Using what you have learned in this course, you are now going to out a student named rafael. rafael has problems in four areas: physical: he’s gained 40 pounds over the last year. emotional: his girlfriend broke up with him and he misses her. intellectual: he wants to get a’s and b’s, but is getting d’s. social: his girlfriend was his only friend, and he is lonely now. what super ell techniques can rafael use to improve his life? do you think his four problems are connected? write three sentences giving your advice for rafael.

answer: musical connotation

leonard b. meyer (1918-2007) was an american composer, author and philosopher. his work emotion and meaning in music is perhaps the first major treatise on music. it is a philosophical and psychological work, greatly influenced by koffka (one of the major proponents of gestalt psychology). his work deals with the problem of musical meaning and musical communication.

the factors that the economies of the muslim empires prosper were:

1- land trade routes-located between three continents  

2- sea trade routes

trade contributed to the spread of muslim empires, and with that islamic culture led to a growing feeling of internationalism resulted in the transfer of technology, science, and other cultural forms.