Critical response #3

Write a response to ONE of the songs that appears in "Four Chord Songs" by Axis of Awesome

Critical Response #2

1) Post an example of 2 of the foms that we discussed in class
2) Write a Critical response to either "Good Life" or "If Love Is a Red Dress"

Critical Response #1

Write a Critical Response to ONE of the songs that we listened to last week.

• Ain't No Sunshine
• Somebody I Used to Know (please post a DIFFERENT version than the one I posted)

Elements of Music!

Last week we discussed the elements that are the building blocks of music. When writing your responses, please try to include some references to these elements and how they are represented in the piece that you are discussing!

• Form: The structure of a piece of music.
• Melody: A pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds.
• Harmony: A pleasing combination of two or more tones played together while a melody is being played.
• Rhythm: The element of music pertaining to time, played as a grouping of notes into accented or unaccented beats.
• Meter: The number and type of beats per bar in a piece of music.
• Tempo: Indicating speed.
• Dynamics: Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
• Timbre: Tone colour, quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another.
• Instrumentation: The instruments or voices that are specified in a piece of music.
• Lyrics: Words set to music.