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TITLE OF THE SONG ride of the Valkyries Richard wagner

GENRE OF THE SONG romantic emotions is more important than order

 ELEMENT ADJECTIVES THAT DESCRIBE HERE
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DESCRIBE
Duration/Rhythm Syncopated/off-beat
Make sure you talk about: Fast/Slow
- How fast the song is. Rigid
- How long or short the notes are in Stretched
a song Flexible
- The time signature or meter of the Marching
Complex
song
Hypnotic
Repetitive
Then talk about
Waltz
- What’s the effect of these choices?
Compound Time feeling
- What would it be like if these
Swung
choices were different?
dramatic

Pitch (harmony/melody/tonality) Conjunct (smooth)

Disjunct (not smooth)
Jazzy
Make sure you talk about Bluesy
- The sound or quality of a Diminished
combination of notes (harmony) Major
- How they sound in a piece Minor
individually – the bit you Modal
whistle or hum (melody) Consonant (nice)
- The key it’s in (tonality) Dissonant (awkward/clash)
Seventh
Repetitive
Then talk about:
Leading
- What’s the effect of these Chromatic (notes that aren’t part
choices? of the scale)
Simple
Complex
Ascending
Descending

ELEMENT ADJECTIVES DESCRIBE

Mellow Violin
Timbre Brilliant Viola
Reedy Cello
Make sure you talk about Buzzing Double bass
- The instruments (in as much detail Rumbling Timpani triangle snare drum
as you can) Percussive French horn cymbals
- The sounds they make (in as much Raspy Trombone
detail as you can) Muffled Trumpet
- The sounds when it’s all combined. Smooth Clarinets
- The emotional effect of these Resonant Piccolo oboe bassoon
sounds. Synthetic
Thin
Then talk about Brassy
- What’s the effect of these sounds
and what would the effect be if
they were changed?
Binary
Structure Ternary
Talk about Intro, Verse, Chorus, Verse
- How the song is set up Chorus, Bridge Chorus
- The effect (emotional or otherwise) ABACADA (rondo)
of these decisions. How is the song structured?
 Then talk about
- How would it be if it were
changed.
Homophonic
Texture Polyphonic
Generally this will refer to homophonic, Monophonic
polyphonic or monophonic (heterophonic in
some very rare cases).
Talk about
- Which instruments/sounds are
making up each layer of sound and
how it would look if these were
changed.

How are dynamics used in this

Expressive Devices song?
Talk about Anything specifically accented?
- What things has the Any other interesting things in
composer/producer/performer done this piece?
to make the song more interesting
(dynamics etc)
- What’s the effect of these?
Then talk about
- What would it look like if these
were changed/adjusted?