Listening Journal #3

Paradise - Coldplay

Texture: Polyphonic

Timbre: Aerophone (Human Voice), Electranophone, Membranophone (Drums), Chordophone (Piano, Guitar, Violin) Ideophone (Bells or maybe the triangle)

Meter: 4/4 (Duple Simple)

Tempo: Adagio (It has a slow tempo)

I'm not sure if Paradise has syncopation or not. It certainly sounds like there are accents on the DA DA DA DADA DA DA DA DA part, but it is hard to tell.

* Here is the sheet music to Paradise below *

Listening Blog #2

America - West Side Story

America, the song from the musical (in this case the film version) West Side Story, is a good example of a hemiola. I can tell it has a hemiola because the song starts off in 6/8 time, then there is a shift in the piece (a hemiola) that makes it seem like the rhythm goes from 6/8 to 3/4. In the example below the piece starts off with 6 eighth notes and in the second measure 3 quarter notes are used make it seem like 3/4 time (triple simple).

Song Analysis- Of Monsters and Men

King and Lionheart - Of Monsters and Men

Meter: duple simple

Tempo: Moderato

Timbre: Aerophone (human voice), Chordophone, Membranophone

Texture: Homophonic