Regarding Musical Elements
Malgorzata Kopacz

http://search.proquest.com/docview/223566060/1355AF3E6B1799DFF2C/1?accountid=6222

• scientists did a study to determine how personality traits influence preferences regarding musical elements 
• personality traits were classified into analyzing Liveliness, Social Boldness, Vigilance, Openness to Change, and Extraversion, which all influence our taste in music
• people discover their musical taste based off their personality first of all, and the tempo, rhythm, melodic themes, sound voluminosity, and meter secondly.
• relationships between personality and musical preference come hand in hand, and we find our taste in music being unaware our personality affects this.
• the results of the studies show that certain factors also affect our taste in music which include emotional stability, dominance, sensitivity, apprehension, perfectionism, and tension.
• the studies also showed proved that individuals who are shy, socially timid, threat-sensitive, easily embarrassed prefer listening to songs with slower tempos, fewer melodic themes and more regular meters 
• they also showed that one's who are socially bold, outgoing, gregarious, adventuresome prefer faster tempos, a greater number of melodic themes and irregular meters as they choose the music they listen to.
• people who exceed the recommended dose for musical stimulation or lack of can produce symptoms of stress. (music with a high stimulative value, preferred by extraverts, may lead to stress in introverts, while music with low stimulative value, as preferred by introverts, may be a source of stress for extraverts)

Questions:
1) How are people that enjoy or are open to all genres of music characterized? (besides openness)
2) As we grow up, our personality changes, so does our musical preference follow?
3) Do the lyrics in the songs we listen to have a bigger role in our musical preference rather than the tempo or range in volume?

a. date of information published - Fall 2005
b. author:  Kopacz, Malgorzata
publisher: Silver Spring, American Music TherapyAssociation
source: Scholarly Journals
c. Yes, the author accurately provides the information with citing sources.

http://www.nativetech.org/

  The native Americans were a peaceful culture but the white men took arms to them and theat proved devestating to their population.

one famous tribe were the Iriqouis which were also one of the last ribes to not be blown away.

music effects on the body

http://web.ebscohost.com/src/detail?sid=b1745164-af48-4607-ab0f-2554689ca591%40sessionmgr13&vid=8&hid=11&bdata=JnNpdGU9c3JjLWxpdmU%3d#db=sch&AN=53425668-music effects or systems
-things are put into songs to put into melody to make it easier to remember things
-music has always been important to mankind.
       -scientists have discovered ancient flutes made of animal bones. they date back to prehistoric times.
-some believe that early humans created music before they even began to develope a language.
-music is always where humans habitat.
music is part of us. only humans can create music.
-studies show tha teven infants as young as 8 months old can tell the differences in happy and sad music.
-music affects the body
      -listening to upbeat music can speed someones breathing and heart rate
-same with opposite. listening to slow, calm music settles you down. thats why listening to soft, slow music before bed helps you sleep and night and get a better nights sleep.

http://web.ebscohost.com/src/detail?vid=4&hid=107&sid=88b724b6-f1d8-46dd-87a3-e689365d9584%40sessionmgr14&bdata=JnNpdGU9c3JjLWxpdmU%3d#db=sch&AN=20320803&anchor=toc

Renaissance influenced the europeans during the fourthneeth and sixthneeth centuries.


+random renaissance picture

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (Eminem)

• Eminem had a hard life filled with poverty and abuse.
• At age 14 he started rapping in clubs in his hometown of Detroit.
•  unexcused absences held him in the ninth grade for three years then he finally dropped out.
• when he placed second in the 1997 rap Olympics he drew the attention of Dr. Dre.
• he released his second CD "The Slim Shady LP" and it went  multiplatinum and won two grammys.
• in 2000 he released "The Marshall Mathers LP" the fastest selling CD in rap history.
• Eminem stopped rapping for a period of time because his friend was shot and killed outside of a night club in Detroit.  

