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    Bio on Bessie Smith

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    classic Blues singers of the 1920s. Bessie started out as a street musician in Chattanooga. In 1912 Bessie joined a traveling show as a dancer and singer. The show featured Pa and Ma Rainey‚ and Smith developed a friendship with Ma. Ma Rainey was Bessie’s mentor and she stayed with her show until 1915. Bessie then joined the T.O.B.A. vaudeville circuit and gradually built up her own following in the south and along the eastern seaboard. By the early 1920s she was one of the most popular Blues singers

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    attention first. Along side of that is the dark green forest with explorers heading off into the unknown of the jungle. The visual weight of the explorers make the composition of the painting very balanced because they’re wearing shades of red and blue‚ and surrounding them are dark spots of the forest and vast spaces of the sky and valley. My favorite part of this painting is the Halo. The halo shows the viewers the beauty of nature‚ and it’s right in the middle. It stretches across the painting

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    I wonder how many words I have now. Poop. My dang space bar isn’t working! As of right now I have 117 words. Well after working I had 117 words. Yay! I don’t have that many more words to go! Apple. Cat good food hungry random I don’t even care pink blue yellow purple. I’m just going to copy and paste this now. This essay is requiring me to have at least 250 words to upload so I’m just going to put a whole bunch of random words until I have 250. All I want to do read an essay so I can get some ideas

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    instrument (for example‚ a violin or a guitar). 18. Bent notes- to slightly alter the pitch of a note by pilling on a string‚ raising or lowering the voice‚ or tightening or loosening the embouchure‚ or mouth position‚ on a horn. (Often considered a blue note) 19. Barrelhouse rhythm- The surface rhythm of a guitar accompaniment subdivides the basic pulse into a triple pattern‚ resulting in a bouncy‚ uneven rhythm. 20. Two-beat bass- bassist plays the root of the chord on the first beat of a 4/4 measure

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    Elizabeth Smith

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    managers‚ Lonnie and Cora Fisher‚ to give Smith an audition. She was hired as a dancer rather than a singer; Smith began performing as a dancer and a singer in the Moses Stokes. Soon she was with Rabbit Foot Minstrels which was led by the legendary blues singer Gertrude “Ma” and Pa Rainey. Smith developed a Relationship with Ma Rainey. She took Smith under her wing and gave her some early training‚ and over the next decade Smith continued to perform at various theaters and on the vaudeville circuit

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    Music and Its Importance

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    no words to say. Although there are lots of different types of my music my favorite is Rhythm and Blues. Rhythm and Blues (also known as R&B) made a splash on the scene and change the world as we know it. Let’s take a blast from the past by introducing one of the most popular genres of music around‚ telling the meaning behind R&B‚ and giving facts about why it’s just that good. II. Rhythm and Blues originated in the late 1940s and early 1950s. R&B got its name from record companies when it initially

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    Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Charles Regan Smith’s Triumph Over It Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is characterized by the combination of obsession and compulsion‚ the former includes persistent intrusive thoughts that are uncontrollable‚ and the latter is defined by repetitive behavioral designed to neutralize obsessions. The themes of obsession are often consistent across culture‚ which is true in Regan’s case as well. His first obsession began at age 5 regarding fear of contracting disease

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    On Turning Ten

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    chose “dark blue speed drained out of it” The color blue is a melancholic color which gives a feeling of sadness and drained is a very ruff and harsh word for a ten year old to use. Billy Collins audience is anyone who is willing to look back into their childhood. It is for people who want to remember their childhood and who lived through the same as Collins did. He lets the audience close into the poem by using imagery which reminds the reader of their own childhood. Such as the blue bike‚ the tree

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    music‚ “the blues”‚ country-and-western music. Classical music folk music‚ electronic music‚ and the popular music of Asia‚ Africa‚ and Latin America (often grouped together under the term “world music”). In addition to its use as a broad designation‚ the term “rock-music” is used to refer more specifically to music styles after 1959 predominantly influenced by white musicians. Other major rock-music styles include rock and roll‚ the first genre of the music; and rhythm and the blues music

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    “crusades” and passed legislation barring jazz music in clubs. Their attempts at subduing the music were unsuccessful. Jazz was becoming mainstream. Louis Armstrong was one of the genre’s first big stars‚ and some of his most popular works include “Chimes Blues” (which created “swing”)‚ “Star Dust”‚ “La Vie En Rose”‚ and “What a Wonderful World” (“Louis Armstrong Biography”). He is considered to be “one of the most influential artists in jazz history” (Louis Armstrong Biography”). Another transformative

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