Listening Assignment

Track 1
Gangnam style
Are the stands having any impact on the music/sound? If so, what? 
I think that the stand is having an impact on the music because the stands keep the reverb in so that there's no so much reverb happening. For example if there was no stands I think that there would be so much reverberation happening. The stand doesn't have a MAJOR impact on the music.

Why do marching bands have so many instruments, and loud ones! 
Marching bands have so many instruments because the audience wouldn't be able to hear just one Trumpet player play the song - even if it's a loud instrument the audience wouldn't really be able to hear it. This is a good idea for marching bands to have so many loud instruments because the crowd would be able to hear perfectly clear what the band is playing... There was a lot of loud instruments because the louder it is the more the crowd can be able to hear.
Is this music suitable for the acoustic environment? Why?

I don't think this music is suitable for the Acoustic environment because the song isn't really personalized to be acoustic as it is a Pop song. In a pop song there is many elements that an Acoustic doesn't have, this is also a jumpy - dance type of track. The tempo is fast for it to be an acoustic, it's an upbeat song, there's some instruments that contains pop such as the synths and also the Melody is repetitive. 

Track 2

Can you hear any reverberation. Do you think that comes from the room or might there be some digital reverb? Give reasons for your answer.
I think that the Reverb is digital because if they were in a bigger room, such as a hall/church then that's when you can hear proper reverb. This type of Reverb is Digital as it's a small room with not that much space for the vocal to echo silently. 
Do you think the guitars are recorded through a mic or down a line?
I think that the Guitars are recorded through the Microphone because the microphone is facing forward towards the guitar players.
Describe the texture of the music. Does the acoustic environment suit the music?
This music definitely suits the acoustic environment because of the guitars, which is the main instrument when it comes to Acoustics. The vocals suits the Acoustics as well.

Track 3

Describe the texture of the music (it is not the same throughout so mention where it changes.

The Texture of the song is calm, it sounds really church type. At 2:15 the song style changes. I think that this is a Monophonic Movement as the music has one set mood throughout the entire piece. If it was polyphonic you'd hear two separate melody's in unison with each other and I didn't hear that.  I think that the Reverberation time is long because it's happening in a big room, also the surfaces of the walls are hard so it reflects the reverbation back. The music is very slow & this does suit the reverberation time because if it was fast the reverb would be going all over the place.

Is the music suitable for the space / is the space suitable for the music?

I think that the space is suitable for the music because the space makes the music sound like it is echoing, it sounds like there is reverb on it as well, so the space for this music is definitely needed.