Blog Assignment 5

Listening Phase 1
Tempo-
Medium

Source-
The cello, drums, and bass.

Groove-
The groove is a driving, yet mellow, melody.

Listening Phase 2
Instrumentation-
Cello, bass, drums, and vocals make up the song.

Structure/Organization-
The song is mostly a cello repeating a cord structure while the bass and drums support it.

Emotional Architecture-
The emotional structure starts in the middle, rises to a climax, then goes down into a low point, rises back up to a climax, and then fades out.

Listening Phase 3
Balance
Height-
Bass is the lowest frequency and the cello hits the highest frequency.

Width-
Balanced the entire time.

Depth-
The cello and vocals are at the forefront with the bass and drums supporting them from the back.

Listening Phase 1
Tempo-
Medium, Fast.

Source-
Pizzicato cello with drums and bass driving it.

Groove-
Driving sound with folk rock architecture.

Listening Phase 2
Instrumentation-
Guitar, bass, cello, and drums drive the song.

Structure/Organization-
The song is guitar following a constant cord structure with the cello playing a melody while bass and drums keep the rhythm going.

Emotional Architecture-
The song starts off pretty high then comes up to a climax which quickly drops lower than the beginning, then drives back up to a climax where it remains until the end.

Listening Phase 3
Balance
Height-
Bass is the lowest frequency while guitar and cello are the highest.

Width-
Balanced the entire time

Depth-
The guitar bass and drums are all fairly repetitive in the background while the cello and vocals are at the front.

These songs are very different, but they do share some characteristics.

The lyrics from both of the songs talk about very different things. The first song, Foxglove, is talking about the singers love interest, while the second is talking about his brother. The lyrics for the first one are often soft, and repeat in sections where the singer hits high notes. For the second song, brother, the lyrics are faster and the singer sings them with much more intensity. For Brother the singer tends to focus more on lower sounds whereas in Foxglove he tends to hit higher notes. With Foxglove he is also going into repetitive lyrics more often than Brother.

The melody from both of these songs are very different. Foxglove has a very disjointed melody that is mostly conveyed through the vocals. For Brother the vocals do give away the melody, but it is mostly presented through the instruments. The melody for Foxglove is also very slow and even while Brother has a much faster and more intense melody. With Foxglove the melody is much more similar to a ballad. It's slow and steady and doesn't really change much throughout. The melody of Brother however is much more similar to a folk rock song. It is much faster and more intense than the Foxglove melody, while maintaining a rigid structure.

The musical quality for each song has some similar characteristics. Both songs have the cello at the forefront, and with both songs the cello is constantly changing its playing style going from arco to pizzicato and staccato to legato. The bass in both songs serves a similar purpose as well, it mostly stays in the background playing the cord structure while keeping the rhythm. Foxglove has a much slower rhythm while Brother is much faster. The intensity of Foxglove is also much lower than Brother.

I like Brother better because it has a better melody and I enjoy the lyrics more. I also enjoy the playing techniques that the cello utilizes to get the sound they do. I also like Brother more because of the faster rhythm and melody, while Foxglove is much more mellow.