Purpose of Music

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Purpose of Music

• What is the purpose of music?

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Ceremonial

• Music created to performed for rituals or
  celebrations.

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Ceremonial

• Patriotic Music
• American the Beautiful
• Star Spangled Banner
• Independence day
• We play music to celebrate the independence of
  the United States.
• The United States won are independence on July
  4th 1776 from the British.

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Ceremonial

• Music for worship
• Christmas Music and Easter
• We celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.
• Hymns
• Music that is sung to worship with at church.
• Some churches have choir who sing an anthem to
  worships.
• Other regions around the world use music to
  worship.

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Ceremonial

• Ritual Music
• A New Orleans funeral uses music during a funeral
  procession.
• The played what it now call today Dixieland
  music.
• People would by people to be in the funeral
  because the more people you hand the more popular
  you seemed.
• This is consider ritual music because they do
  every funeral procession.

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Ceremonial

• Weddings
• Birthday Partys
• Music Festival celebrating something

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Recreation and Music

• Recreational music is music for peoples
  entertainment.
• Movies, Video Games, Dances, Social Events,
  Physical Activities, and for a hobby.

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Video Games

• Video Games have their own Melody. (tune or a
  song).
• Each level usually has its on theme.
• For example Super Mario Brothers has
• Main theme
• Underwater theme
• Castle theme

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Movies

• Music helps creates the theme of the motion
  picture.
• Music helps creates emotion to engage the
  audience.
• Music is also used as a script to guide the
  audience to what they should be feeling.
• For example What do you feel when you hear
  this?

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Or Mr. Walkers Favorite Movie Theme

• Star Wars

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TV Show

• Think of your Favorite TV show can you sing the
  theme song.
• I can sing my favorite! Can you Guess what it
  is?

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Physical Activities

• Music is used during sporting events.
• To help motive the team and their fans
• To entertain the fans during pre-game or half
  time
• Music is used to help you exercise.
• In an Aerobic Class
• Listening to your IPOD while you working out
• Neighbor walking down your street.
• Sporting events

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Dances and Social Events

• Dances are a big recreation for people.
• Like the middle school dances.
• At these dances you listen to all kinds of music.
  
• When you have friends over at your house you
  listen to music.
• You listen to MTV or VH1
• Put on your favorite CD.

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Music as a Hobby

• People all over the world use music as a hobby.
• Playing a musical instruments like trumpet,
  guitar, piano, trombone, drums.
• People enjoy music as a recreation
• Buying CDs
• Going to Concerts
• Downloading MP3s
• Composing

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Artistic Expression

• Music created with the intent to express or
  communicate ones emotions, feelings, ideas,
  experience
• Music created and performed in a concert setting
  for an audience.