Timbre

When I was at the David Owsley Museum I was looking at art pieces that had more of a realistic feel. This piece caught my attention and then I listened to the audio and I really enjoyed the two pieces of art being placed together. There were three things that caught my attention with the music and then I noticed that things we discussed in art connected directly to the ideas from music. The first thing that was intriguing to me was the tone color. Next, the dynamic was interesting and related to the way the painting was designed. Finally, I noticed how the idea of content that we discussed in art played out when I looked at this picture and when I listened to the music at the same time. This music piece enhances the piece of art by making it seem like you are actually involved in the waterfall and experiencing it first hand. The piece of music made the artwork stick out in my mind, so if it was not for the music piece I would not have enjoyed the artwork as much. After focusing on tone color in music class, I was able to depict the exact mood and the tone color that was supposed to be conceived. I felt this music made the piece seem intense, but yet it was relaxing at certain time. I would have depicted the piece of art as having a green tone color. The yellow was more present because it was very upbeat and seemed like something severe was going to happen. It is unique to me that the picture focuses on a lot of greens and blues, showing that these two combine together to…

If it wasn't for Cloey, I still would have been that shy little girl I was. She has helped me to reach out and talk more. I never liked to talk at school or anywhere for that fact. Cloey was the one that came up to me to talk for the first time. That resulted in this life-long friendship. Cloey is a slim, short girl, around five feet tall. As seen by most people, her hair, usually braided, is blond with light brown highlights. By the way her lively blue eyes look, you can see her emotion. Near…

Melody- There's this basic riff repetition being played. As simple as it may be, there is melodic contour which takes shape when the direction changes. This song uses disjunct motion, the intervals change quite a bit. A lot of the singing seems to be staccato, adding to the long pauses. There's also legato that's connecting the song. Harmony- There is no vocal harmony, when he continues the singing, for a breath of time, it adds an echoing effect. The chords are played in a pentatonic format. …

While music and language are both processed by the auditory cortex, language generally considered to be lateralized to the left hemisphere, and properties of music to the right. However, some features of sound are common to perception of both music and language. These common features include pitch, timbre, and hierarchical structure. In music, perception of pitch is important in identifying aspects such as melodies and harmonies in a musical piece. In non-tonal languages, variations of pitch…

minute epic can be cleanly split into two distinct parts, due to a drastic and total shift in tempo, timbre and texture at around the 4:27 mark in the piece, but Ocean’s storytelling allows the two pieces to coexist perfectly, forcing the listener to remain attentive throughout the entire piece despite its intimidating length. Ocean leaves his artistic presence all over this piece with his smooth, power vocals and his way to flawlessly tell the story of of a pimp falling in love with one of his…

“No Place Like London,” Act 1, scene 1 from Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim The orchestra enters with a full and resonant timbre, sounding the melodic theme “No place like London,” twice. The second echo ends on a peculiar chord, unresolved. The first soloist’s timbre is bright, energetic and full of hope, in contrast to the second soloist’s timbre that is dark. As the second soloist enters the music changes, the key shifting from major to minor. The second soloist sings in a lower register…

a person in front instructing people. The collective improvisation of the band was followed by Chris Sefton’s trumpet solo performance. The trumpet play has a bright timbre with great deals of harmonic frequencies that dominated the tune. Between the first and the second music, the conductor gave an introductory speech and announcement that the concert was dedicated to Phil Woods, a famous American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer who passed away recently in September 2015.…

the strings they just decide to interrupt and play over the strings. All of the instruments for the most part are playing the same melodic line just at different intensities. The ears are focused on one voice at a time and are not jumping around so it is homophonic. This piece also relates closely from the fugue from the baroque period. It relates because each new set of instruments that enters in this section presents the theme and plays something similar to the preceding line. The music has…

note differs from the actual sounded pitch of the flugelhorn and French horn. Timbre The differences in timbre between the two instruments are subtle. The French horn has a brassier sound capable of penetrating an entire orchestra. The French horn may also increase the roughness of the sound by placing the hand further inside the bell. The flugelhorn in contrast emits a mellow sound that does not have the ability to penetrate an entire orchestra. When composers write solos for the flugelhorn,…

Für Elise that was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Für Elise literally translates to “For Elise”, a title that has raised many questions and few answers. The main reason that I’ve chosen this piece of music to write about is because it is a piece that is very well known, even to people who are not involved in music, and “is a common catalyst and inspiration that causes many people to become interested in the piano.” Für Elise is a revolutionary piece of music, and to support this claim we…