The Melting Pot
I choose the “Arabian Waltz” by the Silk Road Ensemble as my song. This group is composed of “distinguished musicians, composers and performing artists from more than 20 countries around the world to celebrate, explore and experiment with a wide variety of cultural approaches to musical performances” (The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma: Live from Tanglewood). At the beginning of the piece I felt very serene with just a couple of instruments playing. However, when all the instruments joined in. the piece became more exciting. Shortly after, the piece became dramatic, almost like the rising action in a novel or movie. Then the piece returns to the familiar sound heard at the beginning, but this time it feels faster and promotes …show more content…
This song has a wide dynamic range due to the “extremely soft passages as well as extremely loud passages” (Elements of Music). The rhythm patterns change throughout this piece. It begins to slow then changes to a faster pace. Along with changing rhythmic patterns there is a change in melody. The song changes from low to high pitches. Dissonance and consonance harmonic tones create the different reactions from the listeners. After looking closer to the musical elements that make this piece it did not change the way I perceived the song, but it did help me recognize how the piece changes …show more content…
In the Middle East, religion plays a huge role. It determines daily life, prayer, study, and work. Since the Middle East is centrally located between several continents, it has become a place of trade. Essentially, it has become a melting pot with the diversity in which it contains from the boarding countries. Knowing the culture that surrounds this piece helped me understand why it sounds so diverse. The culture itself is diverse which makes sense as to the diversity expressed in the
I choose the “Arabian Waltz” by the Silk Road Ensemble as my song. This group is composed of “distinguished musicians, composers and performing artists from more than 20 countries around the world to celebrate, explore and experiment with a wide variety of cultural approaches to musical performances” (The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma: Live from Tanglewood). At the beginning of the piece I felt very serene with just a couple of instruments playing. However, when all the instruments joined in. the piece became more exciting. Shortly after, the piece became dramatic, almost like the rising action in a novel or movie. Then the piece returns to the familiar sound heard at the beginning, but this time it feels faster and promotes …show more content…
This song has a wide dynamic range due to the “extremely soft passages as well as extremely loud passages” (Elements of Music). The rhythm patterns change throughout this piece. It begins to slow then changes to a faster pace. Along with changing rhythmic patterns there is a change in melody. The song changes from low to high pitches. Dissonance and consonance harmonic tones create the different reactions from the listeners. After looking closer to the musical elements that make this piece it did not change the way I perceived the song, but it did help me recognize how the piece changes …show more content…
In the Middle East, religion plays a huge role. It determines daily life, prayer, study, and work. Since the Middle East is centrally located between several continents, it has become a place of trade. Essentially, it has become a melting pot with the diversity in which it contains from the boarding countries. Knowing the culture that surrounds this piece helped me understand why it sounds so diverse. The culture itself is diverse which makes sense as to the diversity expressed in the