Tonality

tone, ‘- Curly heads, kinky-hairs, crew-cuts…’ emphasising the loss of identity in the “returned soldiers” with a list of vivid visual imageries. This also implies the range of age in the troops that further reinforcing the depressive melancholic tonality. Nevertheless, the use of the harsh sounds, ‘C…K…C’ illustrates the cruel slaughters and once again…

“Honeyglue”, a lugubrious romance written and directed by James Bird, got trapped in its own melodramatic tones and couldn’t free itself from that sticky viscosity. Fastidiously overstaged, the film never manages to convince and takes a steep decline after just a few minutes. In the opening sequence, we are presented with video footage. The two persons in it, Morgan (Adriana Mather) and Jordan (Zach Villa), introduce themselves, adding that what we’re seeing is a digital love letter to each…

The Impact of Body Language Leaders throughout history and daily life stand out from the crowd. Oftentimes their power and ability to sway others is falsely attributed to the words they speak or the connections they have, but an overlooked quality that natural leaders possess is confident body language that draws others in before any words are spoken. Although as an observer, one might conclude the words spoken or the clothes worn are most pertinent to the perspective one displays to others,…

Claude Debussy was born on August 22, 1862, in France. Debussy and his parents lived in a very poverty stricken suburb in Paris. By the age of nine, Claude’s gift of being a pianist began to show; and a female Russian millionaire, Nadezha Filaretovna von Meck, persuaded Debussy to play duets with her and her children. After accepting her offer, Claude Debussy began to travel with the woman all throughout Europe during the summer; time that he was not in school at the Conservatory. While in Paris…

Martin Luther had a positive impact on how people viewed the Catholic Church. Protestant Reformation was a time of change in western society. The Roman Catholic Church would see its authority raised in a way that was unknown and the world would witness the beginning of many religious conflicts and rivalries, some of which live on to this day. The roots of the movement lie in several different ideas that started to spread among the common people of Europe, starting in about 1500. People believed…

stepping outside the box and exploring the uncommon practices for his time. One of Bach’s most famous collection of works broke barriers in the music world, and it's because he had the innovation to change a long tradition. Bach broke the tradition of tonality practices and invented a new way of tuning. This is why Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier is special because it was the first collection of works to explore every key. This paper will be analysing Johann Sebastian Bach’s musical influence with…

Caravaggio and Caravaggisti in 17th-Century Europe Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was one of the most imitated artists in history. A lot of artists from around the world considered themselves to be his followers. Caravaggio never liked the imitation of his style but he was unable to stop it from happening. Artists like Baglione, Carlo Saraceni, and Guercino imitated his style for only a short period of their careers while others dedicated their lives to imitate him. The quality of his work…

It’s the time of year where holiday music becomes apart of the variety of music we, as consumers, are exposed to. Ranging from radio, Christmas carollers, malls, and coffee shops. Christmas songs originate from Christian and religious traditions celebrating the birth of Jesus and bringing feelings of rejoice to those around them. The purpose of most holiday music is to positively affect the listener at all three levels of listening. The place I decided to focus on this type of music…

and even the perspectives of the characters on the stage. The declaration of franticness and estrangement was opened up with atonal music. In spite of the fact that the music is atonal as in it doesn't take after the procedures of the real/minor tonality framework predominant in the West amid the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods, the piece is composed with different techniques for controlling pitch to coordinate the symphonious stream. The tritone B-F, for instance, speaks to Wozzeck…

Structural Listening: Discuss the sound and structure of the music. What’s unique about the composer’s choice and treatment of instrumentation, genre, structure, tonality, melody, harmony, and text? If it incorporates text, what’s unique about the text and the composer’s treatment of the text? I find the sound of both of these compositions to be very similar. Although the Overture is much more flowing than the symphony…