Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Potential Answers


#______                        Title: Let Me Be Your Star                        Performer: SMASH 2012

                        Composer/Song Writer: The Writers of “Hairspray” the musical            Year/Era: 2012/Postmodern

  • Timbre: “What” or “Who” in music making:
o   What kind of instruments/voices do you hear?
Piano, voice (female), shaker, hi-hat (cymbal), tambourine, flute, strings,

  • Dynamics: The intensity of the volume:                        pp            p            mp            mf            f            ff
o   Does the intensity ever change (how often)?
The intensity changed rather often. The beginning started a little quieter than the middle of the piece of music. It gets more intense in the middle. The end is the loudest part of the song is right at the end.
  • Meter: How many beats per measure.  4
    • Does it stay the same for the entire piece? It stayed the same throughout.

  • Tempo: How fast is the music moving            Adagio    Andante    Moderato    Allegro    Presto
    • Does it stay the same for the entire piece?            It stayed the same throughout.

  • Genre: What category(s) does this piece best fit into?  What other style does it make you think of?
Broadway/Musical Theatre/Pop
  • Opinion:
    • What did you find most interesting about the performance of the song? (Be Specific)
·       I liked that there were different voices, this meant that the song kept its interest throughout because you never knew who was going to sing next.
·       I liked the fact that the song got more and more intense as the music went on and I liked that it ended loudly, because it kept my interest and makes me want to hear the next song.
·       I liked that the piano was so important in this song, it made the song sound extremely magical because it was played in its highest register.

    • What didn't you like about the song? (Be Specific)
·       I didn’t like that in the beginning you couldn’t hear the lyrics that she was singing. I didn’t like this because it distracted me from the music.
·       I didn’t like that the percussion didn’t really start playing until half way through, because I think that the beginning of the song sounded a little boring without it.

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