Analysis Of Recording You Hear The Drums By Marvin Gaye

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This song has a form of verse/chorus/verse/chorus. The song starts of with the beat of a single drum before an electric guitar, piano, a violin and a tambourine join it. There is a steady, but rather slow tempo at the beginning of the song that speeds up when the other instruments join into the song. When listening to the recording you hear the drums, guitar, and what seems like just slightly above half of the main vocals coming out of the left speaker or headphone. Out of the right speaker or headphone you the piano, what sounds like a little bit of violin, as well as the backup vocals. The recording also sounds a little bit less clean as compared to recordings today. I find this song to be representative of Marvin Gaye’s style because he