MUS 116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Intertextuality
The Beatles (5/30/18)
● Things to listen for in music
○ Melody
○ Rhythm
○ Meter
○ Tempo
○ feel/ mood
○ Style
○ Timbre/ tone (quality of sound)
○ Instrumentation
○ Studio effects
○ Voice and voice quality
○ Balance of voice and instruments
○ Interaction of voice and instruments
○ Race and gender of singer
○ Words / lyrics/ poem
○ Harmony (chord progressions, key changes)
○ Bass line
○ Riff / motive
○ Dynamics
○ Texture
○ Layers (tracks)
○ Musical development (from verse to verse)
○ Phrasing
○ structure/ form/ pattern of repetitions
○ Connections to other songs (intertextuality)
■ Ideas shared with other songs (ex: Blues patterns)
■ Appropriations from other songs (“Borrowings”)
■ Responses to other songs
■ Answers
■ Reworkings
■ Covers
● Degree of distance from the original
● Things to experience in music
○ Time
○ Physical sensation of sound
○ Your own physiological and psychological responses
○ Emotions
● What is the difference between listening and hearing?
● Between seeing and looking?
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