For my week 4 familiar music I listened to "Feelin' Right" by Emblem3, "Tenor and Baritone" by H. Lane Wilson, and "Choreography" by Robert Sheldon. I first heard "Tenor and Baritone" when I went to my little sister's friend's senior recital. The video I watched was not them, the video I watched was just what showed up when I typed in Tenor and Baritone. I really enjoyed this when they played it live because I could tell what each singer's vocal range was. Sometimes the texture is monophonic because they sing the same notes at the same time (ignoring the piano). With the piano's accompaniment and the singer's harmony, the texture is polyphonic, the listener hears two melodic lines from the singers and accompaniment from the piano. Around :31, the tenor sings first and the baritone imitates the first singer. I also like the piece because it is meant to be humorous and the two guys in the video and the two guys who performed it when I saw it live make it very fun to watch and listen to. Around 1:04, the piano transitions the singers into their solo parts with the tenor starting. The tenor has a very nice higher note range. The song is basically the tenor saying he has the best voice and the baritone saying he has the best voice and the listener gets to make the decision in the end of whose voice he or she liked better, it is simply the listener's opinion. Some people like a higher tenor voice and some like a lower baritone voice. This song is actually what helped me remember the three male voices, tenor, baritone, and bass on the test. The tenor is shaky on some points of his solo, but he still does a nice job of giving an example of a tenor sounding voice. During the two singer's solos, the texture is homophonic, the singer has the main melody while the piano accompanies the singer. Following the tenor voice's solo, the two harmonize together and the next section to happen is the baritone's solo. The baritone voice's solo starts at around 2:55. He also has some shaky notes, but that may be because he might be nervous, but he also does a good job of presenting of how a baritone's voice should sound. Following the baritone voice's solo, the two singer the chorus again, the texture again is sometimes polyphonic or homophonic. The texture is polyphonic when both voices sing different parts and have different melody lines. The texture is homophonic when the are harmonizing with each other with the piano as accompaniment. From my choice of this week, my two favorites would have to be "Tenor and Baritone" and "Choreography." I first heard choreography when my high school band sight read it. It did not sound very pretty the first time I heard it because it was sight reading, but I knew it had potential. My band played this song when we vacationed at Disney Universal Studios in Florida during the summer. The French horns have a very fun part in this which may be the reason I loved it so much, because it was fun to play. The piece of music begins with the French horns playing eighth notes and then other parts of the band come in shortly after. The lower woodwinds come in right after the French horns make their entrance. I can also hear the bells playing the melody along with the horns. The saxophones take the same melody. The clarinets and trumpets join in after as well. It is an interesting idea because the melody is passed along between instruments. A tambourine keeps the beat upbeat and fast. Around :47 the horns have a descending line. The horns start a new melody accompanied by the low woodwinds. The horns have a beautiful line throughout the whole piece. The first melody returns and cymbals are used. The clarinets and flutes then continue with a slower tempo. Then a trumpet has a very pretty solo. The song has a more broadening feeling around 2:29. This feeling lasts until 4:20 where the horns take the eighth note again. The percussion is used to keep the rhythm. The rhythm picks up again to the ending.
"Feelin' Right" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13-6CUfvtAg
"Tenor and Baritone" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjR5KdEiIfI
"Choreography" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrpDG2lbGfE
For my week 4 unfamiliar music I choose "William Tell Overture" by Rossini. The piece of music starts with a relaxing slow violin line then the music gets passed to a lower string instrument that I cannot place. The violin continues the melody with the strings accompanying the violin. The percussion section also accompanies the strings. Around 1:34 the violin is imitated by another string instrument. They both having moving melody lines. At 2:54 a high woodwind plays staccato notes and a bassoon imitates the line. A few instruments later, a horn plays the same line. It is being passed from instrument to instrument. There is a crescendo up to 3:54 with the whole orchestra. The brasses are very prominent here as well. The high woodwinds have descending scales. The percussion is keeping the rhythm, the tempo. The song goes quiet again around 5:27. The melody is played by an oboe and a flute plays in the background. The trumpets have the famous melody of William Tell at 8:23. Other brasses accompany the trumpets. The strings take the melody with the percussion accompanying. Then, the melody is passed to the upper woodwinds. The tempo picks up speed using the percussion to keep the tempo fast. Around 9:20 the band continues to play the fast tempo. Then it slows down. The brasses crescendo with cymbals to keep the tempo.
"William Tell Overture" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zet0Gl-3Egk
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