“Nobody Knows the Trouble I Have Been” and “Takes Two to Tango”

“Nobody Knows the Trouble I Have Been” and “Takes Two to Tango”

Introduction

“Nobody Knows the Trouble I Have Been” and “Takes Two to Tango” by Louis Armstrong are the two music compositions considered in the essay. Nobody Knows the Trouble I Have Been song was composed in 1867. Louise’s technique is the ability to record, which echoes the sound of the artist based on his work he mostly performed. Besides, the song is considered as a spiritual song that has been covered by several other artists including Lena Home and Marian Anderson. On the other hand, Takes Two to Tango song is a very popular song that was written by Dick Manning and Al Hoffman composing the song in 1952, but the two versions of the song by Louis Armstrong and Pearl charted in the same year 1952.

Nobody Knows the Trouble I Have Been by Louis Armstrong

The composition is an echo sound of the artist. It as a persisted rhythm. “Nobody knows the trouble I have been” sounds like a traditional negro spiritual song. The song is a common jazz evergreen. The song uses a vocal song as Louis Armstrong was known to be the master of vocalist. The technique in the song helps to reflect the contemporaneous cultural ideologies. Louis uses his classical technic in covering the song. The recording of the song shows Louis’s devotion to performing spirituals and demonstrates how necessity capitalism, as well as white supremacy, appropriately absorbs culture. The vowels reigned the supreme over the initial spiritual singing technique that placed a significant emphasis on expressing the rhythm and lyrics of the song.

The voice was a recorded sound that helped to create the song’s composition. Louis recording of the song is seen representing another chapter based on spiritual transmission as well as simultaneously serving as way music mirrors and influences dominant cultural ideologies. The song was made and explicitly arranged for voice and piano by Louis. Additionally, the song takes on more glorious rhythmically in a playful manner portraying the sense of nostalgic warmth.  The lyrics of the song also adds to the song’s composition as they describe very intense feelings. The composition of the song proceeds like a typical musical composition as it composed of a rhythmic pattern featuring musical instruments. The sound that is heard is an echo from the vocalist and the synthesizer of the song. The vocalist fully detaches the song’s synthesizer—various artists who recorded the song set to produce a specific piece, which they did.

The technique employed by the vocalist to use recording and make music from an echo opens for music production by which an element of rhythm, as well as the beats, could not be developed by any of the known musical aspects but may be felt through the vocalist just like Louis. In the song, the electronic sounds played from the background of the vocalist helps to bring those memories of the slave’s time during the African-American cultural ideologies.

Takes Two to Tango by Louis Armstrong

Takes Two to Tango song composition is very different compared to the Nobody knows the trouble I have been by the same artist. The song’s lyrics are generally bawdy and comical. The technique used also is different as basically there is man’s and lady’s part within the composition of the song. Also, it is suitable for one having his ore weight on the toles based on more control.  Also, the song sounds better with the use of synth sounds while playing the music apart from the use of acoustic instruments.  There is an excellent synthesizer sound which has been adapted clearly while composing the song.

Moreover, the composition also does not follow a typical musical composition, which is composed of a rhythmic pattern featuring instruments like guitar, although many preferred dancing as it was the primary purpose of the song. The song is mainly a single version, unlike the “Nobody knows the trouble I have been.” The use of piano and voice throughout the song is evident. The song has a tonic sol-fa notation as well as lyrics. Louis makes use of the traditional understanding in the song as he significantly considered tonality. Unlike some other music compositions, there are some atonal all through with easy intervals.

The use of vocals by Louis provides a clear sense of musicality, but the singer does not abandon the tune. As a consequence, it gives the listener feelings of love into the tone-love-music. It portrays a scenario where a lady and his man exercise their romance. Louis breaks the feelings of love, which may not be conceived without the use of a great tone. The tempo of the song follows the tone of those who are performing.

Moreover, simplicity is another feature of the song that is consistent in passage to passage. It creates similar figures that are heard together by the listeners. Also, the performance of the song feels like a romance from the start to the peak of dancing.

The difference between the two songs recorded by Louis is that in “Takes Two to Tango song,” there is no explicit coordination between the musical instruments and the vocalist. The son on “Nobody knows the trouble I have been” eliminates the use of instruments. There are again some massive points of opera presentation that are highly featured in different places. As a listener, I may be trapped by the Takes Two to Tango song.” As the song reaches the peak, there is raising of adrenalin together with it, and I cool down when the peak tends to go down. Listening to its piece, it can put one up and in and down motion. It has some high and low alternating all through unlike the Nobody knows the trouble I have been.”

To conclude, “Nobody Knows the Trouble I Have Been” and “Takes Two to Tango” are two exceptional pieces that have portrayed various aspects of music production applied during their period. Nobody Knows the Trouble I Have Been” makes the best typical rhythmic compared to the “Takes Two to Tango” whose rhythm is not consistent. The “Takes Two to Tango” makes use of a tonic production. Also, the two pieces are boldly produced. “Nobody Knows the Trouble I Have Been” was simply an Africa-American song that is spiritual and originated during the period when there was slavery. The “Takes Two to Tango” was the song used while women were being taught how to dance by men. It was highly reported during the international media that was held in 1982, specifically for the presidential news conference. “Takes Two to Tango” was produced when there was live music and dancing. It can be seen from the two types of songs that Louis recorded at different times have different sounds and styles because of their different aim during composition.