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DJ POWA - "The Bus Can Swim" - This months number 1 music video in Jamaica.

Jamaica has some great musical talents. Todays number one video in Jamaica is "The Bus Can Swim" by DJ Powa. The video was remixed from an original news clip that was done on TVJ Jamaica's number one Tv station. DJ Powa does these musical remixes as an hobbie. However, he is really a gospel disk Jockey .
This unique musical art attracts the attention of about 2.5 million persons in Jamaica. Check it out!

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MUSIC THEORY - Ties and Dots in Music. What does this mean?

The value and beat of a musical note can be affected by several signs and symbols used in music. Two symbols that affect the beats of notes are "Ties and Dots".

What is a Tie?
A tie is a curve line that joins two or more notes of the same pitch. This means that a tie can only join musical notes that are on the same line or in the same space. The notes joined can be in the same bar or in bars that follow each other.

Here are some examples showing how notes are joined together by ties.

(A semibreve joined with a crotchet)


(Two semibreves joined together)


 (Two dotted minims joined together)

When notes are joined by ties the beats of the notes are added creating one sound. In other words the sound is as long as the number of beats for each note when they are added together.
The tie goes from the head of the first note to the head of the next, on the other side.

The illustration above shows a crotchet and a minim joined together by a tie. When both notes are tied together they create one sound lasting as long as 3 beats.

What are dotted notes?

A dotted note is basically a musical note with a dot place immediately after it.

This is what a dotted crotchet looks like.

A dot extends the beat of a note by half the note's value. Therefore a crotchet equals 1 beat but a dotted crotchet equals to 1 1/2 beat. So the purpose of a dot is to make the beat or beats of a note longer.

Here are some examples of other dotted notes. 

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TIMBRE/INSTRUMENTATION: What does the word Timbre means? Timbre ( Pronounce Tamber) an element in music.

Timbre/Instrumentation in Music

Hi! Today we will continue to look at one important element of music.

When ever an individual listen to music they tend to hear the voices or instruments first. This is because voices and instruments are the easiest components to be identified in music. But it does stop there. How can you differentiate male vocals from female vocals? How are you able to say what instruments are used in the music? Well today we are going to find the answer for these two questions and other related questions that one would ask.

We are able to identify the different voices and instruments in music because of the tone colour. Some instruments are rich and thick while some are smooth. Some voices are rough while some are bright. The element in music that has to do with tone colour is “Timbre”.

Timbre (which is pronounced tam’-ber) refers to the quality of sound that differentiate one from another. We are able to identify a trumpet different from a saxophone in music because of the timbre or tone colour of the instrument. When we are asked to give a report on the timbre of a piece of music we are been asked to describe the instrumentation.

Instrumentation includes the wide variety of musical instruments that exist based on an era and culture of the composer. All musical instruments have its purpose and time in music. Some categories of musical instruments are; voice, brass, keyboard, electronic (electrophone), percussion, string and woodwind. Let us look at some category of instruments.

Voice

The human voice is a unique instrument because both words and musical tones are fused together. Male and female has their own unique tone colour whenever they perform. Females are able to sing much higher than males because their vocal cords are shorter and tighter. However, both males and females have a normal pitch range for singing. Take a look at the table below to the natural pitch ranges for male and female.

Musical Instruments

As mentioned earlier, musical instruments are place into different categories based on the way they produce sound. Some instruments are bowed while others are plucked; some musical instruments are blown while others are scrape, hit or shake. In this article we will only look at the musical instruments that make up the orchestra. The Orchestra is a combination of four families or sections of instruments performing a symphony for about 20 to 40 minutes. In this type of performance most of the elements of music are been used (especially the expressive ones). The table below shows the four main families of the orchestra and instruments that are classified to each category.

Source: Roger Kamien - Music An Appreciation - 4th Edition

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The Elements of Music

Rhythm. An Element in Music


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How do you make money online? Here is the answer from successful bloggers.

A large number of persons have ask this question. How do I make Money online? Well some successful individuals on the internet will help you with the answer for this question. These individuals are for real and their testimonies are not a nice kiddies story.
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Another site on the internet that gives great information on how to make money online is http://www.moneymakerinfo.blogspot.com/ . This blog site has alot of links to website with great information as to how you can make money online. One great post is "How to Turn Your Hobbie into Cash on the Internet".Here is a quick link. Click

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But after going through all the information that exist online, you the individual needs to play the great role of selling your ideas and your products to the world. One thing that I have learnt from these bloggers and internet businesses is that money don't come over night and so you will have be patient and continue working hard. I have also learnt that the moment you have given up is the moment you are putting yourself into failure.

Remember the Internet is a market place just like the ones we can see with our physical eyes and so we have to work hard to gain success.

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FROM REGGAE SUNSPLASH TO REGGAE SUMFEST. JAMAICA'S MUSIC FESTIVAL (SUMFEST)

This year the organizers and promoters of “Reggae Sumfest” said that they will have to spend about $2 million (JmD) to upgrade the facilities at Catherine Hall. Catherine Hall is the home of reggae sumfest and it has the capacity to accommodate some 17,000 – 20,000 people. But it doesnt matter what happen the show must go on.

Tourists from all over the world and even Jamaicans are preparing for this summer festival. This years Reggae Sumfest is date for July 17 – 23, 2011. A number of artistes will be featured on this years show. R. Kelly is said to be one of the international artiste to perform.

Reggae Sumfest has revived the tradition of having a summer music festival in Jamaica. In 1978 Reggae Sunsplash was launched as music festival in the northern parts of Jamaica. Reggae Sunsplash was doing well with great musical genres like ska, rock steady, reggae and soca. The event was the favourite for many music lovers in Jamaica and the world. However, it losses its musical flavour in the mid 1990s.

In 1993 Reggae Sumfest was launched. The major sponsor was Red Stripe. Reggae Sumfest became the greatest reggae show in Jamaica and the world. This great musical festival came just in time to boots the music and entertainment industry of Jamaica. With the energetic elements of dance Hall music the festival has become one of the most exciting musical events in the world.

Today, Montego Bay is the home of Reggae Sumfest and is the ideal location since it is the tourist capital of the Caribbean. Montego also has a number of hotels and entertainment lounges for visitors and locals to enjoy.

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Tupac Shakur also known as 2Pac would have been forty (40) years old this week.

Do you remember the popular, young and vibrant American rapper Tupac Shakur. 2Pac (which is musician name) would have been forty years old on June 16, 2011. He would have just reach the peak of his music and acting career if he wasn't murdered. He is sadly missed by a great number of individuals all over the globe.
Today I want to joint with a number of individuals and say happy birthday to Tupac Shakur one of America's greatest rapper. R.I.P.
Tupac Shakur's name is written down in history as a great contributor to black and hiphop music.

 Tupac Shakur was born on June 16, 1971. He started is music career in the late 1980s. He is sometimes called Pac or 2Pac in his music career. He started his acting career in 1990 which complemented his hip hop style of performance.

On September 7, 1996 Tupac was shot several times in Las Vagas, he was taken to hospital and died 6 days after. Tupac Shakur have sold over 75 million albums and was named as one of the greatest Hip Hop artiste of all time.

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