Tonic Essays

  • Chapter 1 Structure And Form Study Guide

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    CHAPTER IV A. Structure and form A-B-A form, Pentatonic scale, esatonic scale, Simetric structure, Using static Chord progression, contra melody, using Ostinato, development and variation melody, polyriytmic, contras dinamic, pattern syncoped ritme, trill, ostinato demisemiquavers. a. Introduction The music begins with a two‐bar introduction which produced by low‐pitched open fifths and added note harmonies. Low pitched open fifths as an opening. b. A Section The key signature of five sharps suggests

  • 9-8 Gcse Music Form

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    that the first section goes on to measure twenty-six and the measures from fifteen and twenty-six serve more as a bridge in between the two sections which is part of section A. Section A begins with a tonic chord in Db major deviating from rules of convention of voice leading; he lacks the tonic note and only introduces it later in this piece. This could also

  • Analysis Of Igor Stravinsky's Rite Of Spring

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    The word “ballet” brings to mind words such as “grace” or “beauty” when heard by many people. The definition itself states that it is a form of dance that uses precise steps and light, graceful motions. This definition was in the minds of those who attended the Théâtre des Champs-Élysèes in May 1913, but rather they were greeted with the complete opposite. When Igor Stravinsky’s ballet Rite of Spring opened, the audience was greeted with swift, chaotic music that quickly became a whirlwind of sound

  • Prince Purple Rain Analysis

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    Track 3: When Doves Cry Prince, Purple Rain The Purple Rain film followed the same redemption storyline as the record, and it added fictional flesh to Prince’s journey of moral enlightenment. It was the tale of a kid from a broken family who had trouble with relationships. He was a controlling brat who shut people out of his life. He was unable to hold onto love, until he finally found peace with who he was, and he found that peace by discovering a bond with his father. The movie aggregated all

  • Tonic Seizures Essay

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    caused by many different things or sometimes they just happen. One of the seizures is tonic/clonic seizures or grand mal seizures. This seizure affects the entire brain, it makes the body stiffen, followed by a phase of rapid muscle contractions (extreme shaking). The tonic phase of this is characterized by a stiffening of the body and the clonic phase is characterized by muscle contractions and relaxations. Some tonic/clonic seizures are preceded by a warning signal called an aura. An aura is a sensation

  • Darnell Martin's Lore Episode 'They Made A Tonic'

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    Dracula’s Origin How far would you go to save someone you love? Would you throw away your human identity for them? These are the types of questions that the director of the lore episode “They made a tonic”, Darnell Martin, asks the audience. Ms. Martin is a well acclaimed director, having many of her projects nominated for prestigious awards such as Cadillac records, Firelight, and I Like it Like That. Martin also won best new director in 1994, with her release of I Like it Like That. Most recently

  • Richard Ramirez Behavior

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    Richard Ramirez was born February 29, 1960 in El Paso, Texas. His parents, ma and pa kettle, both had occupations that demanded long hours of work for meagre pay. He experienced a troublesome childhood growing up in a family where he was the youngest of seven children. Richard’s father and grandfather both exhibited abusive behaviours towards their wives and children. All the Ramirez children suffered from health problems. The government was conducting nuclear bomb testing nearby, and the toxic

  • Ginny Tonic Is Interested In The Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption And Health

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    Bell Ringer III Dr. Ginny Tonic is interested in the relationship between alcohol consumption and one’s health. She is operating from fundamental cause theory, and hopes to provide further evidence for said theory. She calls on you, a renowned researcher to help with basic tasks. She is specifically attempting to explain how alcohol consumption influences health. I. Based on this prompt, state a possible research question and research hypothesis a. The more alcohol consumption and individual consumes

  • Summary Of The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down By Anne Fadiman

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    The book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman is based on a true story that delves into the life of Lia Lee, a young epileptic Hmong child (Fadiman, 2012). It focuses on Lia’s condition and her family’s experiences through the problem with the sole purpose of highlighting the collision between two cultures including the American and Hmong culture, and the effect that the cultures have on her health. Fadiman

  • Non-Epileptic Seizure Case Study

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    referred to have an EEG due to episodes of twitching of the neck, drooping of the right facial features and blurred vision. These episodes self-terminate in 15 minutes and she then feels weak in her legs. Her husband reports episodes of generalised tonic-clonic seizures with urinary incontinence. She is currently on no medication. The clinical indication for the test was migraine, syncope or epilepsy. EEG findings: The patient was calm, alert and cooperative throughout the recording. The background

