Aural+analysis+of+Sail+Gravity+Remix

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SONG: Sail Unlimited (Gravity Remix) by Awolnation


 * Tone Colour** ** (Instruments) **** : **

Plucking of Voilins or strings (this is probably a synth) Electronic drums with reverb Ooooh Vocals (in background and then louder) Distorted Synth Angry Vocals - "Blame it on my ADD" Synth's (There are around 5 in the intro alone, so around 10+ synths) Synth 1: a bell like sound or a weird piano chord (Begins at 0:00) Synth 2: Strings played on every beat (Begins at 0:00) Synth 3: Strings plucked as triplets (Begins at 0:13) (sounds like this) Synth 4: Building synth like a long eeeeuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (Begins at 0:26) Synth 5: Zap sound on every beat (Begins at 0:26) Synth 6: Building Synth (Begins at 0:42) Synth 7: Heavy distorted synth (Begins at 0:51) Synth 8: Factory sounding building synth (Begins at 1:15) Synth 9: Euo oh eou oh synth Synth 10: Zaps before hand with a part before the riff and then a high zap sound played as a riff played the same as Synth 2 (Begins at 1:20) Synth 11: Similar to Synth 6 except with longer notes (Begins at 1:30) Synth 12: Sound like a Nom nom (Begins at 1:30) Synth 13: Euuuuuu underwater sound (Begins at Linking Section 2, 1:55) Synth 14: Deep low eeeeeuuuuu arghhh (Begins at 3:12) Synth 15: Descending neuo omn nom nom (Begins at 3:13) Synth 16: Repeated distorted note (Begins at 3:14) Synth 17: Ooooh oo descending (Begins at 3:15) Synth 18: A high new new new synth (Begins at 4:27) Synth 19: High frequency synth (Begins at 4:30) Synth 20: Similar to Synth 17, slightly lower though and plays a different part (Begins at 4:30)

Reverb On Vocals Piano Clean Electric Guitar (Begins at 2:00)


 * Structure:**

Kick drum featured once on the 1st beat on a four bar structure. This occurs for eight bars, the kick then changes into a double kick and then features a syncopated structure. Faint Ooh's are heard from the start of the song Strings that are plucked in thirds on every beat, being the beat of the song. A synth in the background mirroring the strings added a small amount of depth featured on every beat and becomes louder and more defined later on. An 'electric' or zapping synth is introduced after the eighth bar as well as an ominous sounding synth and a synth that builds. Oooh's vocals use call and response with strings played as triplets. The second set of strings being plucked is the melody. These are played as triplets. No metallic like sounds featured in the intro
 * Intro:**

Starts with a crash symbol and featured on every 16th beat until link Call and response with the distorted synth and the vocals Vocals 'Blame it on my ADD', are the loudest and most defined with the distorted synth Drums Piano played on every beat Strings played as triplets are featured Tambourine Shake on every second beat after snare hit
 * Verse 1**

Vocals of Sail repeated with reverb Oooh's repeated with a synth Distorted synth plays a different riff with repeated sounds Syncopated cymbols
 * Linking Section:**

Vocals 'Maybe I should cry for help', in the same tone and the call and response is still the same with the distorted but with the addition of another synth. Delay on vocals Symbol still on 16th beat Towards the end drum fill
 * Verse 2:**

Electric Clean played with the use of Arpeggio Vocals of the Word "Sail" with reverb Ooooh's
 * Linking Section 2: **


 * Intro**

Vocal's 'Sail with me' Classic bass drop where everything builds up to a point and stops (used more than once). Two synth's then are featured Two synths play with drums High synth changes from Quavers to Semiquavers to create a stutter like sound
 * Bridge:**

After bass drop two completely synths feature (synth's 15-16)
 * Linking section:**

Lalalalala ooh oh Whistling the la's part
 * Different section:**

Sail, is panned and can be heard alternating left to right and back Backbeat 'Sail with me, Sail with me' with reverb Bass drop Seems like an ending but the song keeps going La's Electric guitar part replayed Oooh's Sail with me featured again Features euhhh synth This section is very textured, it contains a large number of synths, more than any other section as well as featuring other sounds throughout the song in this section
 * Outro:**

Syncopation: The drums at first are on beat with a kick to start with and in the second bar of the intro the drums, they then become more syncopated by double and triple kicking in many different area's of the song. The metallic hit is on the beat but the kick is never on the beat with two kicks then a shortened kick or along those lines. The time signature of this song is 4/4
 * Duration (Rythms and tempo's):**

There is a broad range of pitch in this piece. For example the warm synth's being play as well as some other's account mainly for the bassline have a low pitch and there are many high pitched synths, some more towards the end for a dramatic ending. The pitch varies in the chorous as there is always a synth being introduced or reintroduced.
 * Pitch (notes being played):**

From the start instruments build. The song starts off with just two instruments playing, there is never any less than this playing than this in the song (Aside from the bass drops where for a short time time only a few instruments are playing).
 * Texture (Amount of instruments being played at once eg Polyphonic, many instruments at once):**