3.What is the song "Fine Knacks for Ladies" about? What type of song is it?…
Director Mitchell Thomas chooses to begin the play with the lone Mother( Karly Kuntz) and a song. Though not from the original text, the addition of a song adds to the uncanny nature of the show. The inclusion of the song lends a more sinister feel to the plot line and ultimately brings the story…
The first song, “Blue Rondo a La Turk”, starts out with a lone piano playing a very…
He continues to dance and talk to her and at one point he opens an egg in front of her which contains a note that says, “I’m so high”. After this he continues to dance with the beats of the song and sing the song. After dancing alone for some time, he eventually dances with the women as she makes her way to pick up her food and leave the restaurant. One thing I find very interesting about this song is the fact that the name of the song is “Sober”, but throughout the song he says “Now I’m so high”. Throughout the video, Glover acts as if he is high. He approaches the women in an odd way as if to show the audience that he is high. He walks to her stumbling quite a bit and he throws himself into the booth in front of her. He starts making out actions that relate to the song which does not impress her. At this point, the music takes on a slightly different sound. In the beginning, you could only hear a piano, and a drum synthesizer but as he attempts for a second time to approach the women, an intense bass sound is introduced. He continues with his attempts at impressing her. The song finally reaches a point where the music starts to build up to completely different…
The theme is a quiet theme that is slow, and soothing. The notes are lower down on the register so the piece sounds very rich. The first variation however, is very different from the theme. The first variation is faster, happier, and contains more energy. The notes go much higher and the rhythms get faster to include 16th notes. The 3rd variation becomes slow again and the music goes back to being a soothing, relaxing piece. Although the variation is slow, the notes and rhythms are the hardest out of the entire piece. The notes span 3 octaves and have very complicated rhythms as stated above. The 5th variation is a mix of classical, and jazz. The notes and rhythms give…
In Billie Holiday’s version, the song begins with a duo play of piano and trumpet, which creates a strong atmosphere of how a haunting story begins. When I was hearing the beginning section, the rhythm made me feel like I was holding a glass of brandy and sitting at the dark corner of a distressed bar where the singer described the story of a piece of pathetic history. This version does not present a clear pulse but the spacing between the lyrics and the arrangement of the instruments highlight the words that come from Holiday’s mouth. The texture of the song is smooth and slow even though the lyrics present inhumane scenes. In my opinion, Holiday’s singing emphases the content of the lyrics and the instruments in the song intend to calm the…
The music starts when Scott accepts to try with Fran with the goal to Pan pacific federation. The music suggests hope to future to their partnership and creates a calm atmosphere. The close shot of the foot had indirect show the emotion of Fran. When Fran show her own step to…
The beginning of the song leans towards jazz with instruments used such as the saxophone, but as the song progresses, there is an electronic-pop mixed to create a modern feel to the film to fit the party scene. Our style of music compared to the 20s’ is distinct, the song had the ability to still reference the classics that fit the time period of the film but also display present-day…
Recitals, auditions, and competitions became less of an enormous fearful endeavor, and became more of an opportunity to showcase to an audience my feelings, my emotions, and my story. The more I played from my heart, the more I understood the necessity for adding one’s own perspective to even the most classical of piano pieces. The melody, the harmony, and the beat must remain by the book, according to the original composer, but the pace, the volume, and the treble with which the piece is played in can vary from person to person. Although the musical key cannot be changed within a song, there is always room, in any piano piece, for reinterpretation. That day at the recital I learned that if you play something with the utmost passion, emotion, and zeal, the piece could never be played wrong because if a note or a chord was not played in the perfect spot according to the original composer, it only added to the unique stamp that I was putting on the piece.…
Secondly, they also both use alliteration. In “Half-past Two”, the phrase ‘time hides tick-less’ is used to convey the sound of a clock ticking. However, in “Piano”, the repetition of the consonant /s/ is used to convey the calm and quiet singing of the woman.…
The second song was called, “Fly Me to the Moon,” which is written by Bart Howard and sung by Frank Sinatra. It is a Latin-inspired sounding consonance which set the romantic mood at the beginning of this song. A piano and saxophone then alternated the melody of the song as though they were dancing like two lovers flying to the moon. As the passion of the song heated up, the texture changed within the song as the saxophone took the melody and the piano and other instruments within the ensemble were in accompaniment. The rhythm, which was continuously steady, seemed to get faster like a heartbeat by the climax of the song. It was also at this point that…
What do you hear in this example that is rather unusual in a work for orchestra?…
One notable component is the growth of the orchestral pieces throughout the entire song. One can hear that as the lyrics begin to convey more and more meaning, the instrumental adds an extra layer of emotion. Although the song does have some well orchestrated parts, it’s the lyrics that tie together both the singer and the…
Following such a solemn introduction, almost whimsical, the waltz unfolds. at 0:35 Light, possessing minor harmonies pulsating with the energy and feigned happiness of major tone, the trumpet isn't alone anymore. The same solemn theme accompanied by the mandolin, accordion and a doleful clarinet becomes the doorway to a complex character.…
Toast” starts the beat has a high pitch, with the song beginning with a “ding ding ding” sounding beat. This is probably to give the song a sound to get the listeners attention, to kind…