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Expert: Pat G - 5/6/2010


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I have to write a paper on a piece of music,such as from Bach,Mozart or etc.... My problem is i still can't identify with rhythm, tempo etc.. Is there a website or can you help me identify elements?

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Hello, tracy,

Ouch! I don't even understand what you mean by not being able to identify with rhythm and tempo. Please elaborate a bit. What kind of background do you have? Is it that you don't know what rhythm and tempo are? Will you be able to listen to the music, or are they expecting you to analyze a piece of sheet music? How much time do you have for this assignment? What is the nature of the class? I'm not supposed to answer homework questions, but if you tell me more, I may be able to find you a link.

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Pat G

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I am no longer answering questions asking me to identify music. Most music is either on YouTube, which crashes my browser, or on another site that crashes my browser. I am available for other questions.

Experience

I have been playing piano since I was 3, and I am now 66 years old. I took formal lessons for about 11 years, and took some piano and organ performance courses in college. I also sang in the Masterworks Chorale for a number of years, and can sing anything from baritone to first soprano. We performed twice a year, usually a major choral work, ranging from requiem masses to Carmina Burana. I also attended recorder society meetings once a month. We would read compositions and perform them together. I took several children to their music lessons and rehearsals and usually stayed and watched intensely. Our children studied violin, viola, flute, guitar, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, and trombone.

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I studied piano and organ in college, and took courses in music theory. I have also taken seminars in pre-Columbian folk music with Xochimoki, as well as played a short while in a gamelan, and a balalaika orchestra, where I played autoharp.

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