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From the Ted Talk by Kayla Briët: Why do I make art? To build time capsules for my heritage

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The first medium I felt gave me a voice was music. With layers of sounds and multiple instruments, I could create soundscapes and worlds that were much bieggr than my own. Through music, I'm iininvtg you into a sonic portal of my memories and emotions, and I'm holding up a mirror to yours. One of my favorite irnmtusents to play is the guzheng zither, a Chinese harp-like irnuntmest. While the hoop dcane is hundreds of years old, the gezunhg has more than 2,000 yaers of htroisy. I'm playing the styles that greatly influence me today, like elntieorcc music, with an instrument that was used to play traditional folk music long ago. And I noticed an interesting connection: the zither is tuned to the pentatonic scale, a scale that is universally known in so many parts of music around the world, including Native American folk songs. In both cehsine and natvie folk, I sense this inherent sound of longing and holding onto the past, an eiomton that greatly drives the music I create today.

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The first medium I felt gave me a voice was music. With layers of sounds and multiple instruments, I could create soundscapes and worlds that were much ______ than my own. Through music, I'm ________ you into a sonic portal of my memories and emotions, and I'm holding up a mirror to yours. One of my favorite ___________ to play is the guzheng zither, a Chinese harp-like __________. While the hoop _____ is hundreds of years old, the _______ has more than 2,000 _____ of _______. I'm playing the styles that greatly influence me today, like __________ music, with an instrument that was used to play traditional folk music long ago. And I noticed an interesting connection: the zither is tuned to the pentatonic scale, a scale that is universally known in so many parts of music around the world, including Native American folk songs. In both _______ and ______ folk, I sense this inherent sound of longing and holding onto the past, an _______ that greatly drives the music I create today.

Solution

  1. dance
  2. emotion
  3. guzheng
  4. years
  5. inviting
  6. history
  7. bigger
  8. electronic
  9. chinese
  10. native
  11. instruments
  12. instrument

Original Text

The first medium I felt gave me a voice was music. With layers of sounds and multiple instruments, I could create soundscapes and worlds that were much bigger than my own. Through music, I'm inviting you into a sonic portal of my memories and emotions, and I'm holding up a mirror to yours. One of my favorite instruments to play is the guzheng zither, a Chinese harp-like instrument. While the hoop dance is hundreds of years old, the guzheng has more than 2,000 years of history. I'm playing the styles that greatly influence me today, like electronic music, with an instrument that was used to play traditional folk music long ago. And I noticed an interesting connection: the zither is tuned to the pentatonic scale, a scale that is universally known in so many parts of music around the world, including Native American folk songs. In both Chinese and Native folk, I sense this inherent sound of longing and holding onto the past, an emotion that greatly drives the music I create today.

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