“Blue Melody” Analysis "Blue Melody" is a short story by J. D. Salinger which was first published in the September 1948. It is the tragic tale of an African-American jazz singer; the story was inspired by the life of Bessie Smith and was originally titled "Scratchy Needle on a Phonograph Record." Cosmopolitan changed the title to "Blue Melody" without Salinger ’s consent. It is possible to interpret the original title of the story. Stratchy needle may mean time and experience of a person which
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Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 1 in F Major (1st movement) I enjoyed listening to this piece. All throughout the first movement‚ I constantly felt tension rising and relaxing (tension rising because of the repetitive melodies with crescendo and changing the melody key to a minor key and tension relaxing when it has descend or a key changes to a Major); I think this was Beethoven’s intention to have the audience keep their attention on his music rather than have the audience become inattentive
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Capercaillie The melody of “Skye Waulking Song” is based on a pentatonic scale (a scale with five notes per octave). All instruments play within the middle of their range‚ excusing the singer who sings a few head register notes to add some needed emotion to the notes. The Bouzouki (Greek musical instrument) and the piano play a counterpoint melody (a technique involving two simultaneous melodies) to help Section A to move along. Vocables are frequently used throughout the piece‚ this allows the
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Schoenberg STYLE: Expressionism Features of expressionism: * Atonal (all notes have equal importance) * Expresses one intense emotional * Full use of the pitch range of instruments. * Timbre is regarded to be just as important as melody * Extremes in dynamics * Pieces are quite short CONTEXT: * Schoenberg was an Austrian composer who founded the Second Viennese School- a group of composers (including Berg and Webern‚ who were taught by Schoenberg in Vienna) who
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Rhythm‚ Harmony‚ Texture‚ Web-Lecture‚ and Text‚ pp. 1-15‚ Test 1 |Started on |Sunday‚ 25 August 2013‚ 08:45 PM | |Completed on |Sunday‚ 25 August 2013‚ 09:04 PM | |Time taken |19 mins 8 secs | |Grade |100 out of a maximum of 100 (100%) | |Feedback |Outstanding! | Question 1 Marks: 6 In triple
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possible to look at this as a VERSE / CHORUS / VERSE / CHORUS / BRIDGE / CHORUS form‚ it doesn’t sound like that to my ear. What might be called the chorus ("I thought if I could touch this place...") feels like a continuation of the verse. Although the melody jumps up to a higher note range‚ as many choruses do‚ it doesn’t really release the emotions. Instead it seems to create an emotional peak of greater urgency that gradually works its way back down to a long slow release in the final lines ("Won’t
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sound(high or low) Interval(音程): distance between two pitches (幾度) Scale(音階): ordered arrangement of pitches Tuning(曲調): pitches to which an instrument is set Pitch – horizontal view Melody (旋律) Tune(調): a simple‚ singable melody Phrase(樂句): a section of melody Motive: a short fragment(片段) Character of melodies Motion: step (conjunct) or leap (disjunct) Range(音域): distance from high to low Shape: yes or no Form Pitch – vertical view Harmony: simultaneous sounding of different pitches
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Analysis: Isorhythmic Motet There were a total of five separate talea consisting of three colores. The first three talea were in 3/2 time and the final two were in 6/8. Taleas A-I and B-I share the same color‚ while A-III and B-III also share the same color. A-II had the only unique color. While there are no actual repetitive talea in the upper voices‚ there are many cyclical repeated rhythms. For example‚ the triplum in measures eleven through eighteen match the exact rhythm for the eight
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interest to a song by use of modulations‚ chord substitutions‚ tensions‚ constant structure‚ use of modes and re-harmonizations. Melodic Content- Look for tones that are not common to the chord or scale. Often times the use of tensions exist within the melody. Also pay attention to repetitive melodic phrases. How often do they appear and when are ‘new’ melodic ideas introduced. Instrumentation- Combinations of instrumentation not only effect genre of music but also provide mood enhancement‚ aesthetics
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Zahid Malkana Music Appreciation-1306 Mr. Maydwell 10/02/2010 The Relationship Between a Melody and Harmony Music is a form of art whose characteristics come together to give it form that includes rhythm‚ texture‚ dynamics and pitch. The two main components are melody and harmony‚ which gives music its real meaning. Melody is defined as the soul of music‚ whereas harmony is an add-on which gives music its beauty. Homophonic texture‚ where one main melodic line accompanies harmony‚ and homorhythm
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