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Throughout my life, I've always found it interesting to look deeper into other kinds of music and their instruments, both used in the modern day and i the past. I feel as though both traditional and modern-day music are very interesting, and it is impressive to see how much of the music from other cultures has changed today versus how it was in the past. Today, we will be looking at both traditional and modern-day music found across the globe. For our first part of music, we have Mongolia. Mongolia has always been interesting to me, especially the throat singing and instruments, such as the morin khuur. The morin khurr, also known as the horsehead fiddle, is a chordephone with only two strings. Think of this instrument as almost like a violin. The morin khurr is also one of the most important instruments in Mongolian culture. The morin khurr is also played with both fingers and a bow. Throat singing is another thing that makes Mongolian music so unique as well. Another thing I like...
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Music and Family

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For my interview with family and traditions, I decided to survey both my mom and dad about their experiences with music and how they grew up with music. The questions that will be asked for both my mom and dad will be the following: What was your first musical experience that you vividly remember? What musical instrument did you play, if you did? What was the first-ever concert that you remember going to? What is your favorite song? What is your least favorite song? Mom We will first start with my mom. During this part of time, 1978 to be exact, my mom was six years old at the time, would always go with her father to go with him to take scuba diving lessons in While her father was diving and learning, my mom would start listening to Little River Band, during that time. And this would be all the time, too. No matter what happened, she would just play Little River Band over and over again, which became her first ever musical experience that she could remember. In 1983, my mom started to ...
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Music and Traditions

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 Music in my life has always been a part of me. From when I was younger, I always remembered most of the songs I would listen to together with my parents as well. Those memories, in my opinion, make music a work of art. Music always and no matter what, brings us closer than ever, especially with building connections with others too. But music in total always held memories and different feelings with my family and me. I remember when I was around probably 5 years old at the time, going to kindergarten. I would be in the car with my mom in the mornings. Even just thinking about it, I could still smell my mom's warm coffee, as well as the buttered toast, as we were driving in the dark, foggy mornings. I would be in the back seat of the car, and the only thing I would hear would be the music from my mom's playlist in the car. Some I could remember my mom playing in the car were "Dreaming with a Broken Heart" by John Mayer, "Low" by Flo Rida, and "Just the ...
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Music and Me

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Hello there! My name is Mason Reed, and I am from Woodstock, Georgia. I am a swimmer here at Converse and want to try to be a studio arts major! I have been doing art for as long as I can remember, and I still love to do art now. I have been swimming competitively for around 12 years now! As a kid, both art and swimming have helped me through the roughest parts of my life, physically and mentally. Now that I am here at Converse, I can't wait to improve more on what I love to do! Oh, and if you were wondering what artists I like to listen to, it is right now Tyler, The Creator, Nirvana, Limp Bizkit, and Weezer. During my time in Georgia, I always had something to do. Most of that time is usually spent going out with my friends to eat at places such as Waffle House, Chick-fil-A, or other fast-food restaurants. We also go bowling, white water rafting, or just driving around random places together late at night. If I'm not hanging out with my friends, I usually either go to swim pr...
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