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Musical Elements
Rhythm & Tempo:
The rhythm is long, with minimal rests, pulsing at times. The tempo is slow for
most part, but accelerates from time to time
Melody:
The pitch is mixed in range, ascending and descending throughout the piece.
The melody itself is in an arch pattern, with very long phrases
harmony-melody, accompani
rich, sparse, monophonic,
polyphonic, homophonic,
consonance, dissonance, blo
chords, broken chords, resol
The song is soft, growing louder as the piece goes on. It incorporates crescendos articulation-staccato, clipped
and decrescendos throughout. The whole piece is in legato, smooth flowing, with smooth
little contrast
large contrasts, little contrast
Timbre:
The timbre is breathy, but deep. Airy but still heavy.
Form & Structure:
Theres a specific pattern/theme that repeats throughout. The structure,
therefore, is more binary.
Context:
Personal Response
Physical:
The music made me feel calm, and so it relaxed my body.
How would I
characterize
sound of the
my ears?
Emotional:
Again, the music made me feel calm; however the overall mood of it was one of awe. This
piece should most likely be used in churches.
What mood d
music create
What activity
this music re
Intellectual:
What mental
did the music
mind?
Is there a spe
memory I ass
with this mus
The image of people in a church is the mental image that came into mind when I heard this.
A specific memory that pops up is that of my time in a Catholic all-girls school, where masses
What else did
were held during the whole week.
about as I
concentrated
music?
Overall Perception
Two-word Description:
Airy, awe-inspiring
Rating:
Ill give this piece a 4, since I somewhat enjoyed it, but it isnt really my type of music.
Describe the m
using only two
descriptive wor
5 - Greatly enjoye
4 - Somewhat en
3 - Neither enjoye
disliked
2 - Somewhat dis
1 - Greatly dislike