Listening Assignment Last Week
Melody
Melody also referred to like the tune, voice, or line in a linear succession of musical notes that the listener perceives as a single entity. In the composition by Claude Debussy, the instrumental accompaniments provide melody at given intervals as they have been simultaneously played.
Harmony
Harmony is when two or more notes are played together at the same time. The pitches (notes and tones), and chords have been played concurrently in the composition to create harmony.
Tempo
The speed of the composition by Claude Debussy is more lively and slow from the beginning to the end. It, therefore, gives the piece a pleasing effect when listening to.
Rhythm
As rhythm is one of the fundamental aspects of music theory, harmonies and melodies are used to create a rhythm as beats and notes are repeated systematically in a specific number of times. Claude Debussy has used varying pounds and records in his composition. Strong and weak beats have been incorporated together to create harmony in the recording.
Dynamics
Claude Debussy used changing dynamics in his composition. The crescendo dynamics and decrescendo dynamics have been used in the composition by Claude Debussy. It means that the composition gradually gets louder and gradually gets quieter.
Texture
The texture is the way harmonies, melodies, and timbres relate to building an overall outcome of a musical piece. The touch of Claude Debussy is homophony throughout the composition. At first, the first and second violin plays in octaves and unison. Several other parts use sustained notes and end with a homophonic texture.
Pulse /Beat
Pulse, or beat, is the regularly recurring underlying pulsation which we recognize that induces music to progress in the course of time. Beats makes us respond kinesthetically to music: in other words, it coerces action. In Claude Debussy’s composition, the beats are slower and we can feel them as the song progresses.
Instrumentation
Instrumentation adds melody and rhythm to a composition. Claude Debussy used the piano, trombone, violin, and guitars in his composition to create melody and rhythm.
Meter
This is how durational values are assigned to represent the pulse are organized in discrete segments in a piece of music. It is therefore the time signature in which a recording or composition is written .The composition by Claude Debussy is in simple meter because of the slow tempo.
Timbre
In Claude Debussy’s composition, the instrumentations used are of different sound qualities making the composition more colorful listening. This can be felt by the sound of vibrato each instrument produces.