Sunday, April 29, 2012
Blog Post 5
In this Book, Susan Sutherland explains the background and gives facts on Musical Theatre and its history. One fact Sutherland shares with us is that Musical theatre was brought to the U.S. by the Europeans in the 20th century. Another fact I learned was that the church was a big supporter of Musical Theatre and entertainment.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Pagodas Relvealed
"Pagoda" by Takashina Shuji
- Only made of wood
- Interlocking pieces, which give pagodas flexibility doing earthquakes
- Don't normally survive many centuries because they are very acceptable to fire
- On top they will have a lighting rod to take the lighting and ground it, so the pagoda doesn't burn down. These poles are incorporated in the design.
- Each level/floor was an element: sky, fire, earth, wind, and water.
- The floors are boxes that can stand on their own, which adds to the flexibility of pagodas.
- Each level gets proessivly smaller each floor.
- Only made of wood
- Interlocking pieces, which give pagodas flexibility doing earthquakes
- Don't normally survive many centuries because they are very acceptable to fire
- On top they will have a lighting rod to take the lighting and ground it, so the pagoda doesn't burn down. These poles are incorporated in the design.
- Each level/floor was an element: sky, fire, earth, wind, and water.
- The floors are boxes that can stand on their own, which adds to the flexibility of pagodas.
- Each level gets proessivly smaller each floor.
1. http://www.crystalinks.com/pagadoas.html
This is a reliable source because the author Takashina Shuji has studied art and other cultures around the world and wrote about them.
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3. Takashina Shuji, Crystaline
4. Nope, but other cited I gone on are literally coped from this author Takashina Shuji
An English Traditional Dish
I was looking for more information on specific desserts in certain places, and a traditional dessert that is served in England is Orange Marmalade Cake. Like the website says, these recipes make the dessert traditional because they have been passed down from generation to generation. They were served back in the olden times, and are still being baked today.
Read more: http://www.essentially-england.com/orange-marmalade-cake.html#ixzz1tCpFwHG4
Ingredients
- 200g (7oz) butter
- 200g granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- grated zest of 1 orange
- 500g flour
- 1tsp baking powder
- 450g (1lb) English Marmalade
- juice of half an orange
- 55g (2oz) ground almonds
Preparation
Pre-heat your oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas 6.
Cream the butter and sugar until white, then add the egg and orange zest.
Add the flour and baking powder and use your fingers to combine into crumbs.
Grease a 25cm / 10in springform tin and press half the crumble mixture into the base.
Spread the marmalade over the crumble base. If your marmalade is firmly set, dilute it with the orange juice.
Add the ground almonds to the remaining crumble mix and cover the top of the cake.
Bake for 40-60 minutes until the top is golden brown.
Cool in the tin until warm before turning out onto a wire rack or presentation plate.
Read more: http://www.essentially-england.com/orange-marmalade-cake.html#ixzz1tCpFwHG4
Is this a credible source?
Yes, and the title is called Orange Marmalade Cake- with an author named Sue.
Although it does not cite the specific date of when the website was made, it does link websites, and looks very thorough compared to the research I have been doing on this project. This source has lots of information and looks like a place of research that I can trust.
History of the guitar- Blog post #7
http://www.guyguitars.com/eng/handbook/BriefHistory.html
A Brief History of the Guitar
Paul Guy
Published: 2007
Cited Sources: Yes
Information shows research
This information is valid because many other sources have the same information.
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- The guitar comes from the lute(spanish instrument)
- The lute comes from an ancient ancestor, "bowl harps" or "tanburs"
- A "tanbur" is a long harp-like instrument.
- An 3500 year old guitar was found in Egyptian temples. Can be seen in museum in Cairo.
- Egypt and Mesopotamia brought 4 stringed instruments to Europe.
- Four stringed instruments were called "chartar"- meaning four strings in Old Persian.
- "Guitar" is "chartar" in Roman.
- At the beginning of the Renaissance 4 stringed guitars became dominant in Europe.
- The "chitarra" was dominante in 16th century Spain. Soon, the 5 course guitarra appeared in Italy, replacing the "chitarra".
- The guitarra set the standard tuning of the classical guitar we have today. A, D, G, B, E. Later, a 6th string was added.
