Oscar+P+popular+music

singing- 'when September ends' by green day Analysis 1- 'joker and the thief' wolfmother Analysis 2- 'American idiot' by Green day


 * ** What is the structure of the piece? **
 * **What are the instruments that are playing in the piece?**
 * **Analysis 1.** Electric guitar, drums, Keyboard, voices.
 * ** Analysis 2. ** Electric guitar x2, Drums, voices,
 * ** How would you describe the tempo of the piece? **
 * **Analysis 1.** Fast and heavy metal
 * **Analysis 2.** Fast and heavy metal
 * ** Does the tempo change or is it the same throughout? **
 * **Analysis 1.** Fast
 * **Analysis 2.** Fast
 * ** Describe the dynamics of the piece. Is it loud or soft? Is it always loud or soft or does it change? If it changes, does it change suddenly or gradually? **
 * ** Analysis 1. ** Loud
 * **Analysis 2.** Loud
 * ** Do all the instruments play all the time? Are there some sections that have more or less instruments that others? **
 * ** Analysis 1. **
 * ** Analysis 2. **
 * ** Do any of the instruments have any effects? Maybe the guitars? **
 * ** Does the singer have a distinctive sound voice? **
 * ** Are there back up vocals? Do they sing the whole way through or just in certain sections? **
 * ** Is there an instrumental solo? What instrument plays the solo? **
 * ** Can you identify how many beats per bar? **
 * ** Would you say that the song is major (happy sounding) or minor (sad/angry sounding)...don't think about the lyrics, think about the music **
 * ** Can you make a comment on the texture (texture is all about the layers of sound)...are there many layers or only a few? Is the texture constant throughout or does it change? **
 * ** Are there any repeated patterns used in the piece? What instrument plays them? **
 * ** If you were to look your song up on Ultimate guitar and look at the chords, is there a different chord pattern between the verse and the chorus (and the bridge) or is it the same? **
 * ** Think about where the piece reaches its high point? Which section is it? What happens to make you think that this is the high point of the song? **