Paper #1 The two songs that I picked were A River Flows in You by Yiruma and Come on Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners. A River Flows in You was released in 2011 by a South Korean pianist and composer. The genre is New age, which is a soothing and relaxing. The next song Come on Eileen was released in 1982 and came from the album Too-Rye-Ay. The genre is a mixture of alternative and indie. Both A River Flows in You and Come on Eileen have identifiable elements of music that are found throughout the song with different tone colors. The song Come on Eileen has a lot of variety with the elements of music. It has a varying tempo which speeds us and slows down depending on the part of the song. For example, three minutes into the song the tempo
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The songs tone color is very bright and warm. It gives off a light and airy feel that is upbeat, which makes you want to snap along to the well defined beat. It is shown about a miniature into the song when they sing “You’re grown, so grown” (Too-Rye-Ay). That part of the song really shows the tone color and how bright and fun it is. The main singer in Come on Eileen Kevin Rowland has a higher pitched voice that is clearly shown throughout the song. I believe his voice range is between a tenor and a baritone. His higher pitched tones are shown a little more than one minute into the song when he is singing “Toora loora toora loo rye ay” (Too-Rye-Ay). Those few seconds emphasized the higher pitches of Kevin Rowlands voice. There are many instruments being played during Come on Eileen. There was a banjo that was played which played a big part in the songs distinctive sound. Another instrument used was the violin which can also be referred to as a fiddle by reference to the style they were playing. An accordion is also used in the song Come on Eileen, but they are not normally used as much in modern music. The texture of the song is polyphonic as shown from the different melodies that play throughout the song. Come on Eileen is able to show variety through its different instruments and how the beat changes frequently in the
The songs tone color is very bright and warm. It gives off a light and airy feel that is upbeat, which makes you want to snap along to the well defined beat. It is shown about a miniature into the song when they sing “You’re grown, so grown” (Too-Rye-Ay). That part of the song really shows the tone color and how bright and fun it is. The main singer in Come on Eileen Kevin Rowland has a higher pitched voice that is clearly shown throughout the song. I believe his voice range is between a tenor and a baritone. His higher pitched tones are shown a little more than one minute into the song when he is singing “Toora loora toora loo rye ay” (Too-Rye-Ay). Those few seconds emphasized the higher pitches of Kevin Rowlands voice. There are many instruments being played during Come on Eileen. There was a banjo that was played which played a big part in the songs distinctive sound. Another instrument used was the violin which can also be referred to as a fiddle by reference to the style they were playing. An accordion is also used in the song Come on Eileen, but they are not normally used as much in modern music. The texture of the song is polyphonic as shown from the different melodies that play throughout the song. Come on Eileen is able to show variety through its different instruments and how the beat changes frequently in the