How people play sports differently around the world?

shown by photos
http://towson.shownbyphotos.com/Towson-schuerholz-park-pictures.html
http://www.school.eb.com/eb/article-9435236?query=baseball%20in%20third%20worlded%20countries&ct=eb
This artical was last published in 2006
The author is Robert Verdi and he shows knowledge to his words by giving exact details such as scores, pitch counts, and different countries who played each other

-How are other contries better at some sports than others?
-How are games settled by a cotroversial call of a ref or official?
-why are most games against two countries so close?
-why do professional players get paid so much?
- How are good players raised?
-Are people who cant afford sports eqiuipment better?
-Why was the WBC created?

Pagoda

http://www.school.eb.com/eb/article-9057990?query=pagoda&ct=null


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- Pagoda's are Buddhist temples. 
- A monument for holy relics.
-In Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos they have a pyramidal or conical shape.
-China, Korea, and Japan designed it more towerlike.
-Each level was an element: sky, fire, earth, wind, and water.
- Pagoda's aren't very spacious in the inside.
- Stupa: a dome like shape
- Pagodas are mostly located in the East and Southeast regions of Asia because of the buddhist missionaries. 

history of guitar

Classical Guitar Illustrated History
http://www.classicalguitarmidi.com/history/guitar_history.html
   a. Copyright: 1988-2012
   b. Francois Faucher
   c. Author posted its sights of evidence

• history of the guitar started in the east
• early eyptians and romans had stringed harps that later evolved into a "necked" instrument with frets.
• the "six stringed guitar" was first created in the 16th century
• The "six stringed guitar" was made for more complex music pieces
• "four stringed guitars" were more common in the medieval ages.
• the six stringed guitar was formed from the lute.
• the 17th century made many structural changes for the guitar. For example, changing shapes and sizes.

Blog Post #4

The Dress Designer Today: http://www.school.eb.com/all/comptons/article-234550?query=fashion%20designers&ct=null


-The fame and influence of a fashion designer largely depends on where he/she lives.
-In Paris, the system of haute cotoure is dominated by a small group of fashion houses.
-Some of these designers from Europe, including Paris, were Christian Dior, Coco Chanel, and Yves St. Lauren.
-People from all over the world attend the Paris fashion shows.
-Until the mid-1960s customers of fashion designers in Paris selected one of their new designs and chose fabric for it. Then, the dress measurments were made at the designer's fashion house.
-By the late 60s, most Paris designers had begun to show ready-to-wear apparel in boutiques.
-Not until after World War Two was over, American designers didn't get any recognition.
-Beginning in 1943, American designers started to win awards for mens' and womens' fashion in the Coty American Fashion  Awards.
-Some of these designers were Ralph Lauren, Perry Ellis, and Geoffrey Beene.

Questions:
-How do American and European (French) designers differ from making clothing?
-Why did American designers get recognition after French designers?
-Why did French designers change from keeping their collection in fashion houses to boutiques?

history of med. foods

In this is about the history of Mediterreanan foods.

Source:  http://www.kybelem.com/mediterranean.html

In the mediterrean, the foods they eat are alot like what the Greeks, romans, eyptians, and arab cultures.
 It has complex history,  cultures, religions, and geography.  It is not a national based cusine but it is defind my it's regions.   The med. people are always worried about famine becuase alot of there food is based on their weather. The food we eat today is inspired by the med. people.   The med. in the past is very different from what it is now.  A lot of the ingredients that was eaten by the people now they couldn't get in the early days.  The foods that are called med. have but changed.   The med. cusine is made up of many different culutres.

What was primarly in the food now?



(med. =mediterreanean)

music and emotions

-many people listen to music because it effects emotions
-the most common goal of musical experiences is to influence emotions
-people us music to change and release emotions
-people listen to music to comfort themselves and to release stress
-musics ability to induce strong emotions is still a mystery that facinates experts
-music is used to set emotions in film, marketing, and therapy
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What are the effects of music on people?

what emotions can music bring people?
what genres of music are there?
what different countries bring fdifferent styles of music?

music effects emotions. can make you happy or sad.

