독해와 작문 천재 안병규 3과 본문 Rap Moves Us

고등영어 독해와 작문 천재 안병규 3과 본문 음원

내신대비 문장별 분할 음원자료입니다. 텍스트 파일은 글 하단에서 다운받으실 수 있습니다. 

 

반응형

Unit 3 Music

RAP MOVES US

Mom is scolding me again for playing computer games too much. 

 

“You have to STUDY, NOT play GAMES; you have to STUDY, NOT play GAMES.” 

 

After a while, I stop listening to the words and tune into the rhythm of her voice. 

 

I imagine Mom as a rapper up on a stage, and I try to find something interesting in her rhythm. 

 

However, all I hear is the same boring rhythm: STUDY-NOT-GAMES. 

 

Maybe that is the whole point—to drum the message into my brain. 

 

The thought makes me smile. Suddenly, Mom grabs my arm, and I come back to reality. 

 

“Are you even listening to me?” she demands loudly. 

 

In contrast, my answer sounds like a whisper: “Yes, Mom, I promise. Study, not games.”

 

 

 

 

 

Mom the rapper is an interesting idea. 

 

However, she would not make it as an actual rapper. 

 

Rap music is much more complex than just thump, thump, thump in a simple, boring pattern. 

 

In rap music, it is a creative combination of exciting rhythms and powerful words that grabs the listener’s attention.

 

Rhythm is a regular, repeated pattern of sounds. 

 

As music moves forward in time, your brain listens to the length of individual sounds and groups them together into bunches that let you perceive a pattern. 

 

This pattern could be the irresistible rhythm of a rap song. 

 

Or it could be the beginning of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony: “Bum, bum, bum, bummm. Bum, bum, bum, bummm.” 

 

A good rapper creates rhythms that are clearly distinct from those of other genres of music and exciting enough to make you move.

 

One way to create rap’s rhythm is by sampling, which is taking a little bit of music from another source. 

 

The artist samples a piece of another song of his or her own composition, someone else’s popular song, or even a classical work. 

 

 

He or she repeats it again and again, creating a loop. 

 

The new lyrics are then performed over that background. 

 

One of rap’s best known artists, Nas, shows an excellent example of this. 

 

In his famous song, “I Can,” he samples a classical composition, “Für Elise” by Beethoven.

 

It takes a lot of practice to rap well because exciting rhythms should be creatively and effectively combined with strong language. 

 

Rappers tell a story in their lyrics using language rhythmically. 

 

That is, they rely on intricately constructed rhymes and say powerful words with exciting rhythms. 

 

This way of delivery sets rap apart from talking. 

 

In rap, you are not just talking. You are expressing yourself poetically with animating rhythms in the background. 

 

An effective rap artist often plays with and changes the way words and phrases are normally said in order to make them fit the flow of the music. 

 

 

For instance, the word "California" could be pronounced "Californ-eye-ay." 

 

This is an unexpected change and, if it suits the situation, a delightful one.

 

A rap song, like those of other genres, is based on a beat, the basic unit of time in music. 

 

A rap artist usually plays cycles of "ONE, two, three, four" which make it possible for you to tap your foot or clap in time with the song. 

 

Rap and other popular music forms often spell out the beats explicitly with drums. 

 

Whether rappers simply recite lyrics or create them spontaneously, they have to keep up with the beats.

 

Finally, for music to move, it is important to observe a tempo. 

 

If rap is delivered very slowly, it can sound like a funeral march. 

 

In contrast, if it goes too fast, the listener cannot catch the different words. 

 

One of the rap artist’'s tasks is to choose a tempo that moves the music forward in an exciting way, not too fast and not too slowly.

 

Enjoying music is not about analyzing these details, however. 

 

If someone asks, "Why do you like rap?" a likely answer would be, "Because it’'s cool." 

 

Rap is enjoyable because it delights the listener with a creative mix of musical elements that satisfies and sometimes goes against his or her expectations. 

 

A good rapper might stop in the middle of a line, pause, and deliver the words in an unexpected way, creating a fresh, new feeling. 

 

Rap may be based on an ancient tradition of rhyming and rhythm, but it succeeds because it is COOL.

 

 

 

고등영어 독해와 작문 천재 안병규 3과 본문 Rap Moves Us 다운받기

3과 본문 Rap Moves Us.pdf

0.06MB

고1 금성 최인철 3과 본문 Our Digital Family Album

고1 금성 최인철 3과 본문 Our Digital Family Album

영어1 YBM 한상호 3과 본문 Kim Whanki, Painter of Korean Beauty

영어1 YBM 한상호 3과 본문 Kim Whanki, Painter of Korean Beauty

영어1 YBM 박준언 3과 본문 The High School Debate Show 읽기 연습

영어1 YBM 박준언 3과 본문 The High School Debate Show 읽기 연습