Polyphony

makes the cover song more direct. The removal of the synthesizer also makes the Foo Fighters version of the song a homophony while Pink Floyd’s version was a polyphony. Changing the texture of the song simplifies the original version. This simplification gives Foo Fighters more liberty to change other parts of the song. Additionally, a polyphony has many different elements and it is difficult to add complimentary elements to the pre-existing ones subsequently restricting the changes Foo Fighters…

At eight in the evening on Friday, November 4th, a band called The Neighbourhood performed at the Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas. Opening for them were the bands Manchester Orchestra and Chappo. Being a major longtime fan of both The Neighbourhood and Manchester Orchestra, I felt incredibly lucky to have family living near Dallas who were willing to provide a place to stay for myself and my husband to attend the concert and see a new city. The entire performance was impressive, extremely hyped,…

In history, in 325 C.E. Constantine declared Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire and spurred the development of European music, and 850 C.E. music moved from monophony to polyphony (infoplease.com). Significant strides in modern music were sparked during the renaissance era when polyphony sounds changed to harmonious sounds. Consequently, secular music became popular. Around 1600, the first Italian opera, Euridice, was performed (infoplease.com). Baroque music…

by the increasing significance of the drums, who moved the orchestra along in a clear duple meter. Their presence became less important after a ritardando, which brought back the light melody to the woodwinds. Throughout this movement, imitative polyphony was the predominant texture as the melody created in the woodwinds was echoed by various other instruments. This portion was characterized by its dark and somber tone. The absence of the drums heard earlier left a weak beat and a suppressed…

The genius of the ingenious New York city-based jazz trio The Bad Plus can be heard again on their twelfth studio album entitled “It’s Hard”, a collection of covers that originally inhabited the pop, rock, country, jazz, and electronic music universes. Its concept contrasts with the last year’s mandatory album, “The Bad Plus Joshua Redman”, whose tracks were composed by the members of the quartet. The album opens with “Maps”, an original song by the American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs,…

Music has a long history of many positive proprieties such as but not limited to the reliving of stress, the gathering people or at times a sense of healing. The music of today may seem just as simple as the listener wants it to become yet with a simple beat, music takes on a life of itself. With the simplicity of life relating lyrics for a new upcoming artist or a musical veteran music is able to calm the insider most parts of a person even when we are partial listening. Yet it cannot be…

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There is no better association of the events that take place in Absalom than what happens on the stage of a theatre. Faulkner compares the collapse of the American South to a theatre of violence, injustice, bloodshed “and all the satanic lusts of human greed and cruelty” (207). Sutpen’s legend can be performed on stage and the main actor is the white race which tries to dominate, seal, and subtle the voice of the black race. Joseph W. Reed argues that Thomas Sutpen’s dramatic downfall reaches…

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second movement”, the theme melody rises to a higher scale from (05:15), which is in direct contrast to “Surprise”. Here, the voice of the melodic theme drops to a very low scale at (02:21). Due to the presence of multiple instruments, homophony and polyphony are present in both musical pieces. “String Quartet in C Major, op. 76, no. 3, second movement” changes from homophonic voices to polyphonic voices at (02:27), where each voice has distinctive contour. A very short and clear example of…