A Brief History of the Guitar
Paul Guy
Published: 2007
Cited Sources: Yes
Information shows research
This information is valid because many other sources have the same information.
**********************************************************************************
- The guitar comes from the lute(spanish instrument)
- The lute comes from an ancient ancestor, "bowl harps" or "tanburs"
- A "tanbur" is a long harp-like instrument.
- An 3500 year old guitar was found in Egyptian temples. Can be seen in museum in Cairo.
- Egypt and Mesopotamia brought 4 stringed instruments to Europe.
- Four stringed instruments were called "chartar"- meaning four strings in Old Persian.
- "Guitar" is "chartar" in Roman.
- At the beginning of the Renaissance 4 stringed guitars became dominant in Europe.
- The "chitarra" was dominante in 16th century Spain. Soon, the 5 course guitarra appeared in Italy, replacing the "chitarra".
- The guitarra set the standard tuning of the classical guitar we have today. A, D, G, B, E. Later, a 6th string was added.
World music instruments Blog #7
http://www.worldmusicalinstruments.com
World music instruments
No author
Reliable because they are just facts on what the instruments are in different countries.
7-10 facts about article:
African instruments:
World music instruments
No author
Reliable because they are just facts on what the instruments are in different countries.
7-10 facts about article:
African instruments:
- Bendir (tambarine)
- Ashiko drum
- Casaba (maraca with metal beads)
- Gu Zheng (harp)
- Gongs
- Cymbals
- Yue Qin gitar
- Pipa
Blog Post 7
- Vollyball is over a century and 10 years old
- Over 800,000,000 people play vollyball world wide
- Vollyball became a olympic sport in 1964
-Springfield Collage played the first game of vollyball in 1896
-Baseball became popular in th 1860's
-New York created the first modernized baseball feild
-Newyork created the first club, the New York knickerbocker Base Ball Club
http://www.volleyball.org/history.html
Mary Bellis
no date published
http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventions/a/Baseball.htm
Alexaneder Cartwright
2012
South American Art history #7
Latin American Art by: Encyclopaedia Britannica
http://www.school.eb.com/all/eb/article-253323
http://www.school.eb.com/all/eb/article-253323
- religion was a main influence in Latin America during the colonial times
- In Peru, some artists would paint about the Rubens
- their use of lively colors were influenced by Europe
- In Mexico City, a famous painting by Perez de Holguin was when the archbishop came in 1716
- Perez de Holguin liked to paint landscapes with extremely detailed backgrounds
- In 1690 Juan Correa drew about Mexico's trade with Japan
- The Latin American art influences help bring Latin America to independence
Blog Post 6
PART A
1. I interviewed Karl Kippola, a assistant professor in the department of performing arts. He holds a BA in drama at the Unversity of Montana, an MFA in acting at Wayne State University and a PHD in Theatre at the University of Maryland. He is an actor, choreographer, adapter and dialtect coach leading him to be in more than 100 musical theatre productions.
2. He is a reliable source because he has extensive experience and knows a lot about Musical Theatre and it's istory. he has studied at many schools and has a lot of personal experience.
3. I interviewed another Musical Theatre professor, Caleen Jennings, who is currently on sabbatical and away from campus, but she recommended Karl Kippola as another reliable source. We communicated through email and I got tremendous feed back.
PART B
Blog Post questions and answers (paraphrased):
Q. Do you know where or how Musical Theatre was developed? Such as who thought of it, what countries or cultures started it and how it spread about?
A. Ancient Greek tragedies combined storytelling, music and dance to tell there stories. This continues between Greeks and Romans through the middle ages and Renaissance period. Our ideo of Modern Musicals developed in the 1800's inspired by opera, operetta, ballad opera, melodrama, vaudeville, burlesque, minstrelsy, and many other popular forms of entertainment.Our contemporary understanding of the musical primarily emerges from France, England, Spain, and America. But independently, Asian and African countries also have a strong tradition of combining music, drama, and dance into their storytelling.
