Listening+Analysis+Example

=Listening Analysis Example - She's Not There=

Ok so each of you is going to need to do a listening analysis based on one of the pieces within your chosen area of research. This is a task which must be completed individually and must be included as a new post on your wiki.

I have started a listening analysis based on the piece //She's Not There// by Carlos Santana media type="custom" key="23569564"

The analysis below is incomplete and is only a sample of the type of things you should include in your analysis. If you listen to your piece less than 15 times you haven't listened to it enough!

Vibraphone Bass Guitar Guiro Electric Piano (Rhode) Timbales Drum Kit Vibraslap Male Vocals Electric Guitar Hammond Organ Cowbell Conga (high and Low)
 * Instrumentation**

Intro Verse 1 Pre Chorus Verse 2 Pre Chorus Chorus Solo 1 (Guitar) Pre Chorus Chorus Solo 2 (Guitar) Solo 3 (Percussion) Solo 4 (Guitar)
 * Structure**

Use of Walking bass Use of vibrato of organ Use of glissandos on electric piano and organ Tutti and solo sections used in solo 2 Use of melodic ostinato in into on vibes and bass and electric piano Sustained chords on electric piano in verse 1 underneath vocals Use of cross stick on kit in verse 1 Sections are all 8 bars long before a new section starts Guitar fills between vocal phrases in verse 2 and pre-chorus 2 Synocpated accents by drums and organ in chorus Walking bass line in solo 1 Solo 1 is 16 bars long (2x8) Use of quaver build up in last 2 bars of pre-chorus Use of extra distortion on guitar in solo 2 Solo 2 is guitar answered by drums Solo 3 is riff answered by percussion solo Solo 3 is 16 bars long (2x8) Solo 4 has fade Use of pitch bends by guitar during solos 2 and 4 Verse is the softest section Dynamics build to chorus Solo’s most texturally dense and are the loudest sections Multiple drums fills used throughout utilising full range of drumkit Long sustained chords used by the keyboard during verse and pre chorus but during the solos the organ part tend to be more staccato Much wider pitch range used by the guitar during the guitar solo Minor Key Signature 4/4 time signature (yes I know its not a fraction)