Music Analysis

I have never thought that music alone without lyrics can have certain meaning and create some kind of emotion. As both of my parents don’t have a special like on music, I am growing up without familiarity with all different types of music. I just used to listen to songs which have pretty melody and lyrics. To be honest, I have never paid much attention to rhythm, beat and rests because I feel like lyrics and melody are the only things that make me to like certain song. Before I take this class and listen necessarily orchestrical music pieces which are not familiar to me for my assignment, I always assume that the meaning of music lies on the lyrics of the song. For this paper, I listen ten musical pieces and all of them are somewhat emotionally
Honestly, lyrics plays a big part in choosing this song . The lyrics “ the black bird singing in the dead of night” reminds me of people who fight for their country, race and nationality regardless of pain, trouble and obstacle. Moreover, “You were only waiting for this moment to arise” and “In to the light of the dark black night” makes me imagine the people I have mentioned are free from all the pains when they die and they may never suffer these pains again in after life(my religion believe that if we do good things in this life, we will be rich and happy afterlife). The lyrics, melody and rhythm overall creates a sad emotion and make me imagine certain heroes like Martin Luther King and victims back home. The whistling part of the music also supports the meaningful lyrics and promotes a touching
It is one of the great music I have ever heard and also very touching to me. As this piece is for orchestra, I guess there are two or three instruments playing through the whole piece. At first I assumed that most of the orchestra pieces are kind of loud and many instruments are playing at the same time. However, In Funeral March, I found out that the melody is soft and soothing which portrays the image of funeral march. The continuous and evenly intro beat portrays the march but this beat does not give the excitement mood which is typical in marching. After nearly 2 and half minutes, only certain melody line is playing nicely for a while. I found this part most touching to me because I feel sad and makes me imagine people in the funeral march are missing and recalling good memories of the person who is dead. The higher rhythm near the end of the sound is the most emotionally touching part for me. After listen this piece, I started to notice more the powerful and wonderful effect and meaning of music. Without saying even one word, it gives me certain feeling and emotion. Now, I understand and agree why Jean-Jacques Rousseau said that “ The language of tones belongs equally to all mankind, and melody is the absolute language in which the musician speaks to every