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 What style of music does the artists predominantly play?

Hillsong United uses of mixture of popular genres such as contemporary, Christian music and Mainstream Rock.

Successful songs that Hillsong has published? > > > > >
 *  Cornerstone
 *  Broken Vessels
 *  Oceans
 *  Christ is enough
 *  Scandal of Grace

Biography Hillsong united is a Christian rock and worship group based in Australia's Hillsong church, a pentecostal ministry based in northwest Sydney. Founded in August 1983 by New Zealand natives Brian and Bobbie Houston. Hillsong United began as Hillsong Church’s youth ministry band. Originally Dubbed United Live, the group was first led by singer/songwriters Reuben Morgan and Marty Sampson. Hillsong united’s music is praise and worship with a contemporary style that is a mix of contemporary Christian music and mainstream rock. Due to originating in a pentecostal church Hillsong united grew immensely. Their belief in God and growing up in a pentecostal church impacts their style and choice of music by basing it on God

== <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Analysis of two songs By Hillsong United ==

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Touch The Sky - Hillsong United// media type="custom" key="27890813" width="272" height="272" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">structure <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Verse, Chorus, Verse, Chorus, Bridge x 2, Chorus x 2, Bridge, Outro

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Instruments <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Main Vocals + Backup vocals, Piano, drums, (Animated sound effects) shaker, tambourine, keyboard, guitar, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During the introduction only fewer instruments play than in comparison to the chorus and middle section of the piece. Meaning the introduction has lower texture. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The animated sound effects have an effect on the piece as they create the song to be more enjoyable and relaxing, using different types of sound effect like happier and louder ones or softer and relaxing sounds can really add to this song.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tempo <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Slow, tempo changes gradually towards the start and end of the piece

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dynamics <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The dynamics in <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Touch the Sky,// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> gradually changes throughout, Soft dynamics such as, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//p, pp, mp// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> are used in the verses, gradually building through instruments and vocals. In the first chorus dynamics such as <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//mf,f// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">are used. The music becomes layered with vocals (backup vocals) and instruments (added instruments). Dynamically the second chorus stays mostly the same, adding a drum set to creating more of a louder and dramatic tone. During the first bridge the vocals are lower, however the second bridge suddenly changes to higher and louder dynamics. As the piece is ending the last two choruses dynamically builds up gradually from including vocals and instruments, but is a sudden dynamic change into In the last verse/last two lines of the chorus as the ending is very soft <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//fp.//

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vocals <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The main vocal (female) has a vast range in her vocals as she has a delicate but strong voice, using her delicacy in softer sections such as the introduction and ending her voice flows at a beautiful sound, where as in the last chorus when the dynamics buid up she uses a strong and powerful voice. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During the piece backup male vocals are using during the 2nd and 4th chorus and in the bridge.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The piece <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The song is definitely a happy and uplifting song. This song relaxes you bringing a soft vibe, a song to think deeply about God and appreciate what He does for us. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This piece uses 4 beats per bar - common time <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The repeated patterns played in this song is the drum pattern, and piano/keyboard. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the chord pattern is the same throughout the piece

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Texture <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Throughout the piece the texture changes, the layers of sound build and change regularly throughout the song. layering from one instrument to many.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.666666666666664px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Oceans - Hillsong United// media type="custom" key="27890809" width="321" height="321" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Structure <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Introduction, Verse 1, Chorus, Verse 2, Chorus, Bridge (Climax), Chorus, Instrumental, Outro

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Instruments <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keyboard, Violin/Cello, Drums, Electric Guitar, Tambourine, Bass, Main vocal, Harmonising backup Vocals

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tempo <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The tempo throughout the piece stays the same, slow and calmed

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dynamics <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The dynamics in <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Oceans// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, gradually change throughout the piece. The song is made up of mostly soft vocals, mostly used in the verses and first chorus <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//p, mp// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Carrying on to the second chorus, towards the end gradually grows to a textured instrumental layering with instruments. Showing more dimension in the song. the Bridge, throughout its repetition of six times gradually becomes louder. The main vocal in the bridge starts off soft in dynamics and gets louder and more dominate, underneath the vocals the instruments are doing the same - becoming louder as the bridge continues adding on to that the instruments also layer adding more of a dominate feature onto the bridge. Using the dynamic feature of <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//fp// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, meaning, loud then immediately soft, the outro becomes less layered using fewer instruments and softer vocals.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vocals <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The main vocals (female) has more of a softer voice, using this type of dynamic quality throughout the piece, the vocals create a pleasant tone, her voice flows, although the dynamic quality shown majority of the time is soft, the singer also brings out a stronger more powerful voice towards the end (end of bridge) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Duri <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">ng the piece, there<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;"> are harmonised male backup vocals that are used during the fourth - sixth bridge.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The song is definitely a happy and uplifting song. This song relaxes you bringing a soft vibe, a song to think deeply about God and appreciate what He does for us. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This piece uses 4 beats per bar - common time <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The repeated patterns played in this song is the drum pattern, and piano/keyboard. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the chord pattern is the same throughout the piece

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The piece <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This song is an inspirational song, strived for you to understand how much we can trust god and he will be their, the vibe is relaxing and is towards the emotional side, this song will make you shred tears as you reflect on how much god loves you. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This pieces uses 4 beats per bar - common time <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The repeated patterns shown in this piece is the piano/keyboard. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Throughout the piece the chord pattern varies, the Verses, choruses and bridge have their own separate chord pattern, however the chord patterns in each individual sections are very similar to each other.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Texture <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This song is full of texture.throughout the piece the texture changes regularly building the layers of sound, including vocals and instruments.