Analysis of Musical Piece
I decided to use this piece for my appraisal for a number of reasons.
This piece was released in 2004 by a band called Keane; it was the
first single by this band, and the single that made them famous. This
song is typical for Keane. It has block chords to create a pulsing
beat. This seems to be a trademark for Keane’s music.
The pianist uses mainly block chords, to create the feeling that the
song is pulsing, and I decided I could do this easily with my left
hand, so my right hand could be free to play the melody line. This was
difficult at first, as the block chords are very spaced out, and
repetitive. I had not played anything like this with my left hand
before.
I also felt I could put feeling into this, improvising; adding
crescendo’s and diminuendo’s to create feeling in the piece. In the
chorus of the recorded version, mood is created with the addition of
the bass guitar and drums, I tried to compensate by making certain
parts of the piece Forte, to show that the piece had turned angrier.
There is a fairly difficult section in this piece, after the chorus,
it is a quick chord sequence. The actual chords are quite close, and
don’t take a lot of effort stretching, although the different chords
are only semitones apart, so it is very fiddly trying to get all the
notes correct. This sounds impressive on the recorded version, and
allows the listener to prepare for the next verse
If I were to re-record this piece, I would try to find a way of
incorporating the bass line with block chords of the left hand, to
give a fuller sound. All in all I am happy with my performance.
Section 2
The 3 pieces I chose to analyse were – Can’t Stop Now, Imagine, and
Somewhere Only We Know. Cant Stop Now and Somewhere Only We Know were
released on the album ‘Hopes And Fears’ in 2004 by Keane, although
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