Arts/100 Music Experience Analysis
Music Experience Descriptions
Team B
University of Phoenix
Arts/100
Instructor: Joseph Calarco
November 17, 2014
Abstract Music comes in many shaped and sizes, not literally of course, but metaphorically. There is a plethora of genres for every music lover from classical, jazz, and blues to country, rock and pop. The noticeable differences are of course their sounds, melodies, and instruments used. Their similarities are that each tells a story, some more intense than others, and they all leave us feeling some sort of emotions whether they be happy or sad. Some of the greatest artists left deep impressions on the era of their music and those impressions last a lifetime and lifetimes after that. This paper will introduce such artists …show more content…
The classical work of art was composed during the years of 1822-1824. “The Ninth Symphony seems the most like a construction of mirrors, reflecting and refracting the values, hopes, and fears of those who seek to understand and explain it.” (Kinderman, 2009) Of the four major movements within the song, Ode to Joy which is the final movement is very popular even today. It consists of many different instruments including the winds in twos, piccolo, and contra bassoon; 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones;2 kettledrums, triangle, cymbals, bass drum (the three last only in the 4th movement); the strings, in quintet; a quartet of solo voices (soprano, alto, tenor and bass) in the finale; a four voice choir in the …show more content…
This popular song is featured on his album, “Louis Armstrong, Original Album Classics.” There were several composers on this piece; Batson, Christopher, Mathers, Lawrence, Parker, and Young.
Jazz is performed in a shorter duration than Symphonies. A Jazz song is normally two or three minutes long, whereas a Symphony can last thirty minutes or longer.
Dinah starts off with a duple meter and fast tempo. The idiosyncrasies of Dinah, Dinah, and finer, finer are repeated throughout the song. The motif of this piece reinstates the love for Dinah and the joy of a future wedding. He would go anywhere to be with her. The trumpet and trombone affects the tonality as Louis Armstrong begins to sing the melody. The pitch of Louis’ trumpet ranges from high to low with a short durational solo before the band picks back up. The homophony texture focused on the melody and was supported by the band with subordinate sound. The harmony of the other instruments support Louis as he breaks off in variation towards the end of the song with a short duration of an Egyptian sounding tune by the trumpet, which is quite
Team B
University of Phoenix
Arts/100
Instructor: Joseph Calarco
November 17, 2014
Abstract Music comes in many shaped and sizes, not literally of course, but metaphorically. There is a plethora of genres for every music lover from classical, jazz, and blues to country, rock and pop. The noticeable differences are of course their sounds, melodies, and instruments used. Their similarities are that each tells a story, some more intense than others, and they all leave us feeling some sort of emotions whether they be happy or sad. Some of the greatest artists left deep impressions on the era of their music and those impressions last a lifetime and lifetimes after that. This paper will introduce such artists …show more content…
The classical work of art was composed during the years of 1822-1824. “The Ninth Symphony seems the most like a construction of mirrors, reflecting and refracting the values, hopes, and fears of those who seek to understand and explain it.” (Kinderman, 2009) Of the four major movements within the song, Ode to Joy which is the final movement is very popular even today. It consists of many different instruments including the winds in twos, piccolo, and contra bassoon; 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones;2 kettledrums, triangle, cymbals, bass drum (the three last only in the 4th movement); the strings, in quintet; a quartet of solo voices (soprano, alto, tenor and bass) in the finale; a four voice choir in the …show more content…
This popular song is featured on his album, “Louis Armstrong, Original Album Classics.” There were several composers on this piece; Batson, Christopher, Mathers, Lawrence, Parker, and Young.
Jazz is performed in a shorter duration than Symphonies. A Jazz song is normally two or three minutes long, whereas a Symphony can last thirty minutes or longer.
Dinah starts off with a duple meter and fast tempo. The idiosyncrasies of Dinah, Dinah, and finer, finer are repeated throughout the song. The motif of this piece reinstates the love for Dinah and the joy of a future wedding. He would go anywhere to be with her. The trumpet and trombone affects the tonality as Louis Armstrong begins to sing the melody. The pitch of Louis’ trumpet ranges from high to low with a short durational solo before the band picks back up. The homophony texture focused on the melody and was supported by the band with subordinate sound. The harmony of the other instruments support Louis as he breaks off in variation towards the end of the song with a short duration of an Egyptian sounding tune by the trumpet, which is quite