Music with us - from the earliest times! But the familiar notes appeared not so long ago. Where did they come from? Musicians have tried all sorts of ways to memorize melodies. For example, they learned by heart and repeated from memory. And they also wrote down with the help of signs, hooks, letters of the Greek or Latin alphabet - who in what way. Neumas were also popular - signs that indicated the pitch and rhythm, but helped the singers only if they already knew the song. In the eleventh century, the Italian Guido d'Arezzo single-handedly solved the problem of musical literacy! He served in the temple and taught choir singers. There were many psalms, but t...

The thought of the upcoming classes causes anguish and there is absolutely no strength to learn? Perhaps you need additional motivation to make classes fun. It will not be possible to influence teachers and schools, so you have to solve this problem yourself! Boredom is a lack of interest. Remember what you like doing in your free time. Add these things to your life - for example, find time after class or during breaks. This will help to get out of gloom. Identify important for yourself subjects that are needed for entering a university or cause you maximum interest - and study them more deeply. Watch movies related to them, read additional literature, go to museums. G...

Once Jane decided to write a detective story. She pulled out her favorite typewriter and set it on the table. Of course, Jane had a computer, but she loved to write stories behind an old typewriter. And here her fingers pounded on the keys ... “Mr. Brown was in his office. He was no longer young and recently felt unwell. Brown took a blank sheet and wrote: "Testament." At that time there was a knock on the door, and a maid entered the office ... " "Dzzzz!" - the bell rang. Jane jumped up in her chair from surprise. She went to the door, opened and blurred in a smile. On the threshold stood a neighbor with the cutest kitten in her hands. She had...

The red wolf looks like a big red mongrel with round ears, fluffy wool and a long luxurious tail. Red wolves are adroit and tireless hunters. They run very fast, jump high and far. Hold in a flock: wolf, she-wolf and their children of different ages. Shelters of rocks or caves serve as shelters for red predators. Burrows red wolves do not dig. However, they do not need burrows, because they are nomads: they appear first in one, then in another place, and then disappear for a long time. The red wolf is a rather large beast, it weighs about 20 kilograms. During their wanderings, red wolves can gather in large flocks. Remember the "red dogs" in Kipling's famous tale "Mow...

Once, a merchant stopped at a tavern overnight. Mistress of the tavern was greedy and envious. She saw a big bale behind the merchant's back - and thinks: “It would be nice if he forgot it from us, we would profit.” She consulted with her husband. And he in greed did not concede to his wife: - Feed him henbane. From her, people immediately become forgetful. The mistress ran in the field, narwhal henbane. She mixed this potion in all dishes and fed the guest. The merchant immediately became stupefied and went to bed, and in the morning he hastily got up and left. The hostess immediately rushed into his room and, anticipating the find, began to examine her. But there...