The composer is trying to send a message with this song. It is a very interesting song because most songs that try to get a message across usually have a slower and lower rhythm/tone but not this one. The composer tried to get his message across by using a very intense and complicated rhythm but it still does the job. The song went viral and got it's point across very well. The structure of the song goes: intro, bridge, chorus, verse, refrain, verse, refrain and outro. This is a structure that I have never seen before. The composer does it this way so that the listener gets distracted by all the things going on in the song. The overall message is that many Americans get distracted by things going on that we don't realize the important problems. "This is America" uses Major keys because the song does not give you a sad feeling but rather an intense one. Overall, the song does a good job at getting it's point across and the composer did a good job using all these elements.
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GOOD MUSIC VS. BAD MUSIC It is actually really hard to find a "bad piece of music" according to some. What differentiates "bad music" and "good music" is the rhythm, the melody and how predictive it is. In good music there should be no rhythms that might be awkward because it might not sound good the the listener. Also, a music piece should not be predictive. If a music is predictive then it means that it is too simple and it might come off as boring. It can't be too complicated and too much going on at the same time, though. If there is too much going on at the same time, then it could just sound bad. At the end of the day, it all comes down to your music taste. For example, if you like intense music, then you might like rock music but if you like music to dance to, then bachata is good music for you. Resources: 1.https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/courses/1011S/PHIL/PHIL-67-1011S/goodbadmusic 2.https://medium.com/@ColtonDewberry/what-makes-good-music-good-f27e9e4b6e9c 3.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTyVc8OInjA 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQlbStHoxr8 5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqel2VI24cI MY BEST WORK My best project, in my opinion, is my loop composition. I think is the one in which I was beginning to explore sound trap and for some reason, I found beats that I thought sounded really well but I couldn't find them in the future. I am a hip-hop person which was why I chose to make a hip-hop beat. Out of all of my SoundTrap projects, I feel like that it is the most organized. I had many different loops that went well together and I feel like it has just enough going on. Out of 5 stars, I rate it a four. I wouldn't give it a five because I feel that it could have been better but it was good. It wasn't too simple but it also wasn't too complex. In my opinion, I feel like I did a good job in this project and that this was my best piece of work. DAW stands for Digital Audio Workstation and it is an electronic device or software that used for recording, editing and producing audio files. MIDI stands for Musical Instrumental Digital Interface. instead of recording audio, MIDI records the data of what you played. You can only listen to audio with a playback device. The biggest difference between these two devices is that the only way to fix an error in a audio file is to restart. With MIDI, you can fix the errors without having to start all over again. You can use DAW and MIDI to make music by using the keyboard that it includes or by using other musical instruments.
Guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela -
Their guitar performance by Rodrigo and Gabriela IS music. Music is defined as "a sound perceived as pleasingly harmonious." They did make sound with their guitars and it was pleasing to my ears. The human voice: mysterious, spontaneous, primal - Yes, it is music because she uses her voice to make a harmony. One of the definitions of music is "vocal sounds which produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion." The performer used her voice for all of these things. Tion by Mark Applebaum - This is NOT music because there was no sound. Music is defined as " vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion and in this performance there was none of those. They did not use instruments nor their voices. Music -
1. vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion. "couples were dancing to the music" 2. the art or science of composing or performing music. 3. a sound perceived as pleasingly harmonious. Sound - 1. vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear. 2. sound produced by continuous and regular vibrations, as opposed to noise. 3. emit or cause to emit sound. |
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