The Tyranny Of Tonality Analysis

I approached my genre writing based on Writing in the Health Sciences guidelines for research papers. Since my chosen paper was a research paper, I looked for the sections in a research paper that included the abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, and references. This helped me decide what needed to be in each section so I could elaborate on if it was included or was not.

To the radicals, what mattered in the music were deep feelings, much emotion and expression. Earlier the composers now fighting had been united, they all wanted to leave the past behind and their motto said “Let the dead bury the dead” (Weimar Years 338).

Often music is consisted not only by sounds made from musical instruments, but also by voice and verbal messages. The structure of the voice, or as Roland Barthes describes it ‘the grain of voice’ is the element in a certain piece of music which is responsible for creating the emotions when listening. The grain and the lyrics make the signified and carry out the message. The vocal part of music is formed of words, text, which communicate and make the representation and expression of what it is sung - talked about. According to Barthes the emotive modes of the voice and the changes of the tones from low to high is what delivers the final message and makes us feel the music. (Barthes, R. 1977 [1972]).

Most of the time, when we listen to a song, we don’t listen to the words, or what message they are trying to give us. Each song out there has a message in the lyrics somewhere. For this assignment, we were to analyze a song and the lyrics and find the thesis of that song. With thesis, I mean what the message within the song is trying to tell us. The song “I hope you dance” by Lee Ann Womack has a good thesis in some ways, but the thesis could also be argumentative also.

With means to express oneself, helps one overcome the difficulties of life. This approach represents the entire nature of the hip hop culture, especially when dealing with social justice issues. Today, the hip hop culture association revolves around raps (lyrics) and the rappers which reflect how consumers receive messages about social justice issues. Unlike breaking and graffiti, the music/lyrics penetrate society more. However, for this analysis, the focus will rely on a visual element with a connection to hip hop music. Even though a music video would make sense as a visual means of expression, this analysis has more interest in the cover art that goes with a hip hop album. Also, this focus will lead to the question of how important is art

In Gordimers story “Once upon a time” uses the genre of a children’s story to articulate monsters in a suburban family by using the theme of a fairytale that clashes with the theme of a childrens story so he can use “monsters” in a suburban family. Gordimer uses phrases that kind of gives him the excuse to go in and articulate the monsters into the genre of a children’s story. Gordimer knew how to put everything in place to make it be called a “children’s story” Also, she the setting of the story in a good neighborhood, just people

In this essay we will analyze two modern musical pieces. These pieces are namely Sonata V from John Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes, and Caballito Negro by George Crumb. Composed in mid twentieth century, both pieces made a great success and they are worth examining in terms of the historical and subjective values affecting their achievements.

The musical film has always held a special place for me. From my time as a drama student in high school, my eyes have been opened to the amazing world of the musical and especially the musical film. The musical film is a film genre in which the characters sing songs that are integrated into the overall story. Since musicals first began in theaters, musical films usually contain similar elements. These elements often simulate that there is a live audience watching. In a sense, the film viewers become the audience members, at a theater production, as the actor performs directly to them. Due to the popularity of musicals in the theater, the style was quickly brought over into film. In 1927, the musical film genre began

Beethoven contributed one of the most significant musical developments through his fifth and ninth symphonies. He used a musical motive as the basic of his entire piece. (Beethoven described the motive as “Fate knocks at the door”.) It was the first time in history that anyone had done such a thing for a multi-movement piece. Beethoven’s contribution has become a norm in the music world, even to this day.

Chapter 1- 3 made me chance the way I listen to music; I did not realize all the elements needed to make music; such as, the sound, Rhythm, melody, and harmony, this essential elements work together perfectly to make music. Moreover, Key, texture, and form are elements that structured music. Key or tonality states to the central note; notes in a specific scale (Major Scale or Minor Scale) are used by melodies. Additionally, there are three basic musical textures monophony, polyphony, and homophony. the way in which music ideas are systematized is called form; the most common music forms are the ternary form and binary form. Finally, chapter 3 explains all types of instruments by the type of sound they produce

No matter which type of job or career the author is looking for, a resume is a great first step. Generally, resumes are built and created in early adulthood by the author them self. There are a few things that can be assumed about the authors. First, they are middle to upper class individuals who like to show off their own personal qualifications, education, and academic and professional experiences they have obtained throughout their life. The audience in which will be looking over these resumes could be a pretty broad range generally speaking, but for the most part whoever the author is submitting the resume to will be the intended audience for this genre. I think it is safe to say this genre will be around for many years to come,

Lord Byron expresses his sombre emotions profoundly throughout “When We Two Parted” to convey his underlying thesis that love can desecrate the mind. Similarly, Thomas Hardy evokes an idea of love as unavailing throughout “Neutral Tones” – however the poet presents a more dichotomous view of love. Perhaps this pessimistic view is reflected by the abundant amount of disappointments which Hardy faced in life. Firstly, Byron asserts his raw emotion of bitterness using lyric poetry; a form derived from ancient Greece – used copiously as a way to mediate philosophies of love through religion.

I think point of view, structure, and tone differ in what we write is very important, they let you know what kind of material your going to be reading. The point of view lets you know where your topic is going to be from whether your talking about I, he , or she. The structure is important because its going to be telling you where your at in the paper your writing and how your going to be capturing the readers attention. The tone you set lets you know whether you want the paper to be informal or formal or whether it needs to be clear and precise to let you know how you want the information to come across to the reader. That is why I think it is important to have a difference in point of view, structure, and tone in what your writing. I hope

Morning Song, by Sylvia Plath, was written in February 1961, the same month she suffered a miscarriage.

Arnold Schoenberg’s Drei Klavierstücke, Opus 11 (Three Piano Pieces) represent his first fully atonal work, which would become the basis for moving forward in his later atonal and serial works. Schoenberg believed that music history naturally pushed forward and that tonality could not contain music forever. He believed atonality was the next step and Schoenberg admitted, “The most decisive steps forward occurred in the Two Songs, Op. 14, and in the Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11.” However, small traces of tonality and Romanticism remain, as the small thematic units of the work have shown connections to that of Brahms and Liszt, especially in the opening of the first piece. Numerous theorists have tried to place these three short pieces into various tonal centers for analysis, trying to argue that it is not atonal. Attempts have been made to analyze the pieces in E major and minor, as well as phyrygian mode, with no luck on forming an agreement to place this work into the world of tonality.