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musica. It is ultimately derived from mousa, the Greek word for muse. In ancient Greece, the word mousike was used to mean any of the arts or sciences governed by the Muses. Later, in Rome, ars musica embraced poetry as well as instrument-oriented music. In the European Middle Ages, musica was part of the mathematical quadrivium: arithmetics, geometry, astronomy and musica. The concept of musica was split into three major kinds by the fifth century philosopher, Boethius: musica universalis, musica humana, and musica instrumentalis. Of those, only the last? />Musica universalis or musica mundana referred to the order of the universe, as God had $Dollar$ Counts” title=”Thank For The Support” />

Etymology

The word music comes from the Greek mousikê (tekhnê) by way of the Latin created it in “measure, number and weight”. The proportions of the spheres of the planets and stars (which at the time were still thought to revolve around the earth) were perceived as a form of music, without necessarily implying that any sound would be heard—music refers strictly to the mathematical proportions. From this concept later resulted the romantic idea of a music of the spheres. Musica humana, designated the proportions of the human body. These were thought to reflect the proportions of the Heavens and as such, to be an expression of God’s greatness. To Medieval thinking, all things were connected with each other—a mode of thought that finds its traces today in the occult sciences or esoteric thought—ranging from astrology to believing certain minerals have certain beneficiary effects.

Musica instrumentalis, finally, was the lowliest of the three disciplines and referred to the manifestation of those same mathematical proportions in sound—be it sung or played on instruments. The polyphonic organization of different melodies to sound at the same time was still a relatively new invention then, and it is understandable that the mathematical or physical relationships in frequency that give rise to the musical intervals as we hear them, should be foremost among the preoccupations of Medieval musicians.

 

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The languages of many cultures do not include a word for or that would be translated as music. Inuit and most North American Indian languages do not have a general term for music. Among the Aztecs, the ancient Mexican theory of rhetorics, poetry, dance, and instrumental music, used the Nahuatl term In xochitl-in kwikatl to refer a complex mix of music and other poetic verbal and non-verbal elements, and reserve the word Kwikakayotl (or cuicacayotl) only for the sung expressions (Leon-Portilla 2007, 11). In Africa there is no term for music in Tiv, Yoruba, Igbo, Efik, Birom, Hausa, Idoma, Eggon or Jarawa. Many other languages have terms which only partly cover what Europeans mean by the term music (Schafer). The Mapuche of Argentina do not have a word for music, but they do have words for instrumental versus improvised forms (kantun), European and non-Mapuche music (kantun winka), ceremonial songs (öl), and tayil (Robertson 1976, 39).

Some languages in West Africa have no term for music but the speakers do have the concept (Nettl 1989,[citation needed]). Musiqi is the Persian word for the science and art of music, muzik being the sound and performance of music (Sakata 1983,[citation needed]), though some things European influenced listeners would include, such as Quran chanting, are excluded. Actually, there are varying degrees of “musicness”; Quran chanting and Adhan is not considered music, but classical improvised song, classical instrumental metric composition, and popular dance music are.

Very talented Rock artist Lyle Lovett has released him latest album titled Road To Ensenada and Wow! It’s really a good one.

Lyle Lovett has been a heavy hitter in the Rock genre for quite some time now and Road To Ensenada is an excellent illustration as to why.

Rock music fans will recognize some of the well known contributors on the project including Paul Franklin and Russ Kunkel plus a few other notables as well.

Road To Ensenada is a first rate CD, delivering a little something for everyone. I give it my highest recommendation. It’s quite simply great listening. A must buy if you’re even mildly into Rock music.

While the entire CD is really very good some of my favorites are track 2 – Her First Mistake, track 9 – I Can’t Love You Anymore, and track 12 – The Road To Ensenada

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 – Don’t Touch My Hat. Wow!

Road To Ensenada Release Notes:

Lyle Lovett originally released Road To Ensenada on June 18, 1996 on the MCA Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Don’t Touch My Hat 2. Her First Mistake 3. Fiona 4. That’s Right (You’re Not From Texas) 5. Who Loves You Better 6. Private Conversation 7. Promises 8. It Ought To Be Easier 9. I Can’t Love You Anymore 10. Long Tall Texan 11. Christmas Morning 12. Road To Ensenada, The

Personnel: Lyle Lovett (vocals, acoustic guitar); Arnold McCuller, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Sir Harry Bowens, Willie Greene, Jr., Randy Newman (vocals); Dean Parks (acoustic & electric guitars); Don Potter (acoustic guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Garey Herbig (alto, tenor & baritone saxophones); Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone); Greg Adams (trumpet); Matt Rollings (piano); Leland Sklar (bass); Russ Kunkel (drums, shaker); Luis Conte (tambourine, shaker, percussion); Jackson Browne, Shawn Colvin, Herb Pedersen, Chris Hillman, Valerie Carter, Kate Markowitz (background vocals).

Recorded at Conway Studios, Los Angeles, California.

Live Radio Online gives a chance to listen, anywhere and at anytime. Actually, the actual radio device is taking a backseat because of the ubiquitous computers. Kids and adults, both are hooked to the computer day and night.. This way one can listen even while at work, at home or even when you are mobile(on laptops). One more thing here is important note that in actual radio devices, the problem of bad signal is common, especially while travelling. This irritates the listener and drastically changes his relaxed mood into frustration. But in live radio stations, there is no such problem. Thus, it can prove to be an excellent source of entertainment minus any connectivity problem.

There is an another reason to rejoice as one can escape the huge number of commercials, played regularly on television to captivate your mind. Many live stations only provide pure music without any interference of advertising and promotion. There is a huge number of commercial free stations, one can tune into.

Also, there is unlimited variety of different kinds of music to choose from. It has something for every music lover-from classical, religious, devotional to hip-hop music to latest movie songs. These stations play all the radio stations broadcast worldwide, thus bringing the world closer.

Along with listening to your favorite music, one can also enjoy listening to the various radio jockeys or RJ’s as they are popularly known. They entertain the listeners with interesting anecdotes from our daily lives. They have the ability to make banal incidents appear interesting and spice them up with their witty sense of humour. Also, the continues updates they give on the happenings around the world. Thus, for the listeners there is no dearth of infotainment.