Background on Music

http://www.school.eb.com/all/eb/article-9110117?query=music&ct=null
-has the ability to reflect and influence human emotion
-used in psychotherapy, geriatrics, and advertising to affect human behaviour
-the teaching of music in primary and secondary schools has now attained virtually worldwide acceptance
-many components of music. tone, rhythm, timbre, and texture
-electronic machinery enabled some composers to record sounds that were formerly beyond human ability to produce
-from historical accounts, it is clear that the power to move people has always been attributed to music.
-in india, music was put into the servace of religion from earliest times
-Confucius, a chinaman assigned an important place to music in the servace of a well-ordered moral universe. he saw music and government as reflecting one another and believed that only the superior man who can understand music is equipped to govern.

--what is the difference in styles of music compaired to the locations on earth?

Music helping kids sustain attention

http://search.proquest.com/docview/223556816/13534FEE8B81D0C1198/2?accountid=6222

The Use of Music with Young Children to Improve Sustained Attention during a Vigilance Task in the Presence of Auditory Distractions

This article was published in 2009 and the author's David E Wolfe and Laura K Noguchi have studied greatly in the subject. The author's have reliable sources from various places making this article credible.

• Kid's who listen to music can sustain attention longer
• Music with kids help improve vigilance with education
• Music helps kids improve vigilance in clinical settings
• Music can make pain hurt less (It is a distraction)
• Music helps academics
• It increases awareness
• Music can be used for therapy

1. Does this work for all kids?
2. Can certain music be a distraction?

Music Causes Distractions

Self-Reported Distractions of Middle School Students in Listening to Music and Prose

http://search.proquest.com/docview/214473226/13534FD6BCD37E2BEF7/1?accountid=6222

Authors: Flowers, Patricia J; O'Neill, Alice Ann M. Journal of Research in Music Education

The article was published in 2005

Yes, the information is cited from various acedemic journals.  She also cited them throughout the article in parenthesis when needed.

Information Found In Article:

This aritcle was mostly about a research study on if middle school students are more distracted while listening to music and trying to do another listening activity at the same time.  It talks about how at the beginning and end of the song they were less distracted, but in the middle they were very distracted and worked much better without the music.  The students listened to various music excerpts that were 3.5 minutes long.

-Most music learning and listening depends on sustained, focused listening and it is hard to stay focused on other things
-It is difficult to listen to music in school settings
-When working on school related tasks you are more prone to getting distraced while listening to music
- Students in the creative writing class showed the least amount of distractions
-Students who were trying to study reported more distractions while the music was playing
-If you are trying to listen at home you do not need as much focus, but when at school or doing school related things you need to focus more when listening
-The article doesn't say what type of music the middle school students are listening to

Western European Paintings

Western European Art: Painting
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_3_1.html?category=%2Fhtml_En%2F03%2Fhm3_3_1_2.html&graphicalsubmit.x=15&graphicalsubmit.y=13
published-copyrights 2011
author-State Hermitage Museum
credibility-This source is credible because it was made by art museum workers.

• popular painters  in Europe during the renaissance- Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Giorgione, Titian, and Michelangelo
• only ten or twelve of Leonardo da Vinci's original paintings are left in the world
• Raphael's paintings Madonna Conestaible and The Holy Family were inspired by his art students 
• Giorgione painted Judith was thought of by many as a perfect creation
• Titian was most popular in his Venetian art school during the 16th century
• Titian work reflects his belief in god such as Christ Carrying the Cross and Child with Mary Magdalene
• Titian last works were thought of as masterpieces such as St. Sebastian

1. what made this artists so popular?
2. What influenced their paintings?

