Beautiful America Analysis

From my perspective, Chester by William Billings is genuinely a combination of tenor, melodic concordance and clashing dissonances with quite harmonious consonances which consist of fluent It is also made up of changeable levels of syncopation. Of all the things in this song that I found that is attractive to me first, I will strongly state that its complexity of rhythm that is sensitively mess but actually in harmony in different aspects. What’s more, complicated melodies in a wide range also make the whole piece of musical work sounds apparently vivid. To some extents, the percussions and high frequency instruments (for example, drumbeats and trombone throughout) play a significant role of decoration supporters. They created several special effects and made the music become communicative towards its audience. By the way, I am also fascinated by the general theme of the lyrics in this song. They conveys competitive spirits of American people in the past by several repetitive notes, energetic imageries and adequate aggregations To compare, the lyrics in Beautiful America seems too poetic, just because of its peaceful background; those in The Battle Hymn of Republic seems quite radical. All in all, the most compelling aspects of Chester by William Billings are character of melodies, …show more content…
By this way, the music itself can affect the purpose, event or activity it linked to. Take pieces of music from 19-th century musical groups as an example again. Because of its exotic specialties, it usually can be used in rugby competitions, baseball games or important festivals such as celebration for Independence Day or Patriots’ Day. That will bring its audience’s mind back to their homeland hundred years ago and consequently affect the ambience of its related activities listed