Music Appreciation Of The Broadway Play 'Once'

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Pitch -note melody volume, rhythm beat, tempo, rate of the beat, beats/minute adagio slow andante medium, allegro fast , retardando (beat slowing down), accelerando(beat speeding up) harmony-way chord are constructed, & how they follow each other volume piano, mezzo forte , decrescendo crescendo, Music Appreciation Seeing the Broadway play “Once” I went to the Broadway play “Once” at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York City. This recently opened play, which is based upon a movie, is simply about the joys of making music. The original movie starred two real-life musicians that were recruited to act; Glen Hansard portrayed a street musician and Marketa Irglova…show more content…
This song starts out at as a duet, with a slow and delicate adagio tempo as only one actor sings. When the song proceeds to others harmonizing there is a crescendo as the volume and tempo increase to a mezzo and adante range. The song peaks and then slows down in a decrescendo style. The beat increases when the amount of musicians are increased, accelerando, and then , at the end of the song, it returns to a duet, retardando Another highlight is the song “Say it to me Now”. This where the male character laments about his situation and pours his emotions out, not only into his vocals but also with his guitar playing. The two verse song starts where the first verse is sung in a soft, piano style. For the next verse, everything is immediately increased where the singing is done at a shouting pitch , hyper –forte) and the guitar is strummed in a violent and percussive allegro style. This amped up technique creates a stirring drama that effectively conveys the emotions of the character. The song “Gold” acted as the most emotional of the acts. The power in the song, ironically, did not come from volume but rather it’s delicacy. It must a beautiful melody, piano and adagio, which made the accompanying dancing very

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