Form gives organization to sounds. It refers to the overall structure or plan of a piece of music. It is with the patterns, motifs, and cadences contained within form that help make music enjoyable to listen to. In Roger Scruton’s “Aesthetics of Music” Scruton states in Ch. 10 that form relies on two concepts, deep structure or linear and hierarchal order. Deep structure is the concept that most organized sounds have an underlying form. Deep Structure exists within language particularly in the study
The piece of music I decided to analyze is by Britney Spears and called” Ooops! I did it again”. The genre of this piece of music is considered pop culture. This music is completely different to anything we have listened to in class. Vocal music allows listeners to be able to connect with the melodies of the music and allow the lyrics to flow smoothly. The melody of this song is repetitive throughout and the melody follows with the beats. The lyrics are also repetitive and allows listeners to be
factors is music. Most movies contain music in some form or another, whether it be an original score in the background, or a song with vocals, or both. Skyfall contains a musical score but uses a song with vocals only during the opening credits. Music in films in general can be used for symbolism within the movie. For instance, a slow song that creates a melancholy feeling could be played when a main character in the film loses a family member, or close friend, to create a solemn atmosphere. Music can
The Productive Side of Music Do you ever find yourself losing interest or are distracted by people or sounds around you while working on homework, studying, at work, etc.? Listening to music is a productive activity that can enhance your concentration to complete certain tasks. Listening to music while studying helps block out people as well as other noises that could cause you any sort or distraction. While at work music helps you not get bored while working on task that needs to be completed
have been studying classical vocal repertoire for five years. My interest in music began when I began taking harp lessons at age 6. As I grew up, I surrounded myself with music, singing songs with my family, performing new pieces I had taught myself. In 5th grade, I began voice lessons, and intensely participated in my middle school choir the year after. Since then, I have honed my craft as a musician and performer. Music intrigued me because of its possibilities, the wide variety of styles, the different
In this concert, the audience got to see some of Jim Morrison's antics. In the song, “When the Musics Over,” you can see this . The song, “When the Musics Over,” is a serious song that has a very still moving ending where all the instruments get quiet except the keyboard. Which is playing the same low sounding pattern over and over again. This is right before Jim Morrison screams
percussion introduced new experimental ideas for percussion ensemble. In 1969, Xenakis composed Persephassa, meaning “the personification of telluric forces and of transmutations of life” (Brown, 17). This composition was an experiment in spatial music, calling for the musicians to surrounded the audience (seen in Figure 1 below). Xenakis thought focused on the treatment of space as a musical parameter, finding that a large array of percussion instruments surrounding the audience would create a unique
A music genre is a category of pieces of music that share a certain style or “basic musical language” (van der Merwe 1989, p.3). The two articles that I will be comparing are “Genres, Subgenres, Sub-Subgenres and More” by Kembrew McLeod (2001) and “On the Value of Popular Music” by S. Firth (1996). Categorizing music is especially challenging when it comes to fitting it into sub genres. As we move through the ages, and technology and communication becomes more complex, newer and unique genres are
staccatos of the brass section, accompanied by the rest of the orchestra, which immediately produced a rather pompous and festive effect on the audience. As the piece progressed, the music took a softer approach with the help of a glockenspiel and a marching-style snare. Gradually the instruments started to crawl back into the music. At first it was the brass section, which came forward with a call and response pattern. The arrival of the elegant wind section symbolized a transition moment in the piece, creating
“The Hebrides”: an excellent example of music from the Romantic Period Music during the Romantic Period was inspired by romantic love, the supernatural and even the dark themes such as death (Estrella). The music focused on emotion. Many people wondered why the music during this time was called romantic because it was often dark and mysterious. The composers during this time felt like they had to be different than all of the other composers. Dynamics, pitch and tempo had wider ranges and
Music and rhetoric are very closely intertwined. It can be said that a majority of all pieces of text have some musical influence or have later on been set to music. By looking at the way music can communicate different messages we can learn a lot about our own society and culture.Music has often been referred to as a universal language. This is certainly true and it can convey messages in ways nothing else can. As universal as organized pitch and rhythm might be, and as common as some musical intervals
the freedom of movement to music which ultimately leads to freedom of emotion, allowing an individual to express themselves in their own unique way by moving to a certain piece of music or songs and melodies that are multi-dimensional. It serves as a powerful form of communication and gives choreographers the opportunity to drive the creative process by experiencing and developing movement and sequences to famously composed musical pieces. Therefore, this explains why music and dance often go hand in
PIANO MUSIC IN THE ROMANTIC ERA This piano piece is from the romantic era, demonstrating breathtakingly lyrical and expressive melody, chromatic harmony, and use of dissonance to convey emotion (Wright 232-233). The dark beauty, haunting quality, melodic structure, and lyrical nature reminded me of Frederic Chopin, the master of the nocturne (Wright 232, 270). After comparing it to several pieces by the composer, I determined that it was Nocturne in C Sharp Minor (Op 27 No 1)1. As with other romantic
times, with the line "a man ain't nothin' but a man". That line is essential saying that John Henry is a true man and drastic variations from his characteristics is not seen as a true man. This could reflect on the overall theme of cause and effect in music and in this case, is the lives of black labors being restraint as slaves which effected the songs to be restrained on its creativity. The only thing that these individuals can grasp their identity over is their biological components and gender normative
and no newly established rules. Fusion is a combination between jazz and rock, in other words, fusion exhibits extreme electronic use, effects, and synthesizers, in addition to jazz elements. Bebop transformed jazz from fashionable dance music to creative art music. In the early 1940s, bebop seemed to have emerged all of a sudden, but it had
Analysis of Music Video Aphex Twin – Come to Daddy This Aphex Twin video is certainly one of the most dissimilar music videos that I have studied. It intertwines elements of different genres, to create a video so different to reality; it shocked the nation when released. The director, Chris Cunningham, wanted to make an impact with this video which he did with great style and distinction. Story/Narrative The video starts with quite a gentle and sombre feel to it, where you see an
Baroque music- Bach The style of cool Jazz and typical Baroque music have many similar musical traits. The two songs that are going to be looked at here are “So What” by Miles Davis and Bach’s “Brandenburg concerto No. 5.” Some of the musical traits include similar music notation and homophonically harmonized melodies. The musical notation is similar in both styles in that it is a necessary part of the form and it conveys the performance practices of each style. Typical of Baroque music a system
Ya Got Trouble The play I went to see was The Music Man performed by the Mesa Encore Theatre at the Mesa Community College. I saw this performance on November 20th. The main performers in this play were Zac Bushman as Harold Hill and Lauren Koeritzer as Marian Paroo. Alongside them, a mix of both adults and children as young as 8 acted in this production. The cast and crew used appropriate clothing to match the time and place. Lights were utilized scarcely, with not much more than spotlights or
How is rhythm used in the control of tension and repose? I-Introduction Music has Expectations and surprise - tension and repose –Who controls it? First in order to find what controls- what is tension and repose? Tension in music is the part where the simplicity of music goes past our comfort zone. Past our regular expectations and into surprises-creative, varied and complex yet simple sounding parts of music. Repose is the opposite and neutralizes the tension- where the composer places certain
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, (1756-1791), was a creative composer of the Classical era. Wolfgang Mozart’s piano sonatas present a particularly neat picture. During the Classical Era, the type of piano which was the fortepiano was extremely different than today’s modern piano. That being said, the use of dynamics was crucial and affective in the classical period. I noticed that each of his sonatas has its own character, story line, dialogue, and meaning. In Mozart’s piano sonata in B flat major, K. 281-