Harmony

Secular music of the Renaissance was the music everyone listened to outside of church. These songs were often written in the form of a chanson or a madrigal. Secular chansons were poems set to music written in the style of a monophonic or polyphonic harmony. The poetry was typically courtly, and the music included the use of instruments. Madrigals were also poems in the form of music, but they were normally short, lyrical love poems. Either soloists or ensembles would play dance music to accompany the

In a day and age where getting noticed or receiving recognition within the music industry is a struggle, upon releasing material musicians enter a battlefield. For established musicians, those with a loyal fan base, recognition isn’t necessarily a problem but for musicians attempting to “make it”, it is. There are a number of ways in which a budding musician can increase their chances of gaining recognition and one of the most common attempts comes in the form of the remix. Musicians, primarily working

narrator notes during these times, his mother would look into the fire “with great dark eyes, …to where? No one knew but her” (5). This image personifies a surreal moment when music takes the heart and mind to another time and place. The two were in harmony with each other, he forming the background of her existence while she lived each day in a pleasing manner of daily routine and motherly instruction. From this the narrator takes the reader through the development of his attachment to the art form

consists of a sequence, precisely a modified sequence, in which the subsequent is slightly modified at the end introducing a new harmony on the second beat of M. 12 that leads to a final cadence with a modulation to the original key. The regle is always working also in the sequence, it is just applied

evil magic, e.g. f# to C, shown in bars 11 and 12, and more simple harmony and chord progressions, e.g. dominant 7ths and 9ths to show good magic which can bee

Evanescence is an American rock band known for song, Bring Me to Life. Bring Me to Life is a song about being lost and in a state of depression until you find that one person to break you out of that sad state. This song was inspired by the lead singer’s, Amy Lee’s, husband. She says that when she first met her husband that he could somehow see inside of her and bring her to life when at the time she was going though a hard time (Edwards, Evanescence’s Amy Lee: how we made Bring Me to Life). 0:00-

Viennese composer Franz Schubert is often regarded as a master composer of songs. He is also known for creative and unexpected movement between keys in his compositions. Dying at a tragically young age, Schubert managed to release an enormous body of works, publishing over two-hundred songs while alive. Despite this already impressive output of songs, nothing stopped Schubert from composing symphonies, chamber music, and solo works as well. Close analysis of his music reveals how skillfully Schubert

During the course of this analytical essay it can be shown that the two pieces, 8th November and (We’ll Be Singing Hallelujah) Marching through Berlin, express emotions that soldiers have felt during and after a war, through the use of musical elements. It can be established that the first song, 8th November reflects the Vietnam War, through the use of Dynamics, Pitch and Timbre. Similarly, the second piece evaluated and analysed, (We’ll Be Singing Hallelujah) Marching through Berlin also utilises

Dynamic Shifts: Describe a significant element and explain its effect. 1. In the beginning of the film a quite melody plays behind the narrator’s voice add she describes the story of the gods and Perseus’ birth, which adds to the story like ambiance of the scene. However, once the scene jumpcuts to the beginning of the storyline where Perseus’ adoptive father finds him and his deceased mother in a casket, the music fades into silence. Thus, the ceasing of the music is another element that is used

West Side Story No 10: Tonight (Ensemble) Maria, Tony, Anita, Riff, Bernardo, Jets and Sharks In this number, all the participants talk about the eventful evening they feel is ahead, each with their own thoughts on what will happen. There are three trains of thought: 1 Riff and Bernardo - thinking (in terms of their own gangs) of the fight arranged for later that evening 2 Anita - thinking about her 'nocturnal activities' with Bernardo after the fight 3 Tony and Maria - more romantic love,