For my week 5 familiar music I chose "All Night" and "Smile" by R5, "Can We Dance," "Last Night," and "Oh Cecilia" by The Vamps. I wanted to choose a live version of "All Night" because R5's lead singer sings really good live. He can sing really high but also has a low range, kind of raspy voice. It is also really great how a listener and watched can tell that R5 really loves what they are doing onstage. "All Night" begins with a piano introduction with various chords. Then the guitars come in to accompany the singer along with the piano. The texture here would be homophonic. The main singer sings the melody and the other instruments play the accompaniment. When the chorus approaches, the listener can feel it because the drums and piano get louder to crescendo a little to present the first word of the chorus which is pretty loud. Around 1:25 the listener can hear the raspy kind of quality to the lead singer's voice. The piano has continuous changing chords through the whole song. The melody has many skips especially into the chorus, that is a big leap. This song has many dynamic changes. "Smile" starts off with a guitar melody along with the percussion. The drum set keeps the tempo in the beginning of the song. R5 is an interesting group because four out of the five members are related. The drummer is a friend of the family's. The music video for "Smile" is kind of fun because they do everything backwards, it is fun to watch. The guitar and percussion accompanies the singer's melody throughout the song. The chorus again is about a forte volume level. R5 apparently likes to have loud chorus'. At 2:05 the volume goes from loud to soft almost instantly. After the singer sings the soft part, the drums come in to introduce the next section of the song. The next section is the chorus a bit louder this time than the times before. This song also has many dynamic changes. "Last Night" starts with the band singing together a simple melody. The drums transition into the beginning of the first verse. The drums accompany the singer while he sings the melody. The guitars also accompany the singer's melody. A piano also plays along with some chords. Around 2:46 they only sing and clap, they take out the instruments and I'm not sure if this would be considered a cappella because of the clapping. This goes until the end of the song. "Can We Dance" starts with a kind of fast melody with a piano accompanying with chords. The drums come in and have a little solo until the singer starts again. The guitar comes in along with the drums accompanying the singer. A trumpet is also added to help support the melody. The other singers sometimes harmonize along with the lead singer while he sings the melody. The drums keep the tempo upbeat. They repeat the chorus towards the end. "Oh Cecilia" starts with the singer along with some percussion instrument. Then the drums and guitars come in. This song is a cover. The music video is a funny video to watch. They are pretending to be stranded on an island. Singer Shawn Mendes is featured along with the Vamps. Around 2:52 they sing without any instruments other than the percussion. They sing the chorus again a little louder this time with the guitar accompanying. This goes to the end of the song.
"All Night" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoY9JQH4BTw
"Smile" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tV6bzk3_6c
"Last Night" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLyHSOXhZhY
"Can We Dance" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqSww10eeKw
"Oh Cecilia" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COwkCW38J54
For my week 5 unfamiliar music I chose "Cool Change" by Little River Band and "Blue Shades" by Frank Ticheli. "Cool Change" is a kind of laid back song with a slow tempo and soft voice. The piano accompanies the main melody of the singer. There may also be a bass playing the first beat of the measures. This song is very soothing. Around 1:18, a second singer comes in with the first singer. The two singers harmonize with each other so this would be homophonic texture because they are singing the same note but the second singer is supporting the first singer. Around 1:50 many more singers come in and sound like a choir, the choir has another melody along with the first singer. This would be polyphonic texture. Around 2:38 a saxophone takes the melody and plays by itself along with percussion and a bass accompanying it. The singer comes back in with the piano again. Then the drums transition to the chorus again. There is a little bit of dynamic change in this song although the song overall is relatively soft. I have heard Frank Ticheli before, but never this song. "Blue Shades" starts off with the French horns loud than getting softer. The clarinets come in along with other instruments in the band. A lot of instruments have a louder part then go to the background as others take over. Around :53 the clarinets have the melody only for a short period of time. Then the trumpets and flutes and oboes play together. The percussion have some parts as well. The brasses really present the brassy sound really well with the little parts they have in there as well. This song is very showy of all the instruments known for qualities. There is a lot of trumpet loud staccatos. The clarinets play a melody along with the mallet percussion instruments. Around 2:55 the instruments have a descending line. The trumpets are using mutes which add to the sound of the piece. Then the saxophone and high woodwinds have some fun parts. The tempo is a fast tempo. Around 3:56 the clarinets have staccato along with other high woodwinds while other instruments have the main melody. The bass clarinets keep the fast tempo while other instruments play the melody. I usually like most of Ticheli's music, but this one is not my favorite. Around 5:35 the French horns have high glissandos. The tempo is slowed after that. Around 6:04 a low woodwind maybe a bass clarinet again has a solo. The dynamic level is brought up again at 7:33. Then it is brought back down with sudden loud excerpts the tempo is fast again. The clarinets have a really high melody line. At 9:42 the dynamic is really loud only to get louder towards the ending. The percussion keep the fast tempo. At 10:01 the instruments have a quick ascending line. High woodwinds are holding on at the end and some percussion sound ends the piece, it sounds like a coin being scraped on a gong maybe.
"Cool Change" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bKwRW0l-Qk
"Blue Shades" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbkR_y_QMnw
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