The Caribbean Form

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The form of "Pirates of The Caribbean" by ABCB'C'. The powerful "pow!" that a person can feel from the music comes from listening to several instruments playing at the same time. The song sounds almost adventurous, and it contains a theme of voyaging and venture. Measure one starts section A. Section A is called "Fog Bound". The song begins with triple meter in a series of D's. Measure one through four is the intro to Section A. This adds a sense of establishment to the piece. Measure five has a rhythmic motif from the cellos of eighth notes and rests. In measure fifteen the cellos leave the melody at the hands of the violins, and "melt" away. One thing that could be pointed out is that the notes do not always follow the scale tone it's in. …show more content…

Measure twenty-seven adds suspense to the piece because of the silence from most of the orchestra. In measure twenty-nine there an ostinato, taken over by cello and bass in measure thirty-one. The intro to section B lasts until measure thirty-four. Measure thirty-four has a rhythmic motif made up of a dotted quarter note followed by a eighth note. This motif is seen in measure thirty, forty,and fourty-three. There is a descending and ascending scale by step in measure thirty-five, and thirty-six . When the listener hears this, they feel the deep connection from each of the instruments. Starting at measure forty, there is a step wise (up or down by one note) scale. In measure fifty-two the rhythmic motif comes back, and it continues on until the second theme of section B, which is measure sixty. Beginning in measure sixty is the New Motif - an Eighth note , sixteenth rest, and a sixteenth note. It sounds pirate-like because of the "fight" between the cellos and other instruments which adds this effect. At measure sixty-seven there is a change to a tempo four-four. At measure sixty-eight, the main theme of B comes back, and the cellos have the

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