  • Chopin And Felix Mendelssohn Analysis

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    the tonic-dominant relation. Often, Romantic composers, in this case, Frederic Chopin and Felix Mendelssohn, use symmetrical divisions of the octave as a platform from which they can launch wandering or very pointed progressions, depending on the direction and magnitude of the potential harmonic energy. Whether it is a continuous circle of minor thirds or a form of axial melody that teeters much like a seesaw, these balanced relationships of pitches have a destabilizing effect on the tonic as it

  • Bach Gavotte Essay

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    It cannot be simple binary because the first section of the piece does not resolve to the original tonic of the piece. Instead of resolving to I in G major, it resolves to I in D major. The reason the piece is not in a rounded binary is because the second section would need to start in V of the original key, however in this piece, the second section begins

  • The Yellow Wallpaper Literary Analysis

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    woman with a high social placement, the narrator of “The Yellow Wallpaper” goes insane for many different reasons such as tonics, depression and isolation. To start with she is constantly having to take tonic’s each hour in the day. While she is in the nursery she takes tonics because her physician thinks that it will help her get better. Constantly having to take the tonics, it could be making her have illusions. As she is laying in her room she starts to

  • What Is The Mood Of The Book I Of Preludes

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    Voiles, from Book I of Preludes by Claude Debussy was written during a time when Impressionism and Symbolism were thriving in music, art, literature, and poetry. With symbolism, artists broke away from traditional techniques in order to indirectly evoke specific emotions, images, and concepts without merely describing them. Symbolist poets often used strategic spatial placement, word sizing, and nontraditional grammar in order to add nuance to the meaning of the text. Impressionism was a similar

  • How Does Acetone Melt The Ice Cube

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    exhaust. Acetone is a clear, flammable, volatile liquid that is used to make drugs, plastics and different fibers. Volatile means that the liquid easily evaporates at normal temperatures. Another liquid that may rapidly melt the ice cube is tonic water. Now, tonic water is made up of

  • Essay On Sonata Form

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    development, and recapitulation. Expositions are often repeated, whereas development and recapitulation sections are repeated occasionally. The exposition section compromises the principal theme, divided into two subjects. The first subject starts with tonic key and modulates to the dominant key in the second subject. For minor key in the first subject, this will modulate to the relative major. Sometimes, the counter-subject exists within the first subject, thus, leading into the second subject into a

  • Summary: The Yellow Wallpaper

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    551). It is thought that she (the narrator) has a baby that leads to her to being depressed, which may lead to her mental state of mind. In addition, being away from her baby may have led her to the use of potent substances such as phosphates and tonics. Although she may be a woman of high social status the narrator goes mad for several reasons, she is, drugged, lonely,

  • Mozart Classical Concerto (Piano Concerto)

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    more agitated. Reverse antiphon now beginning with the woodwinds in unison and answered by the string section in the 1st violin part. The chromatic line at bar 55 crescendos to a climax at bar 56. Tension is heightened by the horns playing the tonic an octave apart. Double exposition Principal Theme/ 1st tonal area The piano enters solo on the principal theme/ 1st tonal area with alberti bass accompaniment. The principal theme/ 1st tonal area is embellished by scale passages and arpeggios which

  • The Classical Symphony Essay

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    theme, in the tonic key and continues on to the transition. During the transition stage, the tonic key is carries over to the dominant key and gets the listener ready for the introduction of the second theme. Furthermore, a development stage is necessary to carry the music and during this time, the themes are developed and ‘worked’ upon, so to say. Again, there is a transition, this time referred to as a retransition. Here the dominant key is left and the music returns to the tonic key. Finally,

  • Annotated Bibliography On Rape

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    Annotated Bibliography References Monk-Turner, E., & Light, D. (2010). Male Sexual Assault and Rape: Who Seeks Counseling?. Sexual Abuse: A Journal Of Research & Treatment (Sage), 22(3), 255. doi:10.1177/1079063210366271 Limit study in male rape and sexual assault in seeking counseling was the purpose of the study.The difference between male survivors of sexual assault/ rape who sought counseling and those who did not. The date of the research came from NVAW survey of 8005 men but 219 disclose their