Choose a song you like and share it via youtube link below. Discuss the following vocab terms from class and how they apply to the song you chose. This is due Friday the 22nd!
Pitch
Tempo
Dynamics
Timbre
Texture
Duration
Form
I chose Iron Maiden's "Fear of the Dark"
Here's the video!
Pitch: The vocals being low and end up in mid to high range by the chorus
Tempo: The intro is mid tempo, the second intro (:40)is even slower, and when the band kicks in at 2:00, the tempo is fast and continues to be. There is a slight tempo change in the chorus at 3:19, which they readjust at 3:35.
Dynamics start soft, get loud, and stay that way.
Timbre: Bruce Dickinson's vocals have a clean sound throughout, not gravelly at all. The timbre of the guitars is heavy and distorted.
Texture: We have vocals, 3 guitars, bass and drums.
Form: Intro, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus. Locks into ABA form by the time the verse begins.
Duration: 7:29
I chose Undead Hollywood's "Young"
ReplyDeletePitch: it is mid first then it gets soft then loud
Tempo: First it starts with all singer then single singer
Dynamics: start out loud then mid
Timbre:the singer are singing loud and then mid when it is a single singer.
Texture: there are 6 singer, 2 guitars, drums, and other one.
Form: idk
Duration: 3:35
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_HHm9ki3JI
I chose The XX- You got the love
ReplyDeletePitch: The pitch is low there voices don't go very high until about the 2:00 point.
Tempo: I think the tempo stays in a medium range
Dynamics: They stay low throughout the song
Timbre: The voice stays low and deep.
Texture: There are 2 singers and then the remix that kicks in, there is some kind of instrument played in the beginning but I'm not sure what it is.
Form: ABA
Duration: 5:46
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1l4pDXbkic
-Crystal Rodriguez
I think a good example that shows all the vocab is Eye of the Tiger.
ReplyDeletePitch: Pretty low
Tempo: Starts off slow and gets faster
Dynamics: loud
-Josh Fuder
Timbre: pretty normal
Texture: vocals, guitar, drums
Duration: about 4 minutes
Form: ABA
Mingi Ryu
ReplyDeleteSinging in the rain
Tempo: starts slow but as it goes, it gets faster and faster. at the end it gets slow again.
Dynamics start really soft, gets quite before start , and gradually gets loud .
Timbre:
Texture: vocal, violin,trumpet and drums.
Form: Intro, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus. ABA form
Duration: 4:35
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ZYhVpdXbQ
i think timbre is normal, i actually don't know what that is
Deletehttp://youtu.be/Sqwjgf1P0oU this is Torrey's post
DeleteNathan Podgorny
ReplyDeleteAFI - Miss Murder
Pitch: The pitch is kind of fast but it slows down a bit towards 0:20 and 2:00.
Tempo: Fast but slows down at times.
Dynamics: Starts out soft for 5 seconds then gets louder but then it gets soft and so on.
Timbre: The vocals of David Marchand get soft at 2:08 and then get creepy at 2:21 The bass is easily noticed as well.
Texture: 1 Vocal 1 Guitar 1 Bass and some Drums. I think.
Duration: 3:16
Form: ABA. I think :p
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=722VdBMX7v8
Tiye Locke
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVeMiVU77wo
alt-J (∆) Breezeblocks
Pitch: Starts off I would say in the low-mids. gets loud in places towards the end
Tempo: Medium-ish with fast parts
Dynamics: Start quiet, get louder, goes quieter and goes back and forth like that for a bit until the really quiet bit where after it stays loud with overlapping vocals until the end.
Timbre: (vocals) clear, low in places, high in others. (guitar) the guitar was only used in certain places mostly bass used.
Texture: Vocals, guitar, bass, drums, some sort of triangle or bell (or maybe xylophone) maracas.
Duration: 3:47
Form: verse, chorus, verse, chorus, verse, refrain, outro; ABA.
Brandon Lee
ReplyDeletehttp://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N3LycJjDbgY
Forrest Gump - Frank Ocean
pitch starts off low and soft and eventually gets louder
Tempo: very slow and relaxed
Dynamics: Starts very slow, gets a little upbeat once the lyrics come in but then it gets soft again.
Timbre: Frank comes in at about 5 seconds into the song and starts singing in a upbeat manner, the instruments come in at the beginning like the organ/piano, guitar, & bass.
Texture: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Organ/Piano/Keyboard.
Duration: 3:20
Form: Intro, Hook, Verse, Hook, Verse, Outro; ABA form.
Song is Back in Black by AC/DC
ReplyDeleteTexture:1 singer, 2 guitars players, 1 drummer, 1 bass guitar
Timbre: Hard
Pitch: Very High
Tempo: Very Fast
Dynamics: Loud
Form: Different versions that have many bridges and solos ABABCBD
Duration: 4 min 15 sec
-Joshua Ayala
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJPFnesV4
ReplyDeleteI chose eye of the tiger
Texture: 1 singer 2 guitars 1 drummer
Timbre: hard
pitch: low
tempo: medium
dynamics: loud
Fomr:ABA
duration: 4:11
Ray Siewert
I chose Runaway train
ReplyDeleteTexture: 1 singer 2 guitar 1 drumer 1 Bassist
Timbre:Hard
pitch: low
Tempo: medium
dynamics: low
- Jin young Lee
The Party Song by Blink 182
ReplyDeletePitch: The vocals are low in talking manner, and then higher range for chorus
Tempo: The tempo starts out ridiculously fast and then dramatically slows up and each chorus but when it goes into the verse its super fast again
Dynamics: Starts out fast, then slow, then fast, then slow
Timbre: Marks hoppus is clean sound throughout so are the guitars.
Texture: Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals.
Form: Verse, Chorus, Verse, Chorus, Bridge
Duration 2:58