Analysis+of+Kindred+Spirits

__Analysis of the Musical Concepts:__ Kindred Spirits- Sarah Hopkins

__ Structure: __
 * There is no established structure to this piece.
 * This piece is in free form.
 * It shows no pauses where the piece can be split up into a structural format
 * Shows a nice free flowing structure.

__Texture:__ Instruments
 * The instruments used in this piece are essentially pool hoses.
 * Sarah Hopkins calls them whirlies.
 * These instruments produce high pitch notes which can be sustained and tied to the other notes.

__ Tone Colour: __
 * In Sarah Hopkins piece the harmonic whirlies gives off an airy sound in a variety of sounds and pitch.
 * This piece only uses harmonic whirlies and a number of whirlies are used.
 * A sound method used in this piece is aerophone.

__ Duration: __
 * The duration of the notes in this piece of music are long and sustained notes.
 * It is very hard to make the notes staccato, so the majority of notes used in this piece,
 * Most of Hopkins’ pieces, are legato.

__ Pitch: __
 * It varies in pitch.
 * The range is in intervals of three of four octaves, at the start of the piece is crescendos into a higher octave then decrescendos but stays in the same octave.
 * The the piece sounds like it is mainly in D major and its relative minor.

__Dynamics:__
 * Starts soft and mysterious.
 * Continuously gets louder and softer still staying mysterious.
 * crescendos and decrescendos used multiple times during the piece.
 * Vibrato, slightly shaky sounds.
 * Throughout the piece there is a slight use of Tenuto to drown and full length of notes.
 * Volume ranges from Fortissimo to Pianissimo.
 * The use of sudden changes is used frequently in the piece.

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