Elements Of A Score

Sir Duke : Stevie Wonder

A. G#m = It is a G-sharp-minor-chord and its in the 2nd bar, it tells the person to play G# B D#.

B. In bar 14 there is a quaver and a minim with a slur on top because a quaver is half a beat and a minim is 2 beats but the slur on top tells the player to play the same note for 2 and a half beats but they should sustain it. The Note is a G#.

C. In bar 21 NC = stands for No Chord 

D. In bar 28 it says D.C al Coda this means "Go back to the beginning" telling the player to go back to start of the score and start again. The al coda part means that the player should skip to forward to the next coda sign. 

E. In Bar 30 it says x3 meaning that something needs to be repeated 3 times but the repeat mark at bar 28 and bar 30 is saying that it should go back to the beginning of bar 28 and start again but only from 28 to 30 but just play it 3 times.

F. Bar 37 is a Semi quaver rest but its just before a crochet, but because its a semi quaver rest it is telling the player to take a breathe for 1/4 seconds. 

Is She Not Passing Fair?

A. Bar 1 above the bar it says Allegro molto means to perform the indicated passage of a composition at a very fast tempo.

B. Its called Brace but can also be called Curved Brackets, this is used to connect two or more different staves together in a musical score system.  The brackets are what connect the two piano parts witch is the bass and treble cleff and this helps the player to understand how it should be played.

C. In bar 9 dim. is at the top of the bar witch is the abbreviation of diminuendo this means that the volume has to be smoothly decreased  in a specific part of the passage.

D. Ped. tells the performer to depress the damper pedal and the marking to indicate the release of the damper pedal or that the pedal should be pressed.

E. Colla Parte is an italian term for with the voice. This means that at the part of the song it should be sang in that part of the song.

F. Accel. is the abbreviation of Accelerando this means gradually accelerating or getting faster. This tells the player that, that specific part should be played faster.

G. a tempo means that it will go back to the original tempo it was before after its been speed up or slowed down it would go back to its original tempo it started of at.

Dub-Step

Dub-step

Dub-step began in the late 1990's, and was originated in south London this was something that had been taken from different genres, its influences was 2-step garage, broken beat, drum and bass jungle. dun and reggae. These sounds had been working its way through a whole decade, to become what it is today, the Jamaican party scene is one of the heaviest influences of why dub-step is about, this can be traced back to the 1980's.

Dub-step was originated in the UK, its a genre of electronic dance music. Dub-step is mostly known for its over whelming bass line pumping through the speakers. Also its sampled vocals, normally taken from an original song and remixed to underground scene of dub. In the time of dub-steps first release, around 1998 it was mainly just sound fused together and hardly any vocals. Dub-step attempted to incorporate elements of break beat and drum and bass into 2-step. In 2001 dub became quite popular as they began to start playing this type of music in the night clubs as well as garage. But everything was a darker yet deeper sound. A lot of websites became dedicated to the genre and decided to help its growth through out the UK. Dub-Step began in Croydon and then it spread to Brixton and stretch through out the country and spread beyond small local scenes.

The rhythm of dub step is normally syncopated and the tempo is nearly always in the range of 138-142 beats per minute. Dub-step Is known now for its bass lines and its crazy sounds that cause destruction to our ear drums but the feeling is amazing. Dub-step tends to do this thing where it will have a drop, meaning that everything in the track will be silenced to a split second and then everything is louder and much harder mostly unexpected as to what is going to come from the drop. Or a build up for something louder to come.

Some famous dub-step artist/performers : Skrillex, Scream, Zomboy and Knife Party. These are all dub-step artists that are around today. Some of the earliest dub-step artists are Benga, Excision, Borgore and Datsik. These are the people that set the bar for the dub-step artists out there now.

Censorship In Music 

The UK has some of the most advanced technology, when it comes to media, we are surrounded by it 24/7. Where ever we go it is present, with out even thinking, it is presented to us in a such a way, where sometimes we can question something for what it actually is. 

Some countries do not have the opportunity presented to them, to explore the emotions music brings to one self.  Iran is one of the few countries that still have not been able to listen to music freely with out having to hide, or having to wait at a certain time to express their music beliefs or express what they have inside. Instead an underground urban scene is created for musicians in Iran, knowing that this is illegal they do it any way.

In order to keep their power the Iranian Government believes that if music is censored then power and control is no longer questioned. They believe that by cutting of their access to media/music, it can bring the people on their side, the people are being forced to do what ever the government wants, this only pushes the people further away and just makes them want to rebel against them. The government are worried about the corruption of the younger generation, they believe that with the music that is among us is quite dominant and very revealing when it comes to female artists in the music industry. Because it is not apart of their believes they think it is best to cut it of entirely.

You see when it comes to culture, they would put their culture above anything else. But what they don't see is that with out freedom of speech or an allowance for the people to do what they want (essentially when it comes to music) this will most definitely create a problem not only for the government but for the citizens as well. The censorship of the music has taken away the peoples rights. In order for the people to even make music they have to smuggle instruments in to the country, therefor putting them selves in danger and probably their family also. This it self is a crime, making music is a crime and listening to music is a crime. In what way are the people able to make a stamp on something they have created, the government stuck in their own ways not willing to learn or experience anything new is holding the country back. 

The underground scene in Iran is very dangerous to be apart of, but the people risk it any way just to be heard in some way or the other, some of them would go as far as leaving the country to perform their music. But because these people are so determined they would sell their cd's and perform even though this is illegal, this proves what the love of music can do because even their lack of equipment and technology they still make it work. And what ever technology they do have or get they learn instantly about what it can do and how it can help them make their music.

This to me is inspirational to think that these people have not even half of what i have but their potential and hard work and determination they believe it will pay of one day, and hopefully it will. Take It Easy Hospital are an example of what musicians in Iran have to go through, because even their family didn't trust the younger generation to do what they love and be good at it. What these people do not see is that music brings everyone together and makes it a good time for everyone. 

What the Government of Iran and the UK need to understand is that the Youth are the future generation, we are the ones that are going to be running these countries in many years to come. So i ask; Why restrict us from the things that could potentially make the country/world a better place. No all music is bad, Music is a good thing in it self but if you teach the young ones about the good of music and make them aware of the potential bad in music, it could not only teach them a lot but you could have more trust in the youth, that you wont have to question them all the time or judge them. 

Music is apart of life weather they like it or not! No matter how much the Iranian government would like control, music is everywhere so regardless of what they say, everything they are hoping wont happen if they continue like this, its gonna happen anyway.