Listening style 5

Q1: Give as clear as possible an account of all the different sounds and instruments in the first 3 minutes and 35 seconds. You probably won't know exactly how each sound is made but you should be able to make an educated guess whether something is sampled, synthesized or actually recorded in.

Q2: What is this song about? How do the electronic instruments / sounds help to create the mood?

Answer 1: In the first 3 mins and 35 seconds, there's a lot of synthesis, There's a choir, Synth strings, drums, Electric Guitar, Synth lead/synth pad. In this song there is a lot of electrical sounds. At 2:23 I think there is a sound that was sampled in. There's many instruments that are recorded in such as the choir and the synth lead/synth pad.

Answer 2: I think this song is about a lady who left his man and the lady doesn't know how the man feels. The electric instruments creates the mood because this is a upbeat track and the instruments make it more electrical/house/dance type of track.

Listening style 4

Q1: Describe the harmony in this song. (Try and describe the pattern even if you cannot pick the chords - eg. the first chord lasts for two beats then it changes to a chord that last for 8 bars). Is the pattern familiar at all?

Q2: This song has "Blues" in the title. Is it a blues song?

Question 1:In this song the first 3 chords lasts for 2 bars, then the chords changes in the 3rd bar and lasts for one and a half bar, after that the first 3 chords goes back to normal and lasts for 8 bars again. It goes like this throughout the song. The pattern for this song is quite familar  at the beggining, but at certain parts throughout the song such as the middle part and the end, the pattern isn't that familar. 

Question 2: I think that this is a blues song because of the instruments and the chords/notes that are used. The instruments that are used in this song is a harmonica, electric guitar, bass and the Drum beat. The harmonica, Electric guitar and the bass are 3 main instruments that represents and makes the song blues.

Listening style 3

Question 1: Give an account of the vocals in this track. Things to consider: effects, timing, style, articulation/phrasing, improvisation etc.

Question 2: Compare this track with the other version above. Does the track feel different? If so, why?

Question 1: In this track there is reverb used on the vocals, this effect makes it sound echoey except that it cancels the delay. There is some improvisation when she is scatting. The style of her vocals and this song, sounds like it's jazz or blues. The vocals are in time with the drum beat, although the drum beat sounds like it's in a 3/4 time signature.

Question 2:  The difference between these 2 tracks  is the Stan Getz track is a slow version of Amy Winehouses one version. Both of them have a different feel to them the way they have a different feel to them is that Amy Winehouses version is more upbeat, there's more instruments and the vocals are different to the originial version. They don't have the same rhythm as well.

Listening style 2

Question 1: Describe the mixing and panning in this track. (Which instruments are prominent and which are in the background; which are central, which are left and which are right?) Make some suggestions about why the track has been mixed and panned in this manner. 

Question 2: Is this track a funk track? What musical / sonic components of the track suggest that it is and which suggest that it is not?

Question 1: In the this track, the organ is panned on the right, the bass is in the central and it's also prominent, The trumpets are also slightly panned on right and throughout the track the piano pans on the left at the end.
The reason why this track wasm ixed this way is because instruments needed space so that different things can happen on each ear. This was a good idea because this would mean that everything wouldn't have to sound in the middle which would make the instruments clashed together.

Question 2: This track is a funk track because of the way the bass is presented, the bass is groovy and jumpy. It's not dead on straight... Also the drum beat makes it funk because the drum beat clashes a bit with the bass and it goes along together. The instruments that doesn't make the track funk is the Organ, which makes the track less funk and more soul-ful/church like. If I compared this track to a James brown track, there would be a difference. This is because some of James Browns track are more of a upbeat type of track.

Mike brooks and king tubby (listening style 1)

Question 1: in the first song, describe the melody (especially saying what notes it uses - feel free to use a keyboard to help you with this).

Question 2: for each song, name the style/genre of the song and list three things (musical and/or sonic) that support your assertion.

King tubby

Question 1: The bass of the first song goes in the same rhythm. The notes for that are used for the bass is E & B, The it's A & E, then it's D  & A. It goes in a root throughout the song.

Question 2: I think the genre of the King Tubby song is DUB because of the:
1. Fast drum beat
2. The form of how the bass goes.
3. The vocals
4. The reverb and echoes on the vocals.