Q. How has Musical Theatre changed through out the years?
A. The previously mentioned musical and theatrical forms that inspired it also are primarily part of pop culture, although opera certainly has more elitist connotations. Our modern understanding of the musical places it strongly in that popular entertainment category -- from the fledgling attempts in the 1800s to the golden age of musical theatre in the 1940s and 1950s. Most of the music that filled these works was popular -- the music that people sang on the streets and in their homes. Once radio become common, the songs of musical theatre frequently dominated the airwaves. After rock and roll became the dominant form of popular music, musical theatre went through something of an identity crisis -- one that still exists. Some musicals have attempted to incorporate whatever music is popular into its storytelling, while an almost equal number of musicals uses more traditional "musical theatre" types of songs. A greater number of musical shows also are addressing more heavy, serious themes.
Q. How does Musical Theatre or theatre in general impact other cultures and religions?
A. This is an enormous question. It varies from culture to culture, from religion to religion, and from era to era. I don't know that I could identify a general impact. Sometimes the impact is great. Usually, however, the impact is more subtle. Primarily, musical theatre is an entertainment. Only on rare occasions can a work have a larger impact. There are a few 20th century works that come to mind -- The Cradle Will Rock in the 1930s, Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar in the 1960s, and perhaps Rent in the 1990s. These are works that reached out beyond the proscenium to have a greater impact.
Some of the answers i copied and pasted from his direct response while others I just paraphrased.
1. I interviewed Karl Kippola, a assistant professor in the department of performing arts. He holds a BA in drama at the Unversity of Montana, an MFA in acting at Wayne State University and a PHD in Theatre at the University of Maryland. He is an actor, choreographer, adapter and dialtect coach leading him to be in more than 100 musical theatre productions.
2. He is a reliable source because he has extensive experience and knows a lot about Musical Theatre and it's istory. he has studied at many schools and has a lot of personal experience.
3. I interviewed another Musical Theatre professor, Caleen Jennings, who is currently on sabbatical and away from campus, but she recommended Karl Kippola as another reliable source. We communicated through email and I got tremendous feed back.
PART B
Blog Post questions and answers (paraphrased):
Q. Do you know where or how Musical Theatre was developed? Such as who thought of it, what countries or cultures started it and how it spread about?
A. Ancient Greek tragedies combined storytelling, music and dance to tell there stories. This continues between Greeks and Romans through the middle ages and Renaissance period. Our ideo of Modern Musicals developed in the 1800's inspired by opera, operetta, ballad opera, melodrama, vaudeville, burlesque, minstrelsy, and many other popular forms of entertainment.Our contemporary understanding of the musical primarily emerges from France, England, Spain, and America. But independently, Asian and African countries also have a strong tradition of combining music, drama, and dance into their storytelling.
Q. How has Musical Theatre changed through out the years?
A. The previously mentioned musical and theatrical forms that inspired it also are primarily part of pop culture, although opera certainly has more elitist connotations. Our modern understanding of the musical places it strongly in that popular entertainment category -- from the fledgling attempts in the 1800s to the golden age of musical theatre in the 1940s and 1950s. Most of the music that filled these works was popular -- the music that people sang on the streets and in their homes. Once radio become common, the songs of musical theatre frequently dominated the airwaves. After rock and roll became the dominant form of popular music, musical theatre went through something of an identity crisis -- one that still exists. Some musicals have attempted to incorporate whatever music is popular into its storytelling, while an almost equal number of musicals uses more traditional "musical theatre" types of songs. A greater number of musical shows also are addressing more heavy, serious themes.
Q. How does Musical Theatre or theatre in general impact other cultures and religions?
A. This is an enormous question. It varies from culture to culture, from religion to religion, and from era to era. I don't know that I could identify a general impact. Sometimes the impact is great. Usually, however, the impact is more subtle. Primarily, musical theatre is an entertainment. Only on rare occasions can a work have a larger impact. There are a few 20th century works that come to mind -- The Cradle Will Rock in the 1930s, Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar in the 1960s, and perhaps Rent in the 1990s. These are works that reached out beyond the proscenium to have a greater impact.
Some of the answers i copied and pasted from his direct response while others I just paraphrased.
Interview #6
I intervieved Mrs. Burkemper, she is a music teacher at Hinsdale Central. She has studied music background and how music works. She knows notes and pitches. She has also studied teaching to become a teacher.
This person in a relieable sourse because she has studied and been in this feild of work for many years. She has also been studying this for a while and is around it on a daily basis.
I interviewed this person on Wednesday, April 18th over email.
