Melody

the greatest genres of music all time are Blues and Hip Hop. These two genres have produced many different stars. Even though Blues and Hip Hop are two different genres of music, they both have similar structural components which include structure, melody, and harmony. STRUCTURE OF HIP HOP VS. BLUES The Structure of Hip Hop and Blues are quite similar. First of all, Blues and Hip Hop are typically in 4/4 time. The typical structure of Hip Hop is Intro-Pre Hook- Hook- Verse- Bridge- Outro. The…

voice with a very disjunctive melody. The notes of the saxophone alternating in regular intervals. All other instruments – piano, bass, and percussion joined in as the saxophone stopped alternating notes and played a single long note. The scale of the saxophone was high as it was also the lead voice. In contrast the base music was generated by the bass and has…

In the book Out of My Mind, by Sharon M. Draper a conflict that both Melody and Her family mainly her mother. The conflict is Melody’s disability, cerebral Palsy. Specifically when Melody had a problem at school and her mother came to the school and stood up for her. One way they handled the conflict the same was trying to get other people to understand. “Then my tornado explosion took over. I flailed and jerked and basically spazzed out. I kicked too hard that my shoes popped out of the foot…

Entr’Acte is an early avant-garde film produced by Erik Satie and Rene Clair. In this film, two artists integrated repetitive moving image with one melody, which kept coming back, and they diffused their attitude of life into the entire production. Absurdity and repetition play extremely important roles in Entr’Acte, that both of the characteristics not only reconcile one foundational structure of the film, but also create hierarchical variations in either visual aspect or auditory aspect.…

started the concert out with Partita composed by Irving Fine in 1948. The song consisted of five movements: Introduction and Theme, Variation, Interlude, Gigue, and the Coda. In the program notes it states that this piece demonstrates Fine’s talent for melody, interest in neoclassical style, and a sound that “seems utterly American”, and after hearing this piece, I agree. The mood is established clearly in the first movement…

instruments playing the same quick melody. However, it slowly fades and the piano plays a solo that is slow, light, and dainty. Soon other instruments start to come in and blend together, but the piano stands out because it has a different melody. The violins start tention while the trumpets also join in and create a melody that is similar to a victory sound. Finally the piano takes over and gets a solo that is soon accompanied with the strings. The piano plays a confusing melody that turns into…

beginning, brass instruments would play a melody and the percussion and woodwind instruments would play a melody in response. There is a decrescendo about halfway through, and the piccolo comes in quietly playing the high-pitched melody. Soon the piece has a crescendo and the instruments go from playing a monophonic texture to polyphony. There is a sudden but final sounding cadence created by the percussion at the end. The major mode and conjunct melody, in addition to the switches in dynamics…

Appraisal My link to the strand is Syncopation and my composition is written in a reggae style. I like the offbeat feel of this style of music and syncopation was something I wanted to explore within it. A well-known Caribbean musician is Bob Marley and I know that he uses a lot of syncopation in one of his best songs “three little birds”. In this song you can hear the syncopation in the hi-hat, cymbals, organ and guitar; playing the chords. In this way, he plays with our expectations of where…

Chanlynn Emelie Pfaff, William Gamache, and Heather Ewer. Each movement had dynamic contrast and an emotional impact. The first movement was played on a marimba, which held the melody and was the metronome. You could tell that marimba held the melody because it was the only instruments…

when the dotted rhythm returns in the beginning and midway in the movement, underlying eight notes keep the rhythm. When this dotted melody is placed over major chords, it gives what I describe as a pastoral sound. This melody is passed through the ensemble, changing from major to minor often. The end of the movement is much faster than the beginning of the…