1. What is making the sound?
a. Is there more than one instrument playing? Yes and no. There are brief times when only one is playing and each has a point when it is featured, or at least highlighted by the gentleness of the others while one crescendos.
b. What instrument(s) are playing? Piano, flute, Oboe, trumpet, bass, cello, French horn, timpani, violin, trombone, bassoon, clarinet, and piccolo. Having watched I now actually recognize the sound of an Oboe and have wondered what made that sound for years just never searched to know.
c. What is the overall mood of the sound? That is subjective. The mood can be one of gentle flowing like a river over smooth surfaces and then over rough rapids to gentle babbling brooks for example I liked it around minute 16 to 17 as the brook meandered in the meadow to me.
2. What is the melody like?
a. Is it in major or Minor? The piece is called a “C” major therefore it is major.
b. Is it conjunct or disjunct, or does it alternate between the two? It would seem to hold to the standard idea of conjunct and has little disjunct during the crescendos to add feeling as far as I am familiar with yet.
3. What is the rhythm like?
a. Is it regular or irregular? Regular as it seems fairly …show more content…
Describe the overall form. What elements does the composer use to create a sense of departure and return? He stands up and sits down, he uses facial expression and body expression. No, this is not all the music also enjoys melody, rhythm, harmony, texture, tempo, dynamics and form as we described in answering all the above questions. Not to be understood as a complete interpretation of the subtle and obvious transitions. Rather a beginner’s view from the explanation ability of a child in his first experience as it is for me. I feel like a child attempting to explain the actions of my parents in a complex situation of which I have no experience or knowledge and capturing but a moment here and there creating no complete story at