· The harmony in this piece is very special. It is discordant at the beginning. The bass and bass drum are very loud, and gives a sense of clean heaviness. The cadence seems to be interrupted.??
· The rhythm is very special, which implies that the tempo is andante. Correct
· The instruments used in this piece are bass, drums, saxophone, keyboard, synthesizer, and other wind instruments probably. Electric trumpet. Surely a lot of electronic sounds have been added. Correct
It begins with ambient electronic sounds.
Then the drums begin which gives it some structure.
Off-beat drums.
Jazzy fills. Rim-shots.
Structural features:
· I would say the form of this piece is rondo, due to its various different parts in it, but also because it always comes back to the main “A” part. There is a main theme which comes back again & again. There are sections of improvisation that fill the gaps.
· The texture of this piece is polyphonic because of all the instruments playing different things at the same time.
· The tempo is a 4/4.
Uses improvisation inbetween the main theme.
Contextual features:
· This style of music is called ambient music, it is what they usually put in modern posh places to have a nice ambient or in an elevator
· This type of music is very modern, it is easily noticeable due to all the effects done by computer.
· This music is mainly played in developed countries for very special places. So European Union Countries, and maybe North America countries.
· The term "ambient music" was first coined by Brian Eno in the mid-1970s to refer to music that can be either "actively listened to with attention or as easily ignored, depending on the choice of the listener" (Eno, who describes himself as a "non-musician" termed his experiments in sound as "treatments" rather than as traditional performances). Hence, Brian Eno is considered the father of ambient music: his 1978 release Ambient 1: Music for Airports includes a manifesto describing this music. Although having coined the word "ambient", he is also quick to reference the works and influence of Erik Satie. Eno coined the term in an essay to distance his work from elevator music and Muzak, it is more often similar to mood music or an ambient background in movie and radio sound effects.
· Many of the works of turn of the century French composer Erik Satie are regarded as predecessors to ambient music. He referred to some of his music as "Musique d'ameublement" ('furniture music', or more literally, 'music for the furniture' and 'music to mingle with knives and forks'), referring to something that could be played during dinner and would simply create an atmosphere for that activity rather than be the focus of attention. (Wikipedia)
By Gui
Musical features :· The harmony in this piece is very special. It is discordant at the beginning. The bass and bass drum are very loud, and gives a sense of clean heaviness. The cadence seems to be interrupted.??
· The rhythm is very special, which implies that the tempo is andante. Correct
· The instruments used in this piece are bass, drums, saxophone, keyboard, synthesizer, and other wind instruments probably. Electric trumpet. Surely a lot of electronic sounds have been added. Correct
It begins with ambient electronic sounds.
Then the drums begin which gives it some structure.
Off-beat drums.
Jazzy fills. Rim-shots.
Structural features:
· I would say the form of this piece is rondo, due to its various different parts in it, but also because it always comes back to the main “A” part. There is a main theme which comes back again & again. There are sections of improvisation that fill the gaps.
· The texture of this piece is polyphonic because of all the instruments playing different things at the same time.
· The tempo is a 4/4.
Uses improvisation inbetween the main theme.
Contextual features:
· This style of music is called ambient music, it is what they usually put in modern posh places to have a nice ambient or in an elevator
· This type of music is very modern, it is easily noticeable due to all the effects done by computer.
· This music is mainly played in developed countries for very special places. So European Union Countries, and maybe North America countries.
· The term "ambient music" was first coined by Brian Eno in the mid-1970s to refer to music that can be either "actively listened to with attention or as easily ignored, depending on the choice of the listener" (Eno, who describes himself as a "non-musician" termed his experiments in sound as "treatments" rather than as traditional performances). Hence, Brian Eno is considered the father of ambient music: his 1978 release Ambient 1: Music for Airports includes a manifesto describing this music. Although having coined the word "ambient", he is also quick to reference the works and influence of Erik Satie. Eno coined the term in an essay to distance his work from elevator music and Muzak, it is more often similar to mood music or an ambient background in movie and radio sound effects.
· Many of the works of turn of the century French composer Erik Satie are regarded as predecessors to ambient music. He referred to some of his music as "Musique d'ameublement" ('furniture music', or more literally, 'music for the furniture' and 'music to mingle with knives and forks'), referring to something that could be played during dinner and would simply create an atmosphere for that activity rather than be the focus of attention. (Wikipedia)
By Gui