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By Heather Jacobson

 Digital music has definitely changed the way people listen to their favorite songs. Remember the days when compact discs and cassette tapes seemed to be the most innovative way to tote along as many songs as possible? Today, those storage forms seem obsolete, as now you can have thousands of songs fit right into your pocket, thanks to innovations like mp3 players, and the revolutionary iPod from Apple. From the same company, various cousins of the iPod have been developed, each with a more sophisticated look and a larger capacity for songs.

The iPod Touch is among the hottest must-haves for tech-savvy persons of the modern age. With this nifty little mp3 player, you can even surf the internet, send email, as well as send text through instant messaging, wherever there is a wireless connection available. Forget about having to rent video discs or VHS tapes, as the iPod Touch can have room enough for several movies or TV show episodes that you can watch on the go.

When it comes to music appreciation, it’s like the iPod is the only way to go. MP3 players like the Apple iPod Touch are available in storage sizes of 8GB, 16GB, and even 32GB for the hardcore music download fanatics of the modern age. If the 8GB version of this baby holds more than 1,700 songs, imagine how many albums and favorite titles you can save in the 16 and 32GB versions!

Originally, Apple intended iPod owners to download mp3 songs only from the iTunes Music Store, which can be accessed online. However, much controversy and criticism was received because of how costly it can be to save only one song in your iPod. For example, songs may be charged $1.99 or more. If you wanted to purchase a dozen songs from Madonna, it would cost you a lot!

Now, you won’t have to fret about searching for other sources of free music downloads for your mp3 player. Various software platforms are now available which allow you to search and download songs of your choice. It’s only a matter of uploading them onto your iPod touch for maximum enjoyment. Examples of venues to check out are Torrents, mp3 albums channels in mIRC, LimeWire, and tons of other sites you can find on Google’s results pages.

These days, you need to be wise about what you’re spending on. And enjoying the hottest tunes doesn’t have to cost you a fortune. Find free music downloads on the net and get as much of your favorite tunes as you like.

Heather loves music and recommends an Apple iPod Touch for easy high quality listening. A iPod Touch 32 GB will have lots of room for music storage.

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Musical Notes - What Is A Semiquaver?
By Mike Shaw

 A “semiquaver” can be found as a written musical note in sheet music. This musical note is used in all types of sheet music for all musical instruments.

The semiquaver looks like a black-coloured oval shape with a stem on the right or left side depending on where on the musical staff it is written. At the end of the stem, there are two tails. These tails can be written in various ways. They can be curly, and they can be straight and shorter, almost like a couple of ticks. If more than one semiquaver is written so they appear next to each other then instead of having tails they are joined together by a lines called beams.

When the semiquaver is written above the middle line on the staff, the stem is written on the left side and the tails are written on the right side of the stem always curving back to the black coloured oval. When written below the middle line, the stem is written on the right side and the tails will again be written on the right side.

The semiquaver is also known as a sixteenth note and its time value is a quarter of a beat. The semiquaver or sixteenth note like all other musical notes should be referenced to the semibreve, which is worth four beats. Using simple maths, we can check that we have the correct value of the semiquaver.

Divide the semibreve (four) by the sixteenth note (sixteen) to get the sixteenth note value (quarter). 4/16 = 1/4

As stated above, all musical notes use the semibreve as a reference note. A semibreve is also known as a whole note. Using simple fractions you can work out what different types of notes are worth. We have already explained sixteenth notes, using the above formula you can work out note values for eighth notes, quarter notes and half notes.

Also related to the semiquaver is the semiquaver rest or sixteenth rest. This is a musical silence worth a quarter of a beat.

Another relation to the semiquaver is the dotted semiquaver or dotted sixteenth note, which is worth three eighths of a beat. A dot written on the right side of any musical note increases that notes value by half as much again. So for the semiquaver, half of a quarter equals an eighth, add the eighth to the semiquavers value of a quarter to get three eighths of a beat.

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Sheet Music In The Middle Ages
By Victor Epand

 The latter half of the Middle Ages (circa 1000 CE to 1500 CE) was a turning point in European history. Having finally emerged from the Dark Ages (circa 500 CE to 1000 CE), European civilization finally began to recover the ground it had lost when Rome fell. One of the results of this recovery was the re-emergence of recorded music, or sheet music in both religious and secular life.

During the Middle Ages, Catholicism was the central power in Europe. It was incorporated into every aspect of life and its power stretched to every corner of the known world. And one of the methods through which the Church asserted its power was music. Although modern churches regularly use music as a natural part of worship, the pairing of music and Christianity has not always been so straightforward. A thousand years ago, music was often regarded as sinful. The problem was, churchgoers tended to enjoy it, and the fathers of Catholicism understood that it could be used to strengthen people’s ties to the Church.

Accordingly, music was eventually incorporated into Catholic worship, and vise versa. The sheet music of the era is often adorned with religious frescos. The monasteries and abbeys of the period created and stored huge quantities of sheet music, up to 4000 texts at a time in some cases. Indeed, it was this mass production of recorded music that led to the evolution of square notation. The monks needed a universal way to record and recognize the music written by their peers in other monasteries; square notation made this possible.

However, church was not the only place a person living in the Middle Ages would hear music, not by a long shot. Also common at the time were wandering poets, or troubadours, who were the keepers and purveyors of secular music. Some of the oldest surviving sheet music was written by these people, who were encouraged in their work by patrons such as Eleanor of Aquitaine. The area of Provence, modern day southern France, was particularly known for its troubadours, and the region is said to have been known as The Land of Song.

The Church is known to have fought the advent and proliferation of secular music, which it would certainly have regarded as sinful in the extreme. However, fortunately for us, it was unable to stem the music’s spread. The most popular topic of such secular music was that of courtly love, which may explain why the Church was so against it. Courtly love deals with situations in which lovers are unable to consummate their feelings, usually because one or both is wed to another. This theme is still famous today thanks to the well-known story of King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, and Sir Lancelot. Other popular secular topics included the seasons, the crusades, beautiful women, and nature, all of which were idealized and exalted in song. Such songs would never have become as ubiquitous as they were, however, without the sheet music produced by the troubadours of the age.

Victor Epand is an expert consultant for guitars, drums, keyboards, sheet music, guitar tab, and home theater audio. You can find the best marketplace at these sites for guitars, drums, keyboards, sheet music, and home theater audio.

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