https://padlet.com/kyleoge/4asbcvyjm3l9 Music Appreciation en-us 2017-10-22 17:24:48 UTC 2024-07-28 14:09:41 UTC hello@padlet.com kyleoge https://padlet.com/kyleoge/4asbcvyjm3l9/wish/199372546 In chapter 6 of Ratliff's "Every Song Ever", he explores the merits of repeating a single note multiple times in succession. Whereas most solos and pieces are constantly shifting in tone and pitch, sometimes, a song may take one single pitch and focus solely on it. By emphasizing a single note in this fashion, the artist explores it from every possible angle and really brings the listener to consider that note's role in a piece in a way that simply wouldn't happen if the note was only played once. Repetition such as this promotes the idea that each note in a song is important to the song's overall meaning by putting a great amount of emphasis on only a single note. A note can have many different meanings within a piece depending on the chords being played underneath it, and by having the melody play a monotone part, it shifts the focus from the melodic instruments over to the accompaniment and highlights how the changes in their parts alter the melody. ]]> 2017-10-22 17:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleoge/4asbcvyjm3l9/wish/199372546 kyleoge https://padlet.com/kyleoge/4asbcvyjm3l9/wish/199421600 "He is getting up and walking around that note, just as he would get up from a piano during gigs and turn in circles"

"When you listen to a single note sounded repeatedly and temporarily holding court, you are listening to either a form of resistance or play."]]> 2017-10-23 01:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleoge/4asbcvyjm3l9/wish/199421600 kyleoge https://padlet.com/kyleoge/4asbcvyjm3l9/wish/199422430 This song by the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Ros has a constantly droning "ping" that plays throughout the song's ten minute duration. All the music seems to revolve around it.]]> 2017-10-23 01:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleoge/4asbcvyjm3l9/wish/199422430 kyleoge https://padlet.com/kyleoge/4asbcvyjm3l9/wish/199422907 Ratliff uses this song as an example. The guitar solo after the first chorus is entirely made up of one note plucked to a steady rhythm, as the other instruments play new chords and provide new perspectives on that note.]]> 2017-10-23 01:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleoge/4asbcvyjm3l9/wish/199422907 kyleoge https://padlet.com/kyleoge/4asbcvyjm3l9/wish/199423932 Thelonious Monk's "self-titled" piece revolves heavily around a repeating B-flat in the highest voice.]]> 2017-10-23 01:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleoge/4asbcvyjm3l9/wish/199423932