Melody

turmoil. The use of the dynamic piano is compellingly used because it creates anticipation in the listener. Later the tension is resolved when the melody shifts to clarinet and everything else dies away and the melody sounds sweet and hopeful. The melody builds from there and ends with a very strong cadence. From there a very dissonant, dramatic melody starts up that paints the picture of being caught outside in a storm and the use of the cymbal and timpani help escalate the feeling. The cycle…

experiences depressed mood for at least 2 years and for most of the day. Melody stated that she has been sad for most of her life. Also, she experience feeling "blue" and have had thoughts of suicide on and off since she was 16 years old. Melody is self- conscious around others and isolates herself in her room with the shades down and the lights off. Melody feels a sense of hopeless and not having a purpose. Overall, melody assessments correlates with the Persistent Depressive Disorder. When…

Pastorious on electric bass, and Peter Erskine on drums. The group performed songs such as “Black Market”, “Waterfall”, “Teen Town”, “Birdland”, and many more. The concert opens with the song ‘Black Market”. The song begins with Joe Zawinul establishing a melody on the synthesizer while the drums and bass set a groovy beat. The tenor saxophone makes an appearance at the scene. Throughout the song, bassist, Jaco Pastorious, plays a couple of unique sounds. Eventually, there is a solo performed…

drums. When you think of Beatles music, a person thinks of quality music with wonderful melodies. Behind the music making there was actually a strange confliction between the two leaders of the Beatles, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Both John and Paul had very different styles of playing music and even writing music. As one author puts this…

In Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper, the main character Melody Brooks was born with bilateral quadriplegia, also known as cerebral palsy, disabling her from being able to talk, walk, feed herself, and much more. Throughout the story, there is symbolism to help us understand what Melody goes through daily. A big symbol in the book is Ollie, Melody’s goldfish. Ollie was always stuck swimming circles in his bowl, reminds us of the way Melody is stuck with her body. She has no way of escaping…

Romeo and Juliet by Peter Tchaikovsky comprises of different events from the original play by William Shakespeare (Adagietto 2013). Tchaikovsky used many characters as well as moods with melodies that provided efficient musical differences. This play begins with an excellent clarinet and bassoon melody that indicates the two individuals’ relationship, somber as well as the friar Laurance. It is based on the Overture Fantasy; however it does not have the opus number Everybody can relate to the…

The concert started with spring, which represents a new beginning much like being born. The playfulness of the melodies exuded a sense of innocence. The transition into summer represented the responsibilities assumed when becoming an adult. The fruits of the labor invested in life can be harvested in autumn. Finally, the cold of winter takes over representing death…

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 feel anxious, just sad, like a longing ache. After this section, there is a brief period of respite, where the melody becomes more complex, with several instruments coming together and playing an upwards and slightly more hopeful melody. However, this section does not last long. The…

August of 1994. The song begins with a dreamy organ intro that is preformed rubato. The melody is in a minor key, the melody is conjunct and legato giving it a gospel and dissonant feel. This intro leads to the band entering in a 6/8 feel and the tempo is Moderato. The instrumentation is drums, bass, acoustic guitar and organ. The band plays for four bars before Jeff begins to sing his first melody. The vocal melody is legato and also conjunct.…

Pitch-wise the 5 note melody is quite high in the instruments registers to create a dramatic opening yet the second phrase of the theme is considerably lower lending itself to a much more sombre mood and allowing progression to the theme being repeated at bar 10.Theme 1 is the…