It has a polyrhythmic texture - lots of different rhythms are being played at the same time. Melody: Capercaillie - Skye Waulking Song is taken from a traditional type of chant the women sang while waulking (which is a kind of clothmaking). They would sing songs to pass the time. Originally this folksong would have been an unaccompanied melody and this was changed by Capercaillie when they added music to it. The melodic lines are played in the folk style and the instruments improvise around the melody at the same time.
In the first movement, Requiem Aeternam began with a chorus, then had a soprano solo, and ended with a chorus. In the second movement, Kyrie was mostly choral with some instruments in the background. The third movement, Sequenz Dies Irae was all choral. The next movement, Tuba Mirum was a major part of the piece of music. It included four soloists together which was a bass, tenor, alto, and soprano voices.
YiRi KoKo Yiri Koko is written in Gᵇ major. Choir sings in chord, most of the time is in pentatonic – you only using 5notes. No real sense of chord, modulation and dissonance (note that clash). In African music like yiri koko, they all have some common features like, repetition, improvisation, polyphony, call and response. Repetition – the restatement of a section of music.
However, in bar 114 the texture converts from homophonic to polyphonic. In this bar the bassoons and lower strings play the first subject, while woodwind play a counter melody. This creates a polyphonic, or contrapuntal, melody. Pedals are used frequently throughout the symphony. In the first subject, the main theme is harmonised by a tonic
The second movement ends with the bassoon and an accelerated passage in the coda. The third movement is in Scherzo and Trio form, which is similar to the Minuet and Trio form. It starts with a rocket theme, a quickly ascending rhythmic melody, from the lower strings. The upper strings and woodwinds play a gentle response, followed by a sudden fortissimo warning from the horns. The trio’s theme is broken up, hesitates, and then expands before going back to the scherzo.
The harmony is sung by Idina Menzel, who has a contrasting alto voice that sounds quite serious and focused. The melody has a repeating pattern, and its shape is rather swoopy. It moves up gradually; in steps, and plunges down again in leaps. For the First Time in Forever has a lot of quavers and semiquavers. It also has crotchets, minims,
For years, I was a member of school choir, but I aspired to be more than just a choral singer. So, I entered the discourse community of high school show choir by acquiring knowledge, establishing a sense of credibility, and learning to appeal to other member’s emotions. In mastering ethos, logos, and pathos appeals I successfully joined a discourse community. Like all other communities, members must share common knowledge and skills and be able to communicate these skills in a particular manner. So although I was already a credible school choir singer, I had to prove to my director and the upperclassmen that I belonged alongside the advanced performers.
There is a falling motif and regular (periodic) phrases. It has chorale like melody in Section B (legato cantabile). In Section A, the melody is in the right hand (treble part). The melody starts in left hand (bass) in Section B then moves back to the right hand. Chopin uses ornaments in the Section A melody and uses rubato.
From its composition in the early history of the United States until now, The Star Spangled Banner has carried on a long tradition as America’s national anthem, depicting the patriotism and pride of its people. Since then, various artists have performed their own renditions of the original tune; modifications include rearranging melodic lines, adding harmonies, and changing texture or timbre, sometimes eliminating human voices altogether in favor of instrumentals, just to name a few. These alterations often have a significant effect on the expression of the music, and even two versions performed on the same instrument can sound dramatically different. As a result of variations in basic musical elements, the affect of trumpeter Kevin Gaffney’s
The performer sings a verse and then repeats the first line, sometimes with some variation. The third line completes the thought, often with a rhyme. A second form begins with the A-A-B pattern, but it also has an additional four lines, followed by a two-line refrain. The blues are about more than being sad. They were also delivering messages in musical code.