This person in a relieable sourse because she has studied and been in this feild of work for many years. She has also been studying this for a while and is around it on a daily basis.
I interviewed this person on Wednesday, April 18th over email.
Q: 1. How does the tempo of the music effect a song?
A: It effects the mood of a piece- how the singers feel, what it makes the audience feel. It effects the energy level of a piece. It truly depends on the style. A waltz or a dance should move along. A ballad or folk song might go a little slower. Popular music or musical theater should be performed at the tempo of the original artist’s choice for the most part.
Q: 2. Can certain types of music effect your sleep cycles?
A: She didn't really know the science behind this, but it depends on the person. She said personally listening to loud, fast, rock or punk music, she wouldn't sleep as soundly as if she was listening to soothing jazz or classical music.
Q: 3. How can music change the way you think/feel about something?
A: In every way. Music can transport you to a different place and time. It can evoke strong memories. Music is in everything in our culture. What would a movie be without the soundtrack? It makes you feel more deeply the emotions in the scene itself. Even background music in a store can effect what you will buy. Music in a restaurant changes your mood and your opinion of the place and the food. Music transforms everything.
Q: 4. Can music help you concentrate?
A: Again, this depends on the person, but there are many studies that support listening to classical music is great for study time and will improve test and performance scores in class. Some students need silence but others need the music, and different types of music.
A: Again, this depends on the person, but there are many studies that support listening to classical music is great for study time and will improve test and performance scores in class. Some students need silence but others need the music, and different types of music.
Interviewing Mrs. Burkemper
I interview Mrs. Burkemper, she is the school choir director. I am in the choir and she is a very good teacher. Since I knew she had the vocal knowledge and background I decided she would be perfect to interview.
She has been studying music for her whole life, making her a credible source.
I interview Mrs. Burkemper through e-mail and she responded quickly. I asked many questions and her answers were just what I needed.
These are my questions and Mrs. Burkemper's answers.
1. Q: Does music help vigilance in school?
A :That’s a tough question! There are some students that find greater focus and concentration when they are able to listen to music, but there are many that will say it actually hinders their ability to concentrate.
2. Q: Can music effect your level of concentration?
A:I would refer to my answer above on that one. Lots of students find listening to classical music can help with studying. Some need silence, some can listen to anything at any volume.
3. Q: Can certain types of music effect your moods?
A:I believe all music effects your mood. Music takes you places- to the past, to a specific moment, a specific feeling, etc. I believe that upbeat, uplifting music can create a better mood just like slow and sad music can make you a little melancholy. Think about what a movie would feel like without music in it. So many emotional moments would be diminished without the music behind it. Similarly, if you walk through a store, there’s usually music and effects your mood and what or how much you purchase. We also use music to vent our emotions. How many times have you been angry or upset and gone into your room and blasted music just to release some steam? Music can heal!
4. Q: Can music influence bad or good behavior?
A:There are people that feel music, especially lyrics, can influence people to do bad things. I don’t know if that’s the main reason people act negatively, but it can probably be a contributing factor. Mostly, I see music as being uplifting. In religion, it is used to praise or celebrate. In cultures, it is used to promote unity or pride in one’s heritage or nation. Socially, music is a background thing to create a certain type of environment.
5. Q: How has music effected you?
A: Music IS my life and I chose it long ago. Music created the direction I took in life for work and for fun. I love to play piano, to sing, and to listen to music. I love to learn about music. I love to share my gift and I love to bring the gift of music to others. It’s a pretty amazing thing and it is in everyone’s lives.
Blog Post #7-1
I Used: http://www.school.eb.com/all/comptons/article-9275139?query=jazz%20music&ct=null
(Encylopedia Britannica, Search "Jazz Music")
What I learned:
Jazz music began in the 1920s
Very popular
Elements of improv used commonly
Used to express "strongly felt emotions"
Was meant to tell a story throughout its sound
Originated from Blues music
Created many eras a music during the 20th century
(Encylopedia Britannica, Search "Jazz Music")
What I learned:
Jazz music began in the 1920s
Very popular
Elements of improv used commonly
Used to express "strongly felt emotions"
Was meant to tell a story throughout its sound
Originated from Blues music
Created many eras a music during the 20th century
Art interview
For my interview, I interviewed Mr. Charles Boone. He is an art professor at College of DuPage. He has done some studying of art history. He was a reliable source because he has studied art and now teaches about art ad a little of art history. I interviewed him by e-mail during the week of April 12.
