Melody

Beethoven’s emotional life influenced a lot of his works, as his darker and deeper melodies mirrored the pain and suffering he experienced during the death of his Father and sister. One of many notable characteristics of Beethoven is his deafness, an amusing attribute given the fact that he has been able to produce such well-known music like the Fidelio despite lacking the ability to hear. Beethoven’s beautiful “lyrical melodies, extensive use of forceful, marked, and even stark rhythmic…

sudden uncertainty. Mahler surprises us by using the turn motif to decrease almost to nothing. He features the solo bassoon for the first time in bar 11, intentionally drawing attention to its melody. The resulting thin texture is exaggerated by the wide tessitura between the violins and the bassoon. The melody is played at the lowest range of the bassoon to produce a coarse, growly, unrefined sound, thus creating an eerie atmosphere. The Db is then marked with “morendo”, meaning to make the…

Now that all the basic essentials technology wise has been identified and discussed, the anatomy of what exactly makes EDM, EDM must be explained. First off, much like any rock and roll song, there must be an ongoing backbeat. This beat sets the ‘mood’ of the piece. A faster backbeat will encourage the production of a high-energy song, such as house music, whilst a slow less elaborate backbeat will promote a low-intensity song which can build up progressively like trance or progressive house…

their respective inversions and transformations. The piece is set in an ABA’-like form and explores the versatility of the clarinet. In the beginning, the piano introduces the theme of 01346 and following measure presents a chord of 0124 with the melody harking back to tonality by using an unprepared suspension. These set classes form the A part of the piece. Measures 3 and 4 presents 02356 in the treble while its inversion, 01346, plays in the bass. Consolidating it as one idea, the first four…

The best way to track the evolution of an organism is to observe the changes that occur to it over the span of several generations. Similarly, in music it can be possible to track its evolution by observing changes to a style, genre, or concept. In this report, the focus will fall on movements from two violin sonatas. For the purposes of this discussion, a violin sonata will be defined as a work specifically written for violin and piano with the purpose of it being a chamber piece. By analyzing…

One example of this influence would be the variety of folk melodies presented in the lyrical sections of the sonata. Chopin’s appreciation for folk music could be considered a key to the success of his career as a composer and musician. His involvement and passion for Polish folk music can be identified during his…

My taste in music could best be described as electronic swing, since it is not quite EDM, electronic dance music, and isn't exactly jazz. It's the perfect mix, which presents you with a type of music that resembles art more than a simple melody. Often mistaken for nu-disco, electronic swing creates a modern and dance-floor focused sound that is more readily accessible to the modern ear but that also retains the feeling of live brass and the energetic excitement of the early swing recordings.…

THE FRIEL SISTERS - An album named among themselves consisting of Anna Friel, Sheila Friel and Clare Friel, produced by themselves, engineered by Sean Keegan, and recorded at a home in Doire Na Mainsear, County Donegal. They were born and raised in Glasgow, and recorded their first album in their mother, Sheila Coyle's hometown, Donegal. All of the tracks were arranged by Anna, Sheila and Clare with the combination of songs sung by their granny as well as themselves and tunes collected and…

music helps create connections between the people of the community and is used a mode of communication. Talking drums, signal drums and songs are all forms of communicating in Africa. African music is focused much more on rhythm than on harmony or melody and includes mostly a polyphonic style. It is obvious that African music consists of drums, more specifically tama talking drums, Bougarabou drums, water drums and ngoma drums. However, it also consists of instruments like string instruments and…

purposes that don’t need censorship. It was most likely meaningful to the creator of the song, not something that he was told to create. It is important to analyze the tone and melody of the song, along with the lyrics and any rhetorical devices such as repetition and figurative language. The song sounds like a folk song. The melody repeats itself throughout the song. I can hear strings in the background, and another instrument that could possibly a harmonica which plays intermittently. The…