Accompaniment

Jeanie with the light brown hair (published in 1854) by Stephen Foster is performed by a tenor with piano accompaniment. The piano introduces the work with a short prelude starting on a high note then descending in conjunct intervals, briefly ascends from a low note to a note close to F. The piano then varies the prior phrase by descending from a high note with eighth notes then sustaining a note close to A. Following the prelude, the tenor begins the first section on with “I” on the high note…

Music has become so modernized with the use of great technology over the years. The simple yet complex sounds of the human voice which in times past was the only “instrument” available or allowed is now making a strong comeback due to a cappella’s pureness compared to the advanced technology we so eagerly embraced in the past. Musicians have even modernized a cappella today by using their voices to create wonderful rhythms and vocal percussions. As Deke Sharon told Here & Now’s Robin Young,…

instruments slowly modulate from the previous C minor to E major using chromatic notes. Fig.16 Exposition (A): In preparation for the first theme to appear, the piano joins at Bar 5 after the modulation with simple triplet arpeggios in glissando as an accompaniment of the theme. The first part of the theme in the second movement is firstly introduced by the flute expressively at Score Fig. 17 shown in Fig.17. It then passed to clarinet for the second part of the theme at Bar 4 of Score Fig.…

In contemporary music, composers will use bridges to change the tone of a song; they will include a small section that stands out from the rest of the piece so it can bring a smooth transition to the rest of the song. Similarly, Claudio Monteverdi became that bridge between the Renaissance (1300-1600) and the coming Baroque Period (1600-1750). The world was so focused on humanism and darkness throughout the Renaissance, but Monteverdi was born on the edge of darkness, baptized in 1567, and used…

Monroe and his orchestra, and later interpreted by The Chordettes. This song is an example of a strophic song, as it has a limited number of melodies that are repeated throughout the song. It is sung by a a female quartet with a secondary accompaniment. The accompaniment consists of clapping, a drum set (membranophone), a bass (membranophone), something that sounds like a synthesizer (electronophone). The singers are singing in parallel harmony throughout the song, making this a polyphonic…

It has been hailed as the best film of 2016. La La Land is a mix of music, dreams and jarring reality. Director Damien Chazelle intertwined the essence of Hollywood and an enthralling love story into one epic tale. The scenes I am analysing are Someone in the crowd, Mia is late or her date and Mia’s big audition Chazelle makes the most of basic camera movement such as tracking and panning shots. The best example of tracking shots is in Someone in the crowd scene. We track the dancing and…

French publisher and pianist, Camille Pleyel. Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 starts with an expressive melody without any accompaniment. Later, the opening theme enters with fiorituri, an embellishment in a melody which sounds like vocal improvisations. The right hand imitates an operatic voice while the left hand plays the role of an instrumental accompaniment with broken chords. This overall sad piece ends with an unexpected B-flat major chord in Picardy third that perhaps hint a…

In his emotive lieder In der Frühe, Hugo Wolf utilizes key center discrepancies between piano accompaniment and the vocal line, lack of clear cadential motion, and quick-tempered movements through various tonal centers for the purpose of demonstrating the emotional complexity of a lost man struggling to find purposefulness in his daily life. Throughout his lieder, Wolf declares a key clearly with the left hand of the piano outlining the tonic triad; however, as soon as the vocal line enters,…

which the trumpets respond to the melodic motifs in the strings. This relative complexity in the instrumentation allows for greater expression and tonal character within that particular section. As the work draws to a close, timpani are used in accompaniment to the homophonic melody which helps to produce a clear and distinct ending. Through this inclusion into his writing, Lully helped establish the timpani as a legitimate instrument and proved that it could be used within the setting of a…

There were many different style characteristics that contributed to music in the Baroque era. In the Early Baroque period, rhythm became a more defined beat as compared to how subtle and “floaty” Renaissance music was. Composers emphasized meter and used bar lines for the first time. These strong rhythmic beats were clearly emphasized. The textures in Early Baroque music were both homophonic and polyphonic, but they were enriched by something called “basso continuo”. In “basso continuo”, the…