- How Leonardo da Vinci got started in art/background?
- He gave me a one of the first biograph sources available.
- What was Leonardo da Vinci's biggest influence in his work?
- Leonardo like to draw people, nature, and the supernatural.
- Do art styles differ in each region of the world?
- He told me that styles do vary by region.
What effect does music have on emotions? #7
Title: Music Therapy can impact emotional trauma, mental and physical disabilities
Author: Jimmy Mincin
What I Learned:
Author: Jimmy Mincin
What I Learned:
- Music therapy is said to "express what words cannot" with extreme emotions.
- It is considered to be a "relative" of psychoanalysis, traditional, on-the-couch therapy.
- Music therapy can "promote wellness, manage stress, alleviate pain and express feeling.
- Music therapy doesn't have to be wordless. With our without words, music therapy has the same effect.
- Abigail Peace, a music therapist, has said that through music therapy sessions, a severely disabled patient can show extreme improvement
- Unofficial music therapy, just creating music, has been known to improve disabilities, too. Shell-shocked WWI and WWII veterans have shown improved morale after hearing music played at the vetran homes they were in.
- I found a website (www.musictherapy.org) that can help me later on in this blog process.
Source:
Published: January 9, 2011
Interview from Expert
I interviewed, Sabahat Adil. She studied Arabic Culture. She is a reliable source because she knows what she is talking about, and really gave me helpful information. I interviewd her about a week or two ago over the phone.
Why do women wear the Hijab?
- As a sign of modesty.
- To cover thier "beautiful hair" and the most beautiful parts of them.
- Only some areas in the middle east wear them, not all Arabic cultures.
- Also provides protection from the hot sun and dust (climate) in that area.
Do women wear the same in their house as they do in public?
- No, they cover thier bodies in public. Some wear the hijab, others just wear the loose fitted clothing, such as tunics.
- In their home they can wear what ever they please. (Less modest clothing. Ex. Women do not wear the hijab at home.)
- Some women do wear the same at home as they do in public, but it is a personal opinion for every woman.
Why do woman wear more modest clothing than men?
- The men still wear modest clothing.
- Their beard kind of acts like a hijab, because their long beards cover their face.
- Some men will also wear hats to cover their hair as well, and to show a sign of respect for woman.
Why do women wear the Hijab?
- As a sign of modesty.
- To cover thier "beautiful hair" and the most beautiful parts of them.
- Only some areas in the middle east wear them, not all Arabic cultures.
- Also provides protection from the hot sun and dust (climate) in that area.
Do women wear the same in their house as they do in public?
- No, they cover thier bodies in public. Some wear the hijab, others just wear the loose fitted clothing, such as tunics.
- In their home they can wear what ever they please. (Less modest clothing. Ex. Women do not wear the hijab at home.)
- Some women do wear the same at home as they do in public, but it is a personal opinion for every woman.
Why do woman wear more modest clothing than men?
- The men still wear modest clothing.
- Their beard kind of acts like a hijab, because their long beards cover their face.
- Some men will also wear hats to cover their hair as well, and to show a sign of respect for woman.
Blog post #7
Europe's Food and Drink
travel food and drink.com
1. How do these foods become tradition?
The foods have been around for a long time. The food is usually liked by not only people of a nation but by the whole human population. A lot of the foods have been around for thousands of years old. A lot of europes history is tasted in their cusine.
2. How do different foods develop?
They develop by the resources they have around them, fo rexample in Italy Olives are grown in south so they use things with olives (olive oil) but becuase there is no olive trees in North they use butter.
3. What are some different foods in Europe? Are they realted to each other???
The cusine is varied throughout the different countries for there is a lot of different countries in Europe. There are some different styles of cusine but they all are european. The European cusine useally has meet that is a central ingredient to many of the dishes. Europeans are known for having many different sauces and seasonings on their foods. Italian is one of Europes most loved cusines around the world.
http://travelfoodanddrink.com/europe/
When was this source posted?
