Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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THE UNES 1931 PUBLISHED BY HAMMOND HIGH SCHOOL 1 HAMMOND INDIANA U'SlCAL notation was orig- inally a prefixed letter on a four-line staff, indicating pitch. Graphic signs were placed there- on to illustrate trend of melody. These signs gradually changed to square flags and thence to our present form notes. At present men are working on systems of quarter and third tone music which may be that of the future.

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llll lll III t HE production of sound, though originally by the human voice, was first artificially created by horns, derived from animals and later made of metal. About this time hollow reeds, producing tones, were joined in groups giving dit- ferent pitches. These, told ot in mythology, The Pipes of Pan, caused the out- growth ot the organ. QA Acknowledgments Bodie's Studio Pontiac Engraving W. B. Conkey Company Donors Eunice McCullough Faculty Advisor 1 f X ,i If l

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llll lll III LTI-IOUC-H nearly oblivi- ated, the only type of stringed instrument used during the dark ages was the lute, played by travel- ing minstrels. About the fifteenth century our pres- ent forms were conceived, but were not definitely established until the eight- eenth century. Foreword QW music, of all the arts, we find the greatest mode of expression of man. From the wild, ecstatic beat of jungle tom- toms, to the brilliant flare of modern jazz, the very heartbeat of mankind pulses throughout the centuries. joy, pathos, fierce exuberance-all of the passions and emotions find expression and life in music. lt is the transition of music from the primitive to the modern which forms the background of The Dunes. 1