Stonehenge

Stonehenge is the remains of a ring of big standing stones set within earthworks. It was made between 2950 and 1600 B.C. in Sothern England. This was made so perfectly and with a high level of complexity that people started questioning how it was made and why. First of all, the stones that were used to make the Stonehenge weren’t from that place, they were brought from Wales, which is 130 miles away, and bringing the heavy stones must have been a really hard work. I think the most acceptable theory is that they came with the ocean stream all the way to England, then with the rivers stream they got closer and finally men took them to the place they wanted to. I think that they moved the heavy stones by lots of men pulling them, and probably they used tree trunks on flat surfaces to put the stones on top of them and move them faster. There other theories about this but I think they are too sophisticated for that time. Also, another problem was raising the stones. I think that this was solver by using the crib method because the ramp method would have taken a lot of space making it impossible to build. As well, shaping the stones was tough to do because they were big and they almost had exactly the same shape. Although I think this was done by using smaller stones until they almost the same shape. I know this would have taken long periods of time, but I think it’s the most acceptable theory. Finally, I think the reason they built it, was for the summer and winter solstice. Lots of bodies’ remains were found close to the Stonehenge, but I think that was the purpose, I think that those bodies that were buried there, were men that helped making the Stonehenge.

Music Styles

I'm coming Virginia - Frank Trumbauer And His Orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJgfGK7jTho
The style of music is slow, and soft.
There are no voices in it, but the instruments playing in it are saxophone, cornet, trombone, clarinet, guitar, piano, and drums.
I think this song sounds a little bit hard to play, especially for the saxophone
I think this kind of music is for quiet listening, to relax.
This song was recorded in New York, in May 1927.
The intentions of the music-makers are to entertain people showing off his skills especially with the solo and expressing his feelings.

The Beatles - I Should Have Known Better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhPvtDDxEV0
The style of music is slow, and soft but happy.
There are incredible voices in it, and The instruments playing in it are guitar, bass, harmonica, and drums.
I think this song sounds kind of easy to play since it has very common instruments.
I think this type of music could be for dancing since it’s a happy song.
Thissong was recorded in London, in 1964.
The intentions of the music-maker are that if you regret something you did and feel if you had given it more thought, you would not have done it, and it explains it with a situation with a girl.

Los Saicos – Demolicion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fML-0M3e6Tk
The style of music is fast and loud.
There are voices in it, and the instruments playing in it are guitar and drums.
I think this song sounds kind of hard to play because it’s rock and it’s very loud and fast.
I think this kind of music could be for a big rock concert.
This song was recorded in 1965.
The intentions of the music-makers were to show his feelings, which sound like an anarchy and I read it’s based on surf, probably because when you are surfing you are free to do what you want.

Carlos Montoya – Farruca
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv2Fyjk0GGM
The style of music I find very interesting because most of the time is fast and loud, but in some parts it gets slow and soft.
There are no voices in it, and the only instrument playing in it is the guitar.
I think this song sounds hard to play because the man makes all these fast movements with his hands that it looks that you need to have a lot of skill.
I think this type of music is for dancing, especially flamenco.
This song was recorded in 1950, probably in Spain.
The intentions of the music-maker are to show his skills through a good flamenco song, and that’s probably how he felt when he did it.

Varèse - Ionisation - Boulez, Ensemble InterContemporain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TStutMsLX2s
The style of music starts really slow and soft, but as the song goes on it gets faster and louder.
There are no voices in it, but the instruments playing in it are piano, toms, some kind of xylophone, bongos, claves, and drums.
I think this music sounds easy to play since they the instruments look kind of simple.
I think this type of music is for a big orchestra concert.
This music was recorded in 1977.
The intentions of the music-maker are probably to show his feelings through something relating to nature because to me it sounded like the woods or the jungle.