https://padlet.com/elizabethmontgomery/2g691t7vatzx The Single Note- Ratliff Chapter 6 en-us 2017-10-22 15:36:03 UTC 2024-06-09 09:23:27 UTC hello@padlet.com elizabethmontgomery https://padlet.com/elizabethmontgomery/2g691t7vatzx/wish/199363408 "With two notes you have structure, and you are already graduating into the possibility that someone else has played that structure before. But with a single note you have authenticity, because nobody else has played the single note exactly the same way."
-Ratliff (p. 72)]]> 2017-10-22 16:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethmontgomery/2g691t7vatzx/wish/199363408 elizabethmontgomery https://padlet.com/elizabethmontgomery/2g691t7vatzx/wish/199363787 This is an outside example of a single note, or "drone." I think this is a good example of a single note, argued in Ratliff's chapter, because it is unique to the specific artist, in this case the band Beach House. No one else can create or play the note quite like they do. The specific part of the song that uses a single note is towards the end where one note is played at a steady rhythm for at least a minute, with a slow steady beat underneath it. The note keeps you hooked and on edge because you are waiting and waiting for the note to change or for a different musical element to be added.]]> 2017-10-22 16:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethmontgomery/2g691t7vatzx/wish/199363787 elizabethmontgomery https://padlet.com/elizabethmontgomery/2g691t7vatzx/wish/199364363 A single note, according to Ratliff, is a purposefully placed note in a song that usually goes on for a long period of time. This note is prolonged so that the listener can take time to understand its meaning and to focus on the elements within that single note. This single note is not similar across genres and artists and songs, it is unique to each performer. I agree with this definition that Ratliff gave in regards to a single note. This is because when a note goes on for a long time, if you are a fan of analyzing music, you often consider what the significance of drawing out a note is to that specific artist. Unfortunately, many people believe that a long note is a drag and are constantly looking forward to a note change. The droning of a note is supposed to relax listeners but also keep them engaged.]]> 2017-10-22 16:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethmontgomery/2g691t7vatzx/wish/199364363 elizabethmontgomery https://padlet.com/elizabethmontgomery/2g691t7vatzx/wish/199364760 "The stubborn note is bossy; it takes you over. It puts you on notice. It is a marker, a reminder; wake up, get free of your momentum, you have somewhere to be right now. The difference between this and true repetition is that repetition puts a spell on you. The stubborn notes takes a spell off of you." 
-Ratliff (p. 75)]]> 2017-10-22 16:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethmontgomery/2g691t7vatzx/wish/199364760 elizabethmontgomery https://padlet.com/elizabethmontgomery/2g691t7vatzx/wish/199371480 This song is from the Ratliff chapter, where he discusses the use of a single note in the theme of stubbornness. The song is about the death of a woman, and how the church bell reminds the singer of this woman. The note threatens to bring back these memories. It is stubborn because the memory does not want to let go of Hooker, even though he needs to move on. The long church bell note also applies to the listeners, because, until the song is over, we are not allowed to let go of it either.]]> 2017-10-22 17:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethmontgomery/2g691t7vatzx/wish/199371480 elizabethmontgomery https://padlet.com/elizabethmontgomery/2g691t7vatzx/wish/199372128 Pictured is guitarist Johnny Ramone, who Ratliff used as example of repetition in one of his guitar solos.
Credit: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rare-johnny-ramone-guitar-brings-71-000-at-auction-20150123]]> 2017-10-22 17:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethmontgomery/2g691t7vatzx/wish/199372128 elizabethmontgomery https://padlet.com/elizabethmontgomery/2g691t7vatzx/wish/199372251 Pictured is one of the most popular artists in the world today, Drake. Like many rappers, Drake uses single notes for many words in his verses. Ratliff used his song "Furthest Thing" as an example of using a single note.
Credit: https://www.iheart.com/artist/drake-44512/]]> 2017-10-22 17:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethmontgomery/2g691t7vatzx/wish/199372251