All three of these pieces are something that is completely different, but they all have one thing in common, music. The Fanfare for the Common Man and Adagio for Strings is something I have heard a few times here or there, whether it was in movies or even in music class whenever I was younger. The Drum Corps International 2014 was a collaboration of multiple drum corps from all over that displayed the show at a competition. Analyzing each element of these videos really made me realize how much I have learned in the past 8 weeks.
Beginning with The Fanfare for the Common Man by Copland is something that I have recognized in movies for a while now. It is a tune that I’m sure every American has heard at one time or another. The style reminded …show more content…
My mom actually came into my room whenever I was playing it and she said that this is one of her favorite classical pieces. The style in my opinion is a renaissance type piece. I know that it was composed in 1938, but it reminds me of a renaissance style piece due to its melancholy tone. The harmony between the violins, I’m sure that there are different types of violins within the mix, like soprano, alto, tenor, bass, are very beautiful whenever the chords match up. The texture at the beginning is relatively light. It becomes thicker as the song progresses, but it’s definitely not as thick as what Fanfare for The Common Man was. The dynamics have a nice flow to it, like a roller coaster, they’ll be slow and then progress evenly to a strong few measures, and then die back down. The tempo isn’t that fast, It’s relatively light and a slow and steady pace. It rushed up at times, but then it slowed back down. This piece involves violins, basses, a harp, and violas. Within these instruments, they present different ranges. Since this piece is called Adagio for Strings, it would only make sense that it would be exclusively stringed instruments. This songs color was different, it was more somber. Whenever I looked it up online, I noticed that is was played at a lot of funerals, for example, John F. Kennedy and even Albert Einstein, but it also has made its debut in numerous movies. I believe that this form is ABCDA. Both the beginning and end had the same tune while in the middle, it presented different thoughts within the actual body of the
Beginning with The Fanfare for the Common Man by Copland is something that I have recognized in movies for a while now. It is a tune that I’m sure every American has heard at one time or another. The style reminded …show more content…
My mom actually came into my room whenever I was playing it and she said that this is one of her favorite classical pieces. The style in my opinion is a renaissance type piece. I know that it was composed in 1938, but it reminds me of a renaissance style piece due to its melancholy tone. The harmony between the violins, I’m sure that there are different types of violins within the mix, like soprano, alto, tenor, bass, are very beautiful whenever the chords match up. The texture at the beginning is relatively light. It becomes thicker as the song progresses, but it’s definitely not as thick as what Fanfare for The Common Man was. The dynamics have a nice flow to it, like a roller coaster, they’ll be slow and then progress evenly to a strong few measures, and then die back down. The tempo isn’t that fast, It’s relatively light and a slow and steady pace. It rushed up at times, but then it slowed back down. This piece involves violins, basses, a harp, and violas. Within these instruments, they present different ranges. Since this piece is called Adagio for Strings, it would only make sense that it would be exclusively stringed instruments. This songs color was different, it was more somber. Whenever I looked it up online, I noticed that is was played at a lot of funerals, for example, John F. Kennedy and even Albert Einstein, but it also has made its debut in numerous movies. I believe that this form is ABCDA. Both the beginning and end had the same tune while in the middle, it presented different thoughts within the actual body of the