Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Saturday, 20 November 2010
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Saturday, 13 November 2010
Slow dance vs. Fast dance
Miss I have this dance?
Tango
Consists of a variety of styles that developed in different regions and eras of Argentina as well as in other locations around the world. The dance developed in response to many cultural elements, such as the crowding of the venue and even the fashions in clothing. The styles are mostly danced in either open embrace, where lead and follow have space between their bodies, or close embrace, where the lead and follow connect either chest-to-chest (Argentine tango) or in the upper thigh, hip area (American and International tango).
Tango
Consists of a variety of styles that developed in different regions and eras of Argentina as well as in other locations around the world. The dance developed in response to many cultural elements, such as the crowding of the venue and even the fashions in clothing. The styles are mostly danced in either open embrace, where lead and follow have space between their bodies, or close embrace, where the lead and follow connect either chest-to-chest (Argentine tango) or in the upper thigh, hip area (American and International tango).
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| Argentinue Tango - Slow pace in the plot of the bodies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjdG32n2r_0 |
Salsa
Music suitable for dancing ranges from about 150 bpm (beats per minute) to around 250 bpm, although most dancing is done to music somewhere between 160–220 bpm. Every Salsa composition involves complex African percussion based around the Clave Rhythm (which has four types), though there can be moments when the clave is hidden for a while, often when quoting Charanga, Changüí, and Bomba. The key instrument that provides the core groove of a salsa song is the clave. It is often played with two wooden sticks that are hit together. Every instrument in a Salsa band is either playing with the clave (generally: congas, timbales, piano, tres guitar, bongos, claves (instrument), strings) or playing independent of the clave rhythm (generally: bass, maracas, güiro, cowbell). Melodic components of the music and dancers can choose to be in clave or out of clave at any point. However it is taboo to play or dance to the wrong type of clave rhythm (see salsa music). While dancers can mark the clave rhythm directly, it is more common to do so indirectly (with, for example, a shoulder movement). This allows the dancing itself to look very fluent as if the rest of the body is just moving untouched with the legs.
Music suitable for dancing ranges from about 150 bpm (beats per minute) to around 250 bpm, although most dancing is done to music somewhere between 160–220 bpm. Every Salsa composition involves complex African percussion based around the Clave Rhythm (which has four types), though there can be moments when the clave is hidden for a while, often when quoting Charanga, Changüí, and Bomba. The key instrument that provides the core groove of a salsa song is the clave. It is often played with two wooden sticks that are hit together. Every instrument in a Salsa band is either playing with the clave (generally: congas, timbales, piano, tres guitar, bongos, claves (instrument), strings) or playing independent of the clave rhythm (generally: bass, maracas, güiro, cowbell). Melodic components of the music and dancers can choose to be in clave or out of clave at any point. However it is taboo to play or dance to the wrong type of clave rhythm (see salsa music). While dancers can mark the clave rhythm directly, it is more common to do so indirectly (with, for example, a shoulder movement). This allows the dancing itself to look very fluent as if the rest of the body is just moving untouched with the legs.
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| Latin American dancing - Pressing rhythm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9lCzQ0PPAc&feature=related |
Friday, 5 November 2010
Speed metal
A sub-genre full of rhythm and speed
Here it is an example of a speed metal song by the finnish power metal band of Stratovarius.
Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that originated in the early 1980s from hardcore punk roots. It is usually described as extremely fast, abrasive and technically demanding music.
Motorhead is often credited as the first bad to invent/play speed metal.
Eric Peterson, guitarist of Testament, says about his band that "a lot of us did a lot of speed".
Here it is an example of a speed metal song by the finnish power metal band of Stratovarius.
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Larghissimo / Prestissimo
The speed of music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo
In music at the beginning of the song and when required, are placed a few words to indicate the speed and the trend at which it should have, especially in classical music.
Most of these words are Italian, because many of the most important composers of the 17th century were Italian, and this period was when tempo indications were first used extensively.
All of these markings are based on a few root words. By adding an -issimo ending the word is amplified, by adding an -ino ending the word is diminished, and by adding an -etto ending the word is endeared.
Nowadays we use BPM (Beats Per Minute), a unit typically used as a measure of tempo in music.
So, in accordance to past and present, we can found these notations on classical music sheet, that are the basic tempo markings:
- Larghissimo — very, very slow (20 bpm and below)
- Lento — very slow (40–60 bpm)
- Largo — very slow (40–60 bpm), like lento
- Larghetto — rather broadly (60–66 bpm)
- Grave — slow and solemn
- Adagio — slow and stately (literally, "at ease") (66–76 bpm)
- Adagietto — rather slow (70–80 bpm)
- Andante — at a walking pace (76–108 bpm)
- Andante Moderato — a bit faster than andante
- Andantino – slightly faster than andante
- Moderato — moderately (101-110 bpm)
- Allegretto — moderately fast (but less so than allegro)
- Allegro moderato — moderately quick (112–124 bpm)
- Allegro — fast, quickly and bright or "march tempo" (120–139 bpm)
- Vivace — lively and fast (˜140 bpm) (quicker than allegro)
- Vivacissimo — very fast and lively
- Allegrissimo — very fast
- Presto — very fast (168–200 bpm)
- Prestissimo — extremely fast (more than 200bpm)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo
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| In Andante and Variations by W.A. Mozart we can see the tempo indication above the beginning of the notes http://www.borgmusic.ca/transcriptions.html |
Saturday, 23 October 2010
"Gioca Jouer" - Ok guys, now become faster!
Song citation
"Gioca Jouer" - Claudio Cecchetto
"Gioca Jouer" - Claudio Cecchetto
"Gioca Jouer! Dormire, salutare, autostop, starnuto, camminare, nuotare, sciare, spray, macho, clacson, campana, ok, baciare, capelli, saluti, saluti, Superman! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight! Ok, ragazzi, ora più veloce, perché i comandi cambiano ogni due battute, se riuscirete a farlo, d'ora in poi potrete giocare anche solo con la musica, perché sarete dei veri campioni di ?Gioca Jouer!? Dormire, salutare, autostop, starnuto, camminare, nuotare, sciare, spray, macho,clacson, campana, ok, baciare, capelli, saluti, Superman! All right!"
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