Blog post #4

Article-
http://www.school.eb.com/eb/article-9054431?query=musical%20theatre&ct=

 1. I learned other types of entertainment similar to musicals and theatre thats I hadn't known before such as music hall, comic opera, burlesque, vaudeville, variety shows,and minstrel show.
2. The first musical comedy came out in New York in 1866. It was called The Black Crook.
3. In the early 20th century, european immagrants, Victor Herbert, Rudolf Friml, and Sigmund Romberg brought a form of operetta to the U.S. and was later the general source of musical comedy.
4. In the 1920's-30's, musical comedy became big. Musicals like Oh kay!, Funny Face, Strike Up the Band, and others came out, leading up to one of the most popular musicals Show Boat.
5. Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Leow made many popular musicals.
6. 1960's had developed rock musicals such as Hair
7. Other famous musical directors were Cole Porter, Guy Bolton, Jerome Kern and more.

Music Findings Blog #4

http://www.school.eb.com/eb/article-9026573?query=pop%20music&ct=
country comes from English, Scottish, and Irish roots
first started around the 1920s
radio helped make country music very popular
carried to different parts of the united states to help influence blues and gospel music
country was listened to in the 30s to get away from the Great Depression
country has been most popular and has its roots in the south and south eastern united states
country has a lot of different meanings to it
can be about a variety of things
Usually about love and life
Songs usually include instruments such as the guitar, fiddle, and harmonica
Image from: http://www.rawrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/country_music.jpg
There is no author to this article. It was updated in 2012. This information I have seen on other sites and databases and has properly cited the pictures they have used. I would deem this site as credible.

 This video was the artist, Keith Urban, singing about how the soldiers in our armed forces help protect us each an everyday. It is also saying how he would protect his lady because he is a gentleman. Country songs usually have meaning behind them rather than just to sound good. I have to admit I do really like pop songs with a good beat and sound but sometimes it is nice to listen to something that has meaning behind it.

http://www.cmt.com/videos/keith-urban/743566/for-you.jhtml

Blog post 3

Third Blog Post
http://search.proquest.com/docview/214041350/13510ECD3D270F4115D/1?accountid=6222
Facts I learned from this article:
1. Most musicals come from or is based off of a book.
2.Many musicals examine history, especially American history.
3.American musicals usually contain ballad opera's.
4.Many different cultures and religions perform musical theatre.
5.First American Musical classics are "Show Boat" and "Oklahoma"
6.Musicals examine cultures.
7.Famous Musical Oklahoma started as a book like many other plays.

Questions
1. How do other cultures preform musical theatre?

Blog post #4

The image is a poster for the 3D film "Transformers Dark of the Moon. The image was found on
 Google-images.

Movies may cause special effects on the body
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-06-22/health/sc-health-0622-movies-impact-on-body-20110622_1_horror-films-intense-movies-birgit-wolz#.T0-zJ5Xrl_M.email

a. The article was published/posted on June 22, 2011
b. The author is  Danielle Braff, from the Chicago Tribune.
c. Although the article was not made recently, The Chicago Tribune cites about a psychologist who focuses on films being therapy, another who specializes in hypertensive diseases, and an optometrist who is the owner of the Park Slope Eye, located in New York. Also, the Chicago Tribune has proven to be a reliable source in past projects.

Comedies:
- laughter gives you distance from your problems
- laughter can relieve anxiety as well reduce aggresion and fear

Horrors:
- riding at the edge of death can make some feel even more alive.
- increases your heart rate, so if you have something like coronary heart disease, the films will increase your blood pressure and chestpains.
- Can trigger memories of events that have happened in your life.

3-D:
- So you can feel more involved in the film.
- Need to create 2 different views of an object (one in each eye) to create a 3D film.
- 3-D films can create headaches, dizziness and nausea.
- If you feel sick watching a 3-D film, it could be a sign of some visionary type problem.
- Can emphasive minor eye problems.

