Essays Tagged: "power chords"

Kurt Cobain

s 14th birthday. He took one guitar lesson and never paid for it. Kurt says 'I went and learned the power chords and never went back and never paid for the lesson I guess I still owe that guy the $6 o ... I guess I still owe that guy the $6 or whatever it was. I didn't go back because once you know the power chords you can start writing your own songs.' Kurt's mother remarried in May of 1984 to Pat O' ...

(5 pages) 65 0 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

A document on music.

a person to feel and act in a certain manner. Sensual guitar playing, a suggestive song, hard rock power chords, or a tune from the past are all highly powerful forces in shaping one's actions. I hav ... f the stage. Three rows back from the stage I could hardly breathe. I was not standing under my own power, but by the pressure of all the people around me pushing in every direction. There is no doubt ...

(6 pages) 49 0 2.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

VIVA VOCE

H12-The main melody is sung in different ranges but mostly in a high pitch.-Guitar accompanies with power chords.18-Simple chord progression on guitar.-Nice easy flow throughout the song.DYNAMICS AND ...

(1 pages) 2186 0 3.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

First Person Rock Concert.

ving an excellent time. The band that's about to play is getting setup with all the instruments and power chords and such. Backstage there's people talking, drinking, partying and carrying on. When th ...

(2 pages) 31 1 3.8 Sep/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Grunge

life and looking for some way to let it out. The music was influenced by metal and punk with heavy power chords and raspy hard edged vocals. It became known as grunge music. It exploded nation wide i ... mostly influenced by metal. Their ominous, brooding sound was a sharp contrast to the pop rock and power ballads of hair bands like Guns n Roses. There had been no band like them before, and many inf ...

(2 pages) 1530 0 4.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Grunge

life and looking for some way to let it out. The music was influenced by metal and punk with heavy power chords and raspy hard edged vocals. It became known as grunge music. It exploded nation wide i ... mostly influenced by metal. Their ominous, brooding sound was a sharp contrast to the pop rock and power ballads of hair bands like Guns n Roses. There had been no band like them before, and many inf ...

(2 pages) 1770 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Fuckoff

life and looking for some way to let it out. The music was influenced by metal and punk with heavy power chords and raspy hard edged vocals. It became known as grunge music. It exploded nation wide i ... mostly influenced by metal. Their ominous, brooding sound was a sharp contrast to the pop rock and power ballads of hair bands like Guns n Roses. There had been no band like them before, and many inf ...

(2 pages) 1443 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Often, pop music is separated into two groups: that which is standardized and contrived and that which is what Theodor W. Adorno would describe as "serious".

p genre. Yet, of course, Avril kept her "punk rock" appearance, with the addition of the occasional power chords in her songs, because it was these subtle quirks that allowed her to kept her audience: ...

(7 pages) 15 0 3.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies