Compare And Contrast Simon And Garfunkel

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Being freedom one of the most important rights that a human being can have, it is also essential for all creatures of this earth planet. A representation of freedom in the wild world can be represented through the Condor, which its fly is a expression of beauty and autonomy. Its majestic wings make it possible showing a real show of perfection. Moreover, most of his flying is glided in the sky, which amazed the people who look at it in the sky where the condor passes above them. Just as the condor does it, we should continue “flying” to find our own freedom that it does not mean to do whatever we want, it really means being able to choose in order to be a better version of ourselves. Therefore, in the song “if I could,” Simon and Garfunkel are trying to show how necessary is to gives us some space to move away from the modern life that takes all our energy to be free to know better ourselves and our natural environment. Having saying this, I am going to talk about the song's unique and peaceful melody. Then, the timbre of the song which uses uncommon instruments that make it special …show more content…

Its catchy melody is divided in two sessions. The starting part has fast notes in the background that make me like I am expecting a big surprise and it is combined with slower vibrations to keep the serene mood.. After this series of pitches, there is a short pause that is followed by the second part; a conjunct pattern with smooth changes betweens notes and an structure of a three parts pattern; short statement, short statement and synthesis. An example of this is found in the song's lyrics; A man gets tied up to the ground (first short statement), He gives the world its saddest sound (second short statement), its saddest sound (synthesis). This type of structure, I would describe it as reflective because the singers do a series of meaning moments to show their emotions in relation to freedom, peace and