Melody

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 further innovates on the blues form by adding a flatted III chord into the standard three chord progression of I, IV, V. It emphasizes this flat III chord – this serves to create dissonance and lends an…

“Realistic fiction helps children enlarge their frames of reference while seeing the world from another perspective” (Huck, p.201), those fictions help children have better understanding of human experiences. Example like Out of My Mind, Melody cannot walk or talk. Although Melody is a pure fictional character in Sharon M. Draper’s book, there are tons of similar cases like her. There are lots of other people with all kinds of disability in this world. Without directly contacting with them,…

La creation du monde is a 20-minute ballet for small orchestra composed in 1923, which outlines the Creation of the world, based on African folk mythology. Influences in the music come from blues and ragtime, particularly in the melodies, and African rhythms. The ballet is in six continuous dance scenes, as follows: 1) Overture 2) The Chaos before Creation 3) The slowly lifting darkness, the creation of trees, plants insects, birds and beasts 4) Man and woman created 5) The desire of man and…

include very unique uniforms, scenery, dancers, and music timbre. But what you miss out on when watching a recording, is hearing the live gamelan sounds flood around you and all the energy in the concert hall. Over all, I prefer the live version. The melodies in both versions have very large ranges due to the various instruments. Each type of instrument plays their own rhythm and when layered together, produces one large song. The rhythms differ in tempo, and are generally disjunct and…

include storytelling, entertainment [bringue parties], celebration, and spreading cultural awareness. The music of the French Polynesia is logogenic, which means it is word oriented rather than melody oriented. The words in French Polynesian songs must be clearly annunciated, while the accompanying melody is mainly to provide a tune to remind performers and audiences of the words it associates with. Contemporary Polynesian music is heavily influenced by European missionaries and travelers who…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the very famous and well known composers in the music history. He was just five years of age when he began making music. During his lifetime, he wrote numerous sonatas, concertos, symphonies, and few operas for the music industry. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major is his most famous piano concerto. Similarly, Ludvig Van Beethoven is another well known composer, who had given numerous famous piano and violin concertos, ensembles, string quartets, and…

Music these days is mostly associated with songs, people singing and a melody as an accompaniment. Many of the biggest composers in the history of music were in the classical and romantic era, where voices were rarely seen in a performance; almost every composition was instrumental. Through this method of expression they were capable of transmitting the mood and feelings of that particular time in history. An example of these master composers was Frederic Chopin, a Polish composer and virtuoso…

classic country lovers can enjoy. The electric guitar adds most of the melody. Also, the bass guitar provides the deep heart beat of the song while the drums add the back bone. Once you move into the beginning of the vocals, all the melody elements fade away leaving the bass guitar, snare drum, bass drum, and Devin’s own voice. Slowly as you move further into the song the electric and acoustic guitar moves back into the melody starting as a enfasis on the no’s, downs, coaster, and inside. Then…

During the World War One music was used as propaganda. Music was used on the home fronts and battlefields. Most homes had a pianos, it was a common form of entertainment and socialization. The government used it to inspire passion, pride and patriotism in order to gain power, homeland, support and funds. Composers and Publishers wrote music to promote wartime happiness. The composers did this so that they could earn money. But the music influenced social and political leaders and it was used as…

decent content, however they are not as well known or simply forgotten due to the trend of the generation. There are also quite a bit of artists in present day who are instrumental. While not always utilizing traditional instruments, they create melodies with a wide variety…