Accompaniment

the church and the new humanistic ideas, musical activity gradually shifted from the church to the court. Musically, the Renaissance period is sometimes called the golden age of a capella choral music, because the music did not need instrumental accompaniment. The capella refers to unaccompanied choral music. The texture of the Renaissance music is chiefly polyphonic. Renaissance composers often used word painting, a musical representation of specific poetic images. Certain elements made…

experimentation over the past few years (using narration and orchestra accompaniment for silent films). According to the Vertov’s notes, the movie was supposed to be followed by a small orchestra. The notes were specific and extensive, and they were used as an inspiration for composers to create the sound score that would suit the producer’s imagination. In its original run, Man with the Moving Camera was presented with the live musical accompaniment. In the video era, several different scores…

singing in a song made this a unique concert. The singer, bass player, drummer, and electric guitarist were standing in the standard rock and roll stage setup with the singer in the middle, the accompaniment next to her, and the drums behind her. The audience’s added…

The piece I selected was “Tout est Perplexe,” from the soundtrack of the Japanese animated film, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo. I selected this piece because it shows a dynamic internal contrast between a mild, lingering sadness and overwhelming depression. The piece starts of softly, with a single instrument playing most of the melody. Moreover, the melody itself is in the minor key, giving the music a sad quality, and it moves upwards in scale in a conjunct manner, so the music does not…

of the experiment. For every time they participated in the experiment, each couple was instructed to either complete questionnaires through e-mail or participate in 3-hour lab sessions with the accompaniment of questionnaires and interaction tasks. Each couple did the 3-hour lab with the accompaniment of questionnaires and interaction tasks twice (first and third meetings) and completed and submitted questionnaires through e-mail six times (second, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth…

and Cathy are but the underlying dread of what comes ruins this. The register of pitch in Cathy’s voice is high and Jamie’s register is low, giving vary degrees of frequency that come together to produce a beautiful melody. The main instrumental accompaniment is a piano. This does not possess a catchy melody, but one that has a jagged contour and great complexity, skipping up and down the piano. The voices of the characters, likewise, are required to produce many different tones in order to give…

Originally released in Australia, in 2004, as a single, “I Don’t Want to Be,” did not make its actual debut into the United States until 2005. The artist, Gavin DeGraw, explains to listeners that he only wants to be himself and being someone else does not give him a peace of mind. The pop rock song became a sensational hit when the single was introduced as the theme song for “One Tree Hill.” Since the single has gone platinum and been on dozens of billboards in different countries, including the…

Berloiz creates a musical atmosphere in his Symphonie Fantastique through the use of musical elements rather than melody. The atmosphere that Berloiz creates in the beginning of his Symphonie Fantastique is one that is very erie. When listening to it, one might expect a villain to suddenly enter the room or some sort of trickery to be taking place. The way Berloiz creates this atmosphere is through the use of staccato notes out of the tonic. In the first 20 seconds, the piece starts off with…

analysis I will be talking about a piece called A Violent Encounter composed by Kow Otani. This piece of music is actually apart of the official soundtrack for a game called Shadow of the Colossus. This is an orchestral piece with some vocal accompaniment in the form of a choir. I chose this piece not only because I like it so much, but also because I believe it is such a great example of how such amazing music can be apart of a great interactive experience. As well not only being apart of but…

Background Info on Gagaku Gagaku is a fusion of music and dance. Instrumentalist passed down their roles from generation to generation and performed for the imperial families. Although we are not entirely sure when it began, we know it was formally organized around the Tenth Century. Gagaku has three forms songs along with chanted poetry or Kayō, instrumental or Kangen, and dances along with music or Bugaku. Today we will be exploring Kangen. The music is mainly monophonic with moments of…