Monday, August 26, 2013

IB 1 Music Analysis #1

Hello, I'm back again and now I am a Junior at the IA. Now that I'm in IB Music, I have to start doing analyses. Now for my first song, Iwatodai Dorm by Shoji Meguro. This song come from a game called Shin Megame Tensai (SMT): Persona 3. I won't get into the details about the game, just a little back story for knowledge. Now to begin the Analysis:

Song:
Tempo:
This song is not that fast, the speed is around andante(93 BPM to be exact), a little bit slower than moderate tempo.

Meter:
The meter in this song is also not complicated. The meter of this song is in 4/4 time, or you could call it Duple Simple, because it is grouped into 2 and divided into 2

Texture:
The texture in this piece is Polyphonic, because there are two main melodies and a voice. These two main melodies and voice continuously repeat in the song over and over. 

Timbre:  
The Timbre in this song is many things. it's has chordophones because of the Violin, Piano, Singer, and Bass Guitar, Idiophone because of the Symbols in the background, Membranophone because of the Bass drum, and Electrophone because Electric sounds and electric-sounding Trumpet. If it is a real Trumpet, then it could be classified as a aereophone, but I can't tell
Structure:
The structure of this song is divided 3 sections. Each of these sections have a period, with phrases that last for about 8 measures each.  The firsts section is introducing a melody and is continued for 4 measures. The next section is when a vocal is added along with the melody. And lastly, there is a section where it's the melody and an violin playing. The format of the song could also be ABCABCA.

That is all that I have to say about this song, make sure to look forward to more analyses on music!