Guitar 2-Post 2-Music from Film or TV

In the comments below, (or in an email to me)
Paste a youtube link showing music from film or TV. Tell us why you picked it, and describe your clip in musical terms.

I picked the opening sequence from the horror movie "Insidious." 

It appears to use stringed instruments, mostly violins, and they are using the classic horror movie recipe of creepy dynamics and dissonance. (Remember, consonance is when notes blend well together, dissonance is when they do not.)

It sounds like the violin's pitches are descending quickly, starting with high notes and dropping the pitch in a wobbly, turbulent, unsettling way. When the text featuring the movie title pops up, there is an explosion of more dissonance and tension that gives me the creeps and makes me jump every time. This is a great example of using harsh sounds to make scary images even scarier.

Guitar 2, Semester 2 2014-15 BLOG #1

Welcome to Guitar 2! I'm very happy to see so many familiar faces in thew class, and I welcome our new students as well! Below is the assignment which is due THIS FRIDAY by 11 pm. If this blog post doesn't load, you will still receive full credit if you email your response to tmorrow@depaulprep.org

Post a youtube link below to a song involving the guitar and describe it using musical terms. Tell us why you picked the clip you picked in at least 2 paragraphs. Here are some terms to incorporate if you need inspiration.

Example: "The tempo is rather slow, but I like how the dynamics slowly became louder by the chorus... etc......"

Tempo
Pitch
Major
Minor
Verse
Chorus
Solo
Dynamics
Acoustic
Electric
Distortion
Effects
Power Chords
First Position Chords
Capo
Tuning