Chord

At the end of Theme 1, the closing gesture of the transition is played by the violin and piano with syncopated chords. Next we hear Theme 2. It starts off with a soft melody on the piano with strong accents on the weak parts of beats. Then it reaches a climax with strong syncopation, which then comes to a full cadence. At the cadence, the closing gesture from…

flavor. In the orchestral introduction of song no. 2 mm. 1-18, the music sounds as if in an F# minor key, but the E major chords in mm. 16-18 that proceeds to the A major chord in m. 19 provide a certainty that the music really is in the key of A major (fig. 15), with the submediant chord at the beginning of the song gives the song a minor flavor. Fig. 15: The dominant chord in mm. 16-18 in song no. 2. Alfred J. Swan writes that the rhythm in Russian folksong is not rigid because a singer…

his lieder inspired by Klaus Groth’s “Es hing der Reif”, Brahms highlights both the dreamy and nightmarish aspects of fixating on love by floating in-between the relative keys of A minor and C major, introducing foreign “problematic” harmonies and chord members, and implying a strong sense of irony when concluding lines and stanzas. By never truly establishing a key until the very last lyrical statement, Brahms keeps the piece suspended in a dreamy uncertainty. This is evident even as early as…

very solid structure that was an important part of the classical period. Haydn was definitely an innovator, as he employs multiple music topoi and unusual chords and modulations along with his highly repetitive melodic lines in the first movement of this sonata in F major. Considering both the compliance to sonata form and the rebellious chords and modulations, this sonata is one of Haydn’s “baby-stage” composition in which he explores different textures as freely as he could, but never exceeds…

People will generally say that major chords sound “happy,” while minor chords sound “sad.” A slight amendment of the notes can adjust the mood, so one can imagine how rich one’s musical vocabulary can be. Let’s say we take that ‘happy’ major chord and turn it into a major 7, the addition of the 7th note makes the chord sound more open and reflective. That ‘happy’ feeling is still there, but since the comprising notes are amended…

was happening in the video and what instrumentation would best fit the mood. I started by writing the lyrics with the motion of the video in mind. A few days later I came back to the lyrics and created a guitar part in the key of E using mostly open chords to give a clean and spacious sound. The music video is fun and focuses on a character and her interaction with nature. I chose to write in an Indie folk-style together with vibrant and descriptive lyrics to show the intentions of the video.…

what a chord was and how to use it. This little bit of knowledge opened up even more opportunities in music as I was now able to construct songs by simply knowing the chords! Knowing chords and their structures also helped me with band as I began to learn the theory behind it all. Transposing became easier, pitches got easier as I learned the difference between the sound of a fourth and the sound of a fifth. As I got even older, I began experimenting with different forms of glissandos and chord…

Beginning in the early 20 th century Jazz is believed to have originated in the Southern United States within the African American communities of New Orleans. Although the definition and exact origins of jazz are widely debated, there is no question that the genre of music we know now as Jazz was strongly influenced by two specific genres known as the Blues and Ragtime. Before formally taking on the name blues, the blues originated within the slave communities of the south as spritual songs and…

recording. A reminder that the performer had the discretion to omit dances if he or she so desired. This first courante features some interesting chromaticism, including an unexpectedly dissonant chord in the next-to-last measure of each section: a dominant seventh chord in the right hand over the third of the chord to which it will resolve in the bass.…

prominently featured throughout the song is the synth pattern, or ostinato that is repeated through a large majority of the song. It is a simple four note synth rhythm, but it is remains present while the chords change, and the ostinato does not interfere with the changing chords, but allows and encourages the chord changes. The ostinato is also present during the saxophone solo at the end of the song.…