Hallelujah | w. 3 p. 1

Justin Robinett and Michael Henry-Hallelujah 

This is one of my favorite songs no matter who it is performed by but this is probably my favorite because of the last few measures in the end. It's a song with a slow tempo with a quadruple beat that has a accent on the second beat I believe. As for the pitch and melody it's has two main pitches and what appears to be a soft dynamic in the beginning. Though as the song builds it turns into this power house with disjunct melodies that just build until turning back into the soft slow ballad.

Music Listened to in Week 3 (Melody & Pitch)

Tupac Feat. Nikki Giovanni- The Rose that Grew From Concrete
Sweet Honey in the Rock- Emergency
Beethoven-Ode to Joy
Whitney Huston-Star Spangled Banner
Riddle Song
Scott Joplin- Easy Winners
Beethoven's 5th
Richard Wagner- Flight of the Valkyries
Star War's Theme
Imperial March/Darth Vader's Theme

More songs used during this week

Muppet Movie- The Rainbow Connection
Chopin-Nocturne No.2 in E-flat Major
Daft Punk-Aerodynamic

Sleepyhead | w. 2 p. 2

Passion Pit- Sleepyhead

The some what shrill strings open up the song and soon it seems that the beat picks up in a duple or couple be a quadruple. What makes me think that is more a duple is because then it seems to pick up into a triplet at some points the the song. Other than that tempo is moderate and steady throughout the song. There's also a rubato with the singing as the singer pushes and pulls the notes into highs and lows.

Landfill | w. 2 p. 1

Daughter- Landfill

The song by Daughter opens up with the main beat from drums. Then as she comes in the expressed beat cuts out leaving a implicit one as she sings over giving a sort of rubato for the instruments to pick up on once again. Once it does come back in the Strong-weak-weak-weak/ Quadruple beat picks up again, but throughout the song it continues to fade in and out switching between. As for the tempo it overall is a somewhat slow one that flows with her high voice.

Song listened to in class

Grandmaster Flash- The Message
Chopin- Prelude in e minor
The Killers- Spaceman

Heartbreak Warfare (w. 1/ p.2)

Madeline Moore Version
John Mayer Original
For my second journal I chose a song that is personally to me so touching that it's hard not to feel something after hearing it. Heartbreak Warfare was originally done by John Mayer and that's when I started liking it. But, only after hearing the Madeline Moore version did I truly fall in love with the song. She, for me, just brings out the vulnerability in the lyrics with her voice. John Mayer's is more rock-pop, and lets through the anger slightly, showing the other side of the argument in the lyrics. Her version calms the instrumental parts, highlighting her soft voice and it shows the sadness, letting through the touch of hurt that the lyrics imply which John Mayer's version doesn't.