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Why knowing about the context of songs enhances your performance of that song

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Why knowing about the context of songs enhances your performance of that song

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Knowing about the genre of the song helps me to make my own interpretation which reflects the style of the song. When I play drums I use the same tempo as the piano in the song. I play a 4/4 time signature just like the original song and use the hi-hat cymbal. Without the knowledge of the history of the artist or the genre of the song, I may give an irrelevant and clashing feeling to the song.

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House music is a genre of electronic music created in the early 1980s. Early house music was made with repetitive 4/4 beats, rhythms played from drum machines, off-beat hi-hat cymbals, and synthesized bass parts.
The mechanical, repetitive rhythm of house music played the most important part in the song.
"Urban contemporary" music draws from African-American music, mainly coming from African-American R&B.
Urban contemporary music came from the characteristics of R&B and soul music.

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Chords Used: Verse – Eb Major, Bb Major (1st inversion), C Minor. Chorus/Bridge – Ab Major, Bb Major, G Minor, C Minor.
The majority of the song is performed using flat and minor chords, with the choruses primarily consisting of flat chords.
The song's intro starts with an E & B flat chord, then goes to a C minor and A flat chords. In the first verse, the song has the same chord progression. When it comes to the chorus, the chords change to an A and B flat chords, then goes to a G and C minor chords. The same arrangement is repeated throughout the song.  The chord progression of “Titanium” is one of the most powerful chord progressions. David Guetta is famous for his dynamic chord progressions.
This is the first chord in the song's verse. I worked it out by trying to play it in Logic. The notes of the chord are D#, G and A#.

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Verse/Pre-Chorus/Chorus/Verse/Pre- Chorus/Chorus/Bridge/Breakdown chorus

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Vocals: Holly, Hannah, Lauren
Piano: Lauren
Drums: Daniel
Director: Sergio (September-October)

Lauren sings the bridge part and plays piano for the whole song.
Hannah sings the 1st verse, the 1st pre-chorus and all the choruses.
Holly sings the 2nd verse, the 2nd pre chorus and the 2nd and 3rd choruses with Hannah.

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Titanium is a ballad which takes its source from house and urban dance music

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In the first verse, I am playing ''rolls'' with mallet drum sticks to add an ambient effect.
In the first chorus, I don't play at all.
In the second verse, I play a crash on the first beat and go into a simple groove with a closed hi-hat.
In the second chorus, I play the same groove with fills and the hi-hat a little bit more open
In the bridge, I am playing the bass drum and sparse percussion to break the music down.
In the breakdowns I go back to playing the groove with quiet drums, a rim shot and a closed hi-hat.
In the final chorus, I play the same groove using the ride cymbal with fills and full snare

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Key Signature are flats and sharps placed after the clef and before the time signature. Key Signatures tell you what key to play in and helps you to reduce writing too many symbols that shows change of the pitch.
Time Signature is the number of beats in a bar.

Key Signature: Verse -  E-flat major (
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 126 bpm (beats per minute)

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Sia is an Australian singer, songwriter, record producer and music video director born in 1975. She was discovered by an Italian DJ singing karaoke in a bar. In the mid 1990s, Sia began her music career as a singer in the acid jazz band called Crisp. When the band broke up in 1997, Sia moved to London and started her solo career. She also provided vocals for different artists.
In 2000, Sia released her debut single called 'Taken For Granted'. Sia has released 7 albums and has wrote and performed songs for 7 movies as well.
In 2005, Sia moved to New York City in America to start touring across the USA.
Sia's early influences include Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Sting.
Sia's music includes hip hop, funk and soul elements.
She has received many awards.
She has worked with many famous artists such as David Guetta, Celine Dion and Eminem.

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David Guetta - Titanium ft. Sia (Official Video)