Music
Music has been around for many of years that has shaped and changed society in many ways. We see so many rhythmic organizations, it's endless. Throughout the majority of tones and styles to pick from a song, critiquing a song can be difficult at times. The musical piece I will be examining is an album by Quincy Jones, called Walking in Space. This album features 6 tracks of mellow jazz that can be played in any type of environments. The tracks that stood out with different styles are 2, 3, and 6, which are the tracks I will discuss in order. Track 2, which is titled, Walking in Space, is a 12 minute 5 seconds musical piece. This song has a clear consistent 2 beat pattern that can easily be distinguished. Although at times this song does have many transitions, meaning instruments heard at one point of the song might instantaneously change to singing or another instrument. The instruments that can be distinguished are th
Track 3 is named Killer Joe. This song is much shorter than the previous song mentioned above, but uses the same instruments. The length is 5 minutes and 10 seconds long and also has a noticeable 2 beat pattern. All the instruments playing has a low relaxed tone that is lead by a Trumpet with a Vibrato tone or loud. In the beginning of the song up to 3 minutes and 14 seconds, the Trumpet is serving as the voice of the song then switching to a lady singing in the same rhythmic pattern as the Trumpet was playing. The lady voice is also margato style which makes the song more on the tense side than relaxed.
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Approximate Word count = 644
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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