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Crescendos In The Firebird Suite

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In both pieces of music, The Firebird Suite, by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) and C-Jam Blues, by Duke Ellington, there are traces of dynamics and timbre, also known as tone color, throughout. Dynamics is defined as “degrees of loudness or softness in music,” and timbre is defined as “quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another.” Both pieces have repeated melodies, but The Firebird Suite shows the use of more crescendos and decrescendo, while C-Jam Blues uses improvisation, which is “music created at the same time it is performed.” Each piece has things in common, and at the same time are two completely different compositions of music.
In Stravinsky’s The Firebird Suite, there is a varying use of crescendos and decrescendos.

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