Guitar

It reeked of old guitars, Adam loved the smell, he often found himself lost in the dents and scratches that gave the guitar its personality. The dark oak color was intoxicating to his eyes. He breathed in the smell once more and began to play. It was a classic eagles song “Hotel California”, he accented every sound the guitar produced, he felt nothing but bliss. It was him and his music, it flooded the room and kissed every…

Mariachi music is the epitome of Mexico. It embodies what Mexico is and its culture. What started as something so simple, and only to be enjoyed by the wealthy, became the voice of the working class. The genre of music was meant to unify the country during a time of war and political turmoil. There were many artists who made huge contributions to mariachi music and essentially made it the pride of Mexico. What started as so humble became something so spectacular. Mariachi music is the most…

ponteado style. The piece is also an allusion to his childhood memories attending guitar concerts with his father, who was an amateur guitar player. Nobre varies the main theme, indicating the improvisation of the melody, presenting complex rhythmic passages before ending the piece with a lot of energy.” Similar to Ponteio in Nobre’s Toccatina, Ponteio e Final Op. 12, Ponteado can be also described as a genre of improvised guitar music that originated in Northeast…

bed, and felt sand beneath my feet. Salt hung in the air, and somehow I knew without a doubt I was on an island. I could hear someone playing an acoustic guitar and singing. As I got closer, I realized the song was Life’s Been Good to Me. Three guys sat cross-legged around a large campfire. The one to the left was bald and playing the guitar. The guy in the middle had soft brown hair just below his ears, and even where I stood I could see stars reflecting in his eyes. And, the third guy,…

Musical Analysis of “The Beatles”, the self-entitled White Album The first song of the album, “Back in the USSR”, written by Paul McCartney, directly parodies and references the Beach Boys, with subtler allusions to Chuck Berry and Ray Charles. It is set in the key of A major and has a 4/4 meter. Song form consists of an intro, four verse sections, each followed by a refrain, a bridge that follows only the second and third refrains, and an outro. The melody is undoubtedly bluesy, but…

problems. The song Brain Damage is in a meter of four. It is fairly slow and pretty short. Which it starts off as just a slow guitar and drum beat, then at five, the lyrics come into play. Also, about halfway through the chorus or verse, the song picks up and adds another guitar and the song expands at twenty-one. Then at the meter thirty-one, the song goes back down to the same guitar and drum beat as the beginning of the song until the…

The celebrity I chose is Bob Marley who was a very known reggae musician from Jamaica. I chose him for my project, because he’s someone that I admire a lot and the message he portrayed through his music. Listening to his music makes me feel happy and feel positive about life. Everytime I listen to his music, it makes me think about life, relaxes my mind and allows me to concentrate on myself. Also, I'm a type of person that likes reggae and like the Caribbean culture. Bob is known for peace,…

“Rock Awhile” by Goree Carter and “Devil Got My Woman” by Skip James have their similarities and their differences. These two male baritone’s songs have a similar format to their lyrics as well as a similar topic. These two songs differ in instrumental set up as well as delivery. In both songs Carter and James both talk of women in their lyrics. In “Devil Got My Woman” James sings of being “that woman man”, how she “changed her mind”, how he “loved that woman…took her from [his] best friend”,…

examples of the early rock era are songs like ‘Rock Around the Clock’ by Bill Haley And the Comets, ‘Johnny B. Goode’ by Chuck Berry, and ‘Jailhouse Rock’ by Elvis Presley. Back then, rock and roll was so simple, that all you needed was an electric guitar, drums, a bass, and most importantly, a good voice. It wasn’t until the early 1960s through the late 1970’s that rock music changed. This era was simply called “Classic Rock”, as this era had so many recognizable songs and artists, and the…

favorite on the album, a sigh inducing optimistic out-of-love song in 6/8 time, but the last 3 songs don’t worm themselves into my ear the same way the first 5 do. “Dixie” is very stripped down, featuring just Ellie’s doubled up voice, her acoustic guitar, and a really nice humming choir towards the end. With that said, both “Dixie” and “Cushioned Caging” feel a little repetitive, and the repeated motif just doesn’t really grab me. The album ends with “Seekonk,” a swaying, almost rambling track…