Aural Perception, Tuesday the 11th of December 2018

Here are the songs we went over in today’s lesson!

‘Love Rears Its Ugly Head’ by Living Colour

• Time Signature – 4/4
• Tempo – 166bpm (Allegro)
• Timbre
• Style – Funk/Soul/Jazz
• Instrumentation – Strings, Drums, Bass, Distorted Electric Guitar, Male Soul Vocals, Synthetic Trumpet (Keys/Synth) and Male Backing Vocals.
• Structure 
• Pitch 
• Dynamics

God knows why Chris put us through this but here is ‘Beautiful’ by Christina Aguilera. 

• Time Signature – 4/4
• Tempo – 76bpm (Andante)
• Timbre
• Style – Pop
• Instrumentation – Piano, (Synth), Female Vocals, Bass, Violin (Strings) and Drums (Processed, Drum Machine).
• Structure 
• Pitch 
• Dynamics

One of my favourites from today’s lesson is ‘Cut the Cake’ by Average White Band.

• Time Signature – 4/4
• Tempo – 111bpm (Allegro)
• Timbre
• Style – Funk 
• Instrumentation – Electric Guitars, Male Vocals, Brass (Trumpet/Saxophone), Bass, Drums, Male Backing Vocals, Tambourine and Hand Claps.
• Structure 
• Pitch 
• Dynamics

The final song is called ‘Carry On / Questions’ by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

• Time Signature – 4/4
• Tempo – 138bpm (Vivace)
• Timbre
• Style – Folk Rock 
• Instrumentation – Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Male Vocals (four to five) , Electric Guitar, Snare Drum, (Bongos), Chruch Organ, Whole Drum Kit and a Cowbell.
• Structure 
• Pitch 
• Dynamics