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Michael Jackson is a solo singer most of the time, however, in the song Man in the Mirror he has a choir in the background towards the end of the song. In the beginning he has a higher one part harmony in the beginning. It is still Michael though and doing his own harmony inContinue reading “Blog 12”

Joeys ability to roll all over the piano like no ones business is just unbelievable. He has a gift that is rare and hard to wrap my mind around. This talent is not common because he just rolls around with out any knowledge of music theory, and Joey just starts improving. Me doing jazz forContinue reading “Blog 10”

Mozart, a very well known and talented composer has many good symphonies. He used sonata form which was very popular in the classical era, and had an interesting background. December 1769, Mozart and his father left his mother and sister back home, while they went to Salzburg Italy. His dads musical career was over andContinue reading “Blog 10”

First off, Seasons of Loves is literally one of my favorite songs, and it also takes me back to high school when we played that song before every football game. We all lined up and gave massages during that song to get our body loose. Anyways, I love seasons of love example. The first exampleContinue reading “Blog 9”

My song has a little dynamics, but it isn’t drastic at all. It stays at a mezzo forte to a forte, but during a key change is when Michael gets into it. That is when he is getting fully into the song, or maybe call it the breaking point. The choir is staying a littleContinue reading “Blog #8”

I found a couple of selections to do with painting a picture from my piece and also a German piece. In my piece Man in the Mirror, there is the beginning of the verse saying, “theres kids in the street with nothing to eat, who am I to be blind pretending to see their needs”Continue reading “blog 7”

These pieces I have really enjoyed because even though it is in a different language it still has texture that makes it enjoyable. The word painting helped a lot but it was cool to see their facial expressions. The cricket piece did better visualizing the cricket better than the Est bel et bon. There wasn’tContinue reading “Blog 6”

My piece I picked is Michael Jackson, Man in the Mirror, which is a very famous piece with a bunch of melody and harmonies. Michael has a unique style of pop, and he has a short melody with a bunch of harmony and a choir in the background. The upbeat song is flowed tightly withContinue reading “Blog Number 5”

This is a different genre of music and it is very diverse. I don’t really like the eagle dance music as much, but if I saw it live and in front of me, then I would enjoy it better. Looking at the book doesn’t do its justice to prove the culture. I respect the cultureContinue reading “Eagle Dance”

Hidegard piece is a very freeing and since it’s about victory then it makes it more free in what the vocals do. I’m not a huge fan of this particular piece until the victory happens and the voices go up in a vocal range. I tried to get into it in the beginning, but justContinue reading “Blog num. 3”