Responses to piece 1
What are your first impressions?
From reading over the responses for this question, i noticed that we had similar opinions as we all thought that it was slow and calm but two of us said that we noticed that there was meaning in the song.
Do you like this piece of music? Why?
Overall it wasn't very popular in our group, it was too slow and acoustic for most of us however one of us did say that they liked it because its original and the type of music they usually listen to.
What emotion does this music convoy? Why?
All together we thought that this piece of music showed a lot of emotion, it's quite sad and there is an obvious meaning behind it. I recognised that it was in a major key and by the song being in that key it showed that it was a sad piece of music, overall we all saw that it has a lot of emotion in the song.
What music do you normally listen to? How is this different?
All of us listen to different styles of music e.g grime, relaxing music and fast up beat pieces.
What do you like the most about this piece of music?
All together we mainly agreed that we liked it because the lyrics were meaningful and the tempo was quite upbeat.
What do you dislike most about this piece of music?
We all had different tastes in music for example, Timi is more into grime. I usually listen to more up beat music e.g house but for the rest of the group they enjoyed it and it's the type of music they like.
Final Analysis of Piece 1
Conclusion of everyone's responses, covering WHY you think they felt like this, in relation to the lyrics, instrumentation, production techniques, tonality and tempo.
Listening to music 'Task Three' - Analysis of piece two
What are your first impressions?Its not something that I would usually listen to, its not my type of music and i didn't really like it.
Do you like this piece of music? Why?
No I didn't really like this piece of music as it was very boring and commercial.
What emotion does this music convoy? Why?
It doesn't really show any emotion, I couldn't hear a meaning behind it. I personally think that it's the same as most songs.
What music do you normally listen to? How is this different?
I normally listen to deep house and techno, when I listen to this music it makes me feel happy puts me in a good place, where as this song is just repetitive and boring.
What do you like the most about this piece of music?
Nothing about this song really appeals to me.
What do you dislike most about this piece of music?
How commercial it is and the fact that its pretty much the same the whole way through, there's no vary in the song.
Maddy - you've started off well here. Make sure you put the song title and artist at the beginning.
ReplyDeletePiece One:
You have clearly assessed in detail and accurately your own responses to the song, and you have compared your initial reaction, emotions, musical background and preferences to others. To gain a pass here you now need to complete your analysis by:
1. Discuss how the tonality (major or minor key) has an effect on people's responses.
2. Give an example from the lyrics that demonstrates your thoughts on it.
3. Write about the use of production techniques and how this has an impact on everyone's responses.
4. Describe how the tempo affects people's responses.
5. Describe the instrumentation and why therefore some people liked it more than others.
Piece 2: This has not been completed. Please complete as soon as possible.