Answer: Melancholy.
Answer: This song fits very well in what I would consider to be blues music. It has all of the right ingredients, love, sadness, and a broken heart. It also uses instruments that are traditionally linked to blues music, the piano, and saxophone. The emotion that is heard through Bessie Smiths vocals gives the listener a true feeling of the blues.
Answer: I pictured a very lively scene, with many things happening at the same time. The sounds are very sudden and unexpected, making it a thriller. After remembering the piece mentioned in our text, I realized that it’s representing the movements and rituals of ancient pagan tribes. This is probably why this work has so much energy in it and sounds more foreign to people.
Answer: Patriotic.
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I can also identify a jet engine, as well as many electronic tones throughout the piece.
Answer: This is a very entertaining and mesmerizing type of music to listen to. It’s simple, yet it has a flare to it. The same melody is repeated over and over again, but each time it’s played a little differently. Sometimes it is played by different instruments, or in different combinations. It feels as if there’s so much going on. This makes this piece appealing and fascinating to listeners, who can’t help but want to hear more.
Answer: The song is about a man who has little money and gets by on what he has. He wears old worn out suits and shoes, smokes cigars that he has found, and also takes handouts in towns. It can also be gathered that he sometimes works by pushing a broom, and lives in an 8x12 room.
Answer: I can hear an imitation of drums, bongos, the harp, and sounds similar to a music box. This is a very interesting way of creating these sounds, who knew screws could make music!
Answer: The song starts off with Frederic Chopin’s Prelude in C-minor, Opus 28, No. 20. As soon as I started listening I recognized the sad