Timbre

run without music but decided against this once hearing Herrmann’s compositions. Unusually, the instrumentation of the score consists solely of the string section of the orchestra, which was a compositional idea of Herrmann’s to use the high pitched timbre of the strings to construct an eerie setting. Hitchcock is associated with suspense in his directorial and producing styles…

had an opportunity to learn and try a lot of different techniques. These techniques are used by real actors for their performance and very helpful for teachers to know. For example, every teacher must be a great speaker and the ability to change the timbre of the voice. The read-aloud activity helped me to improve and practice my skills in diction and voice tone during the reading. Also, I was able to…

People love to listen to music. It is a part of everyone’s lives. It is proven that without music every now and then, a person can become depressed. I, however, love to create the music that the people listen to. I do not do it for fame or because I feel forced to, but rather because it is one of my true passions. One reason why music production is my true passion is because I am allowed to be creative and express my artistic ideas. My music production software acts as my paint canvas when it…

Modern Post-Grunge is very different from the previous, heavier sounding Grunge despite sharing many common characteristics. The differences really started to come from a select few of major artists, who in turn made it blow up into a great genre of music. The one who is my personal favorite would have to be Breaking Benjamin. They were quick to become successful due to their impressive sound. Breaking Benjamin is known for being dynamically loud, having a low pitch, a dark and heavy tone, and…

The type of music you listen to affects the way you perceive the world. Females and males, or whichever gender you associate with can be the big influential factor, oh how you view the world.() But how does music influence the masculine society specially? Either behavior wise or how music influences their lives growing up. This research paper was developed to learn what it means to be masculine and what is most often taught trough music. The music industry impacts its audience. This leads to…

their individuality, and the identity of what they are told to be by society based solely off of their external appearance. In “The Blacker the Berry,” Lamar captures both of these identities lyrically and the consequence of their unity through his timbre.…

This paper will describe and critique a listening reaction to Hildegard Von Bingen’s “O Successores” and describe the use of timbre, pitch, melody, and rhythm to name a few examples. In addition, the introduction will discuss the work of the creator, the historic era, and give a general description of the background of this Gregorian chant. Furthermore, the aesthetic value of the work will be evaluated and questions will be answered to what was attractive, meaningful, and inspiring and what my…

mention that’s probably another reason the music stood out to people the most as well, just by the music being played even though they had pictures rolling in the background, and the screams that were incorporated as well. More about the song, the timbre of the song was very easy to distinguish to hear and also since they were right in front of an audience performing. On the contrary, their instruments would be classified as…

The concert that I attended was the music at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Saint Cloud on November 15th. This concert featured the Saint Cloud State University concert choir, chamber singers, women’s choir, and men’s choir. The concert was primarily vocal with some instrumental features. The genre of this concert was mainly a concerto. The type of ensemble that this concert featured was chamber music. The historical era that was represented throughout this concert was the 20th/21st century. One…

offering. This symphony switched off between individuals singing and group singing. The tones in the music throughout the show changed drastically over and over, the pitch changed quite a few times. The timbre changes through out the show, but in the portion where they sung hallelujah the timbre was very bright with high and low harmony’s mixed together. Handel’s Messiah was constructed into 3 parts, part 1 being in accordance with Christmas, part 2 with Easter, and part 3 with the end of all…