Essays Tagged: "scales"

Importance of Improvisation in Music

edieval organ music for example, commonly includeinstructions for improvisation and embellishments. Scales that were used wereselected according to the same improvisation principles now used in Jazz.c ...

(3 pages) 139 0 3.4 May/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

A night in the cold.

lbs. It was one of the slimiest ones we ever caught. The tentacles were almost a foot long and the scales where the size of quarters.@ AYeah right, we believe you, (Paste your name here).@ While my p ...

(4 pages) 167 0 4.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Title: international expansion into Japan Its an analysis of the environment of a country (Japan) and a leading Australian organisation in the retail sector (Harvey Norman).

s and threats outlined for Harvey Norman entering the region of Japan. Differentiating in different scales and views showing the competitive advantage of the purpose of setting up.Economically, the co ...

(11 pages) 381 2 4.0 May/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Why IQ tests don't test intelligence

ligence has been a goal ofpsychologists since before the beginning of this century. The Binet-Simon scales werefirst proposed in 1905 in Paris, France and various sorts of tests have been evolving eve ...

(3 pages) 196 1 2.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

A review of the 3 CD Opera Release of "Faust"

the opera. The end of the disc has an amazing aria by a female vocalist that leads into disc 2. The scales used are unusual, yet enticing. They seem to address "God" when they speak.[Faust: "True, I a ...

(2 pages) 85 0 4.2 Dec/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Comparative essay- Murmuring Judges (David Hare) and Measure for Measure (Shakespeare) Good for A-Level Eng Lit+Lang (theme of power).

ent teaching 'an eye for an eye' (Leviticus, 24:20) and also conjures the mental image of a pair of scales, with each 'measure' or action done weighed up and then punished or given mercy.Hare's pla ...

(9 pages) 100 1 4.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

"Brave New World" Aldous Huxley.

f the drug causes them to act out to obtain the needed effects. This can be seen on large and small scales in modern day from drug wars to theft. This dependence was built apon at an early age in Brav ...

(3 pages) 38 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"The Telecasters"

opposition of two dark colors demonstrates the principles of Ellingtonian counterpoint."Due to the scales of the paper, I am not going to discuss issues that concern the general style of Strayhorn an ... orm follows.2)Discussion on the nature and the material of the harmony, including the use of modes, scales and blues notes; leading up to sectional generalizations about melody harmonization technique ...

(14 pages) 43 1 5.0 May/2003

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

Investigating Some Factors Which Affect the Rate of Reaction.

te of reaction.oChange in Mass - Reactions which produce gas can be carried out on a precise set of scales and the decrease in mass can easily be measured.oVolume of Gas Given Off - Using a gas syring ...

(3 pages) 69 0 4.8 Oct/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

The Three-Toed Sloth.

. This animal (sloth) is unique due to the way it lives and how its body structure is organized. It scales large trees and sleeps 16 hours a day. Its organs are in different positions due to the time ...

(3 pages) 26 0 4.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Assess the likely barriers to competition in the industries supplying leisure goods and services.

riences significant economies of scale, the industry may not be able to support more producers. The scales of a plant or firm at which the lowest attainable unit costs are achieved are referred to as ... f a plant or firm at which the lowest attainable unit costs are achieved are referred to as optimum scales. (Geroski, 2001) This can be seen in Figure 1 below:At point A, the long run average cost cur ...

(7 pages) 116 1 4.2 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Origins of the Modes of Major Scales

des are simply the name given to the pattern of intervals between each note in an octave. Modes and Scales can be traced back to Greek origins, where different tribes evolved different scales. Each sc ... ferent note and descended by characteristic intervals. In the middle ages, the church adopted these scales, made them ascending from a tonic note and renamed them modes. They were the tonal basis of G ...

(1 pages) 60 3 2.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Stress prevention Programm

.I also let them fill out an organisational Role stress scale questionnaire (Pareek, U. Role Stress scales manual. Ahmedabad, India: Navin Publications, 1982) and analysed the outcome.From that I foun ...

(8 pages) 91 1 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Porter's Five Forces of competition

ing costs, access to distribution channels, government policy and cost disadvantages independent of scales.2.Bargaining power of buyers- Buyer purchases large volumes relative to the seller sales and ...

(1 pages) 136 0 3.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Reptiles

s are often thought of as slimy, but their skin their skin is actually cool, dry, and leathery. The scales, which give the reptiles' skin their texture, are part of a thick skin with few glands. The r ... texture, are part of a thick skin with few glands. The reptile must periodically shed its outgrown scales and replace then with a larger set, which the reptile grows before it sheds the old. Their th ...

(1 pages) 25 0 2.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Fiedler Leadership Model

working. On a scale of 1-to-8, the manager is then asked to describe that one person on a series of scales such as those shown below.Is your co-worker:Unfriendly 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FriendlyUncooperative ... 7 8 CooperativeHostile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SupportiveGuarded 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 OpenThe responses to these scales (usually sixteen scales in total) are then added, and the mean score is taken. A high LPC sco ...

(13 pages) 348 1 4.6 Aug/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

Density, Volume, and Mass

ing in this essay, I will tell you how to find the mass of an object. To find the mass of an object scales are very useful. For a small item, like a paperback book a small meat scale is fine. When you ...

(2 pages) 30 0 3.7 Oct/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

Book Talk: The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

e most beautiful fish in the ocean that refuses to share his most prized possession, his iridescent scales with the other fish. When his greed leaves him without friends or admirers, the lonely fish s ... , who counsels him to give away his beauty and discover how to be happy. What will he do, share his scales or keep them? The fish relentlessly gives all the other fish one of his iridescent scales. Al ...

(1 pages) 20 0 1.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Factual information abut EArthquakes... How do they originate? Might want to find out what makes them eventually stop... There are alot of scientific terms used, you m ay want to look up ....

e land around the fault may shirt horizontally, vertically, or a combination of both.There are many scales to rate earthquakes on damage and power. The first scale is called a mercalli scale. It measu ...

(1 pages) 37 0 4.3 Nov/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Fill the Cup of Silence: This is a problem/solution paper concerning music education

igh school I had music teacher, a wonderful man named Virgil Sperling who taught me a lot more than scales and keys and how to hold a steady note on the saxophone. He taught me about patience and prac ...

(4 pages) 49 1 4.6 Dec/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education