understanding emotions in music
Understanding emotions in music
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Understanding emotions in music
How are these people feeling
what other emotions are there?
People who write music are called composers they show emotions in different ways.
Tempo - how fast or slow the music is going
Dynamics -how loud or soft it is
Pitch - how high or low notes are
Lyrics the words of the song and types of music
How emotion is used
Happy
what feeling do you think the song "happy" By pharrol Williams displays.
the song starts off with five short snappy notes which gives the song a bouncy feeling that carries all the way through.
the music is fast and can be easily danced to and talks about clapping your hands. in the middle section of the song (called the bridge) where you can hear people clapping their hands.
the words of the songs say "can't nothing bring me down" which means being happy o matter what is happening
Sad
Sometimes, a composer chooses certain group of notes to make a piece of music sound sad.
We will listen to music called "Adagion in G minor". The music is often performed on a organ like is used in churches this is a stringed instument, like a violin which is slow and gentle and is fairly quiet which helps to make music sad.
Calm
Listen to 'Op. 49 No. 4 os often known as "Brahms" Lullaby" known as cradle song. a lullaby is a song used to help babies go to sleep.
the song was written over 150 years ago. it is very soft and gentles.
Excitment
"Walking on Sunshine" is a song by Katrina and the waves .
What do we thing the title of the song means.
The song is quick and lively making it easy to dance to. Brass istruments are played along with the tune.
The lead singer Katrina Leskanich shouts out an excited 'hey!" during the different parts of the song
Anger
Night on Bald Mountain. why can this be described as angry piece of music?
it was wrote by a music composer called Modest Mussorgsky from russia who was born 200 years ago.
Loud, long low notes on trombones and tubas make the music sound airy