2011
Who is the author/publisher/source/sponsor?
travel food and drink
Can you verify the accuracy of the information?
yes because the authors seem like they know what they are talking about.
travel food and drink.com
1. How do these foods become tradition?
The foods have been around for a long time. The food is usually liked by not only people of a nation but by the whole human population. A lot of the foods have been around for thousands of years old. A lot of europes history is tasted in their cusine.
2. How do different foods develop?
They develop by the resources they have around them, fo rexample in Italy Olives are grown in south so they use things with olives (olive oil) but becuase there is no olive trees in North they use butter.
3. What are some different foods in Europe? Are they realted to each other???
The cusine is varied throughout the different countries for there is a lot of different countries in Europe. There are some different styles of cusine but they all are european. The European cusine useally has meet that is a central ingredient to many of the dishes. Europeans are known for having many different sauces and seasonings on their foods. Italian is one of Europes most loved cusines around the world.
http://travelfoodanddrink.com/europe/
When was this source posted?
2011
Who is the author/publisher/source/sponsor?
travel food and drink
Can you verify the accuracy of the information?
yes because the authors seem like they know what they are talking about.
Interview
I interviewed Danile Otahal he teaches and studies U.S. history at Hinsdale Central. He is qualififed because he has devoted his life to the study of U.S. history and is a teacher at Hinsdale Central. I e-mailed him on April 16, 2012.
1. What was the interaction between the pilgrims and Native Americans.
TBA
2. What tribe was most effected.
TBA
3.
1. What was the interaction between the pilgrims and Native Americans.
TBA
2. What tribe was most effected.
TBA
3.
The Mozart Effect
Don Campbell
-It conjures up memories of lost lovers or deceased friends.
-We are enveloped by sound and vibration every moment of our lives.
Don Campbell
A) How Powerful is Your Magic Sound?
-Music Can uplift your soul.-It conjures up memories of lost lovers or deceased friends.
-We are enveloped by sound and vibration every moment of our lives.
B)Life is as though nothing is a miracle/ Life is as though everything is a miracle.
-These are the only two ways of how to live your life.
What i learned so far from reading
Been reading a book called the Mazart effect and after reading a few pages, its been talking about how this man named Don Campbell who has been goin through tough times right now.He has been in pain for the last three weeks and he didnt know why. So, he went to go see someone who can help him with the sudden pain he has been having. Then he found out that he has hemorrhage which is when there is an escape of blood from a raptured blood vessel. So he stayed at the hospital for a little bit. While he was there he felt like his body was healing itself.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Your Brain on Music
-This is Your Brain on Music By: Daniel J. Levitin Chapter 2
-Summary: Daniel connects to his personal experiences throughout the chapter to help you relate and understand what he is saying. He talks about how with some songs he cannot remember teh song or the name of it, but he can remember the rhythm of it. It all depends on the tempo (Pace of the music) and Rhythm (Length of the notes). He also talks about how most people remember the rhythm rather than the tempo. He explains on why certain people like different types of music and why it gets stuck it their head.
-Notes:
-Why the tempo matters and why the rhythm matters
-The volume of certain instruments in relation to others
-Why people prefer consonant sounds rather than
-Why people can't remember pitches easily
-A lot of people like really loud music
-The song We will rock you by queen gets stuck in people heads easily because the rhythm is consistent and stays the same throughout the entire song
-Syncopation: When a musician plays a note a bit earlier than the strict beat
-Syncopation catches us by surprise and adds excitement to the song
-Summary: Daniel connects to his personal experiences throughout the chapter to help you relate and understand what he is saying. He talks about how with some songs he cannot remember teh song or the name of it, but he can remember the rhythm of it. It all depends on the tempo (Pace of the music) and Rhythm (Length of the notes). He also talks about how most people remember the rhythm rather than the tempo. He explains on why certain people like different types of music and why it gets stuck it their head.
-Notes:
-Why the tempo matters and why the rhythm matters
-The volume of certain instruments in relation to others
-Why people prefer consonant sounds rather than
-Why people can't remember pitches easily
-A lot of people like really loud music
-The song We will rock you by queen gets stuck in people heads easily because the rhythm is consistent and stays the same throughout the entire song
-Syncopation: When a musician plays a note a bit earlier than the strict beat
-Syncopation catches us by surprise and adds excitement to the song
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