Lecture Report

Lecture Report

True or False

Lecture between week three to week thirteen involves a discussion about; music is an international language that crosses the boundary of languages, The bourgeois piano, music modernization, model piece, camera movement and music as narrator. Music can communicate across all culture. Music crosses boundaries of languages in that is not just for an individual to speak a particular to enjoy the composition of music in that language. One universal feature of people’s experience is music. People can sense or detect any emotion shift in the unknown idiom, either sadness or happiness. The prosody of languages is expressed in musical feature tempo, rhythm and pitch that are used to express speech that is universal amongst all linguistics (Ludden 1).

The bourgeois piano

This chapter explains about the piano and politics both during the social and post-social era. During the revolution of the culture of China, the keyboard was connected to the coffin where notes flustered about like bourgeoisie bone. Great pianist during this era did not feel the impact of piano music compost by composers from Europe. Piano gained attention later because it is one of the western musical instruments.  The piano during this period was owned and played by intellectual, urban and prosperous people. Additionally, the piano made sick individuals fit in Chinese culture (Kraus 1).  Furthermore, during the post-social era, the piano turned into emblems of modernization with other instruments in Western music. Winning of music prizes during this period contributed much on the prestige of China internationally. (Kraus 2)

Music Modernization

This chapter elaborates some of the restriction in the advancement of Chinese music during 1919 movement. This modernization of Chinese music intensively supported by a social ferment, political burst and intellectuals for which thee transformation is named. Both culture and literature during this era supported music. But the vision most important musician was bound by an iconoclastic discharge of china’s tradition (Jones & Andrew 35).

The musicians remained focus to attain successful transformation of Chinese culture. They did not achieve the project in one night. The political and intellectual character remained focused the were did not restrain. China musical modernization started in 1916 by Cai Yuanpei that installed a lot of music reforms in Beijing University (Jones et al. 37).

Model Pieces: Genre and Amounts

Beijing Opera

The Beijing opera was made of several genes that majorly are from the history of china. Examples of stories that form Beijing operas include the farewell, my concubine, Drunken Beauty, The Heavenly maid scatters blossoms, the lady Wang Zhaonjun beyond the frontier and Lady Mu Guiying Take Command (Wickman 1).

Ballet

The ballet was introduced to Chinese people by Russians in 1957 after the formation of the Republic of China in 1949. In the same, there was the development of the Beijing Dance Academy for the training of ballet. During the revolution of culture in China after the fall of China’s relationship with the Soviet Union in 1966, the choreography was termed as capitalistic and all the ballet schools closed. After the death of Mao Zedong, there were possibilities of performing ballet in Western again in 1976. There was reopening of Chinese dance and French, Danish, Russian and English teacher begun their duties (Vaijola 1).

Symphonic music

Symphonic music is called western classical music. Classical music is very live in China. The first Emperor is the opera written by Tan Dun that was directed by Zhang Yimou. Tan Dun is esteemed as one of the first Avanti-grandee in the world (Hays 1),

Camera Movement and Music as Narrator

Tilt

Movement of the camera vertically, down to up or up-down will the base of the camera is fixed into a certain point is called angle. Tripod is used stationed at one point. The mode of holding a camera is usually used when introducing a character (Block 1)

Pan

Pan is horizontal movement of a camera while the base is asp fixed to a certain point. The position of the Camera is not moved but its face. The method can be used when a musician wants to establish a certain sense. (Block 2)

Zoom

Zoom is the most used tool in filming. Zoom is used as a clutch when someone is video graphing and is not sure that it can add any value to the shot. Zoom should be used creatively in out unexpectedly but an essential person or an object in the shot. Zooming should be quicker to add prowess on the piece placed first. (Block 3)

Pedestal

This mode of moving the camera vertically up or down. The pedestal can be applied in studios camera when the narrator is supposed to adjust the height. (Block 2)

Dolly

Dolly involves the movement of the whole camera Infront and then backwards, especially on an object such as tracks.  To use a dolly, you must make sure that the track is very stable and can allow movement of fluids (Block 2)

Truck

Dolly and trucking can be used interchangeably only in trucking the camera is being moved to form the right to the left (Block 2)