Harmony

Joni Mitchell - River Released in 1971 and produced by Reprise records, river is an intensely emotional contemporary folk song about heartbreak. Written solely by Joni Mitchell for her album ‘Blue’ the song is reminiscent of Christmas time although lyrically it has little relationship to Christmas. (Hopper, 2012) Instead of using a typical verse/chorus style this song is written using different sections – A/B/C etc. The line ‘I wish I had a river’ is the overlying focus point throughout the

On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 7:00pm the Momenta Quartet, comprised of a violist, a cellist, and two violinists, performed their third night of the Momenta Festival III at the Italian Academy. The classical concert, curated by Michael Haas, the cellist, was entitled “A Room with a View” and explored Italy through the eyes of foreign composers. The program featured Benjamin Britten’s String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, Op. 94 (1975), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence Op. 70 for string

The Secret Chord Reading The Secret Chord A Novel by Geraldine Brooks was like reading about the biblical character King David for the first time. Author Ms. Brooks brought King David’s character to life. As I read, I hardly realized that the novel is over five-hundred pages. Brooks carefully built upon the biblical story of David. What I appreciate is that Brooks did not omit information rather she expanded on the facts colorfully and creatively. Some of the expansion is based on theory. However

Since the early days of human existence, sweet sounds of music have brought joy to the human race. However, throughout time, music seems to have taken a bit of a detour as progress is concerned. Music gradually became more complex and advanced as the centuries progressed. On the other hand, recently, music seems to have deviated from its steady ascension toward the next, more advanced stage. Has there been a recession in the complexity and overall “magic” of music? Personally, I believe that

In the CD by Toutes Suites, the aesthetically pleasing sounds of the Baroque time period are revitalized with their distinctive beauty and variety in tone color, tempo, and rhythm. The CD features sonatas whose first movements are all relatively similar in mood. The second movements hold to that same likeness, although the mood portrays a slightly more calm feeling as the sonata continues. From beginning to end, the prime factor that distinguishes one from the other is the rhythm, and to be more

Rhythm Rhythm is best described as the musical organization of sounds. The beat, meter and tempo help when describing rhythm. • Beat: piano emphasizes on one and the and of two throughout the song. • Meter: 4/4 (quadruple meter) • Tempo: moderately slow The tempo is consistently fairly slow throughout Hello by Adele and it is in a quadruple meter. The piano emphasized the downbeat of each measure and the and of two. The rhythm of the song helps with the effect of the song which is supposed to be

LINK TWO: CHANGES OF TEXTURE The texture of a piece describes the harmonic interaction within a piece. It expresses the way the parts and voices are woven together and is often referred as the “fabric” of music. The four basic textures of music are monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic, and heterophonic. Monophonic refers to an unaccompanied melody line, homophonic refers to a accompanied melody, polyphonic is two contrasting melodies played together, and heterophonic refers to a single melody played

A cadence is the notes or chords ending a section of music with feeling of the ending. The term cadence applies to phrases or complete sections called movements. A cadence is at least two chords that ends a phrase, section, or piece. A cadence indicates the end of a phrase. A cadence can be labeled as two types; "weak" or "strong" depending on its sense of finality. Cadences must be a sense of closure, as at the end of a phrase. Rhythm plays an important part in determining where this cadence occurs

Nostalgic Consonance Music, for generations, has influenced everyone’s lives in some way. Friends may turn to recent dance songs to get them motivated, or family will turn on a familiar tune during a road trip. These road trip songs are unique due to the connection the song will have with the people in the car. Everyone in my family has their own song. My road trip song is the early 2000s dance hit Move Your Feet, by Junior Senior. This track is close to me due to the balance between its charming

For report 6, I decided to chose Ana Gabriel’s interpretation of, “ Rayando el Sol” because compared to the other artist listed on the assignment, her voice sounded more unique. The composer of the song is credited to Manny Manuel. The way she sings high pitched grabbed my attention more because in order to achieve a sound like that takes plenty of vocal control. Ana Gabriel’s control makes a pure sound in the notes. All the notes she stresses out with her voice, allows for a clear sound in vowel