Enjoy the Music: History of music
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/history.htm

Published: 2011
Author: no author mentioned
Accuracy: The information of this website is reliable. The authorn is very specific with the details

Facts:

• Rock and country was inpired by southern rock
• When technology changed, so did music. techno is one of those that changed or became about because of technology.
• Most music at one piont in time, was not liked by many people, but then morwe people started to listen and that generea became more popular
• some african music uses the lyre (string instrument)
• classical music was born in the early years in Europe
• voice is the most important instrument in music
• europe documented what kinds of music was used for

China Foot Binding

Link:
<http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&source=gale&idigest=8de64512480f8c58026cd9fc2834cb47&prodId=GIC&userGroupName
=hins30136&tabID=T001&docId=CX2896200238&type=retrieve&contentSet=EBKS&version=1.0>.

Published: In the year of 2007
Author: Donna Drucker
Author's cited sources:

Ko, Dorothy. 2001. Every Step a Lotus: Shoes for Bound Feet. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Ko, Dorothy. 2005. Cinderella's Sisters: A Revisionist History of Foot Binding . Berkeley: University of California Press.

Wang, Ping. 2000. Aching for Beauty: Foot Binding in China . Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Title of Article: Foot Binding

- Belived that women's feet should be small.

- Binded the females feet at a young age, around seven years old, and it was very painful.

-Symbolized that beauty is pain.

- The end result had hoof like qualities.

-Yexian, the Chineese Cinderella, dropped a TINY shoe while leaving a banquet, eventually leading to a royal marrage.  Foot binding was based off of this story. 

- Foot Binding ended in 1999.

- Foot binding refomed the foot, bending and streching the ligaments and muscles without breaking any bones.

What effect does music have on emotions?

Music and the Brain

nsi.edu

a.) December 2005

b.) The Neurosciences Institute

c.) This is a scientific st

udy preformed by a full PhD group from an "-.edu" site

• Plato: (play-tow) A Greek Philosopher; 427-347 b.c.
• neuroscience: the study of the nervous system (brain, etc.)
• neuropsychology: the study of brain damage and how it effects the body
• aphasia: the loss of ability to comprehend/speak a language

• Music has certain patterns throughout every human culture: 1) it always has a fairly constant beat, and 2) people dancers always move to that beat. This expla
  ins why we like music of other cultures that have similar sounds to our own culture's.
• Music helps initiate movement. Faster beats make you want to move more and that exercise improves emotions.
• Perception of music is not a passive process, it is an active process that causes a lot of brain activity. Different perceptions of music causes different opinions to arise, effecting the emotions of the listener.

Fourth Blog Post

http://www.academiabarilla.com/italian-recipes/step-step-recipes/sbrisolona-traditional-crunchy-tart.aspx

http://www.italian-food-recipes.net/2007/12/sbrisolona-dessert.html

Sbrisolona: Traditional crunchy tart from Italy

This tasty dessert was made back in the 16th century, and was started by poor families who couldn't afford the expensive treats.  This dessert is usually eaten with your hands even though it can get a little messy.  The royal and important families also made this dish because it tasted so good, and they added some expensive spices and things to make it suitable for them. An interesting fact on Sbrisolona is that it is also called "the tart of three cups" because the main ingredients are using 1 cup of cornmeal, 1 cup of wheat flour, and 1 cup of sugar.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 ½ lb all-purpose flour
• 1 ¼ lb butter
• 1 lb granulated sugar
• 4 oz egg yolks
• ½ oz baking powder
• lemon zest, grated
• 1 ¾ oz almonds
• ⅞ lb cornmeal

Those are the ingredients to making Sbrisolona from www.academiabarilla.com

I know that this is a credible source because it goes through each step (with a picture) of making the tart.  Also i think this is a modern source because it has icons for twitter and facebook and things to "like" the page.  However I am not sure about the author or the date for sure.  

Along with the other website they also go step by step with the researcher to show them how to make the dessert, and it was posted in 2007 so the information is recent.