A Single Note by Kyla Pulce https://padlet.com/kylapulce/4or6qvhi784e The importance of a single note and what it can mean. en-us 2017-10-16 14:20:46 UTC 2025-11-10 19:07:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Watchclock.png Intro kylapulce https://padlet.com/kylapulce/4or6qvhi784e/wish/197368967 A single note is exactly as it seems. It is a single note that, when played repeatedly, gives the song a deeper meaning. I agree with Ben Ratliff's analysis of a single note and can see how a single note can represent something bigger. Ratliff uses the example of "I Wanna Be Sedated" by the Ramones. It is a song that I recognized the guitar solo in before it was pointed out by him. The single note guitar solo is used as, to quote Ratliff, "a pretty good imitation of the states of nonthinking and nonfeeling". "Roslyn" by Bon Iver & St. Vincent is also a great single note song. "Roslyn" is a song about a girl committing suicide. The single note replayed in the song makes for a good representation of life coming to a standstill. It gives the song a beautifully haunting quality that leaves the audience with the feeling that something has happened, even if you cannot fully understand Bon Iver and St. Vincent as they sing. ]]> 2017-10-16 14:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kylapulce/4or6qvhi784e/wish/197368967 Quote 1 kylapulce https://padlet.com/kylapulce/4or6qvhi784e/wish/197369059 When a listener lets the music in, the listener embodies the music. He lives waking life with an earworm, or he moves at a club according to the information of the groove, or as a member of an audience he will help establish the tempos and dynamics of a band's performance.
--Ben Ratliff
]]> 2017-10-16 14:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kylapulce/4or6qvhi784e/wish/197369059 Quote 2 kylapulce https://padlet.com/kylapulce/4or6qvhi784e/wish/197369130 It may be observed, that a single  sound of some strength though but of short duration, if repeated after intervals, has a grand effect.
--Edmund Burke
]]> 2017-10-16 14:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kylapulce/4or6qvhi784e/wish/197369130 Kesha kylapulce https://padlet.com/kylapulce/4or6qvhi784e/wish/197369202 There is a note in one of Kesha's songs, "Praying", a very high note, that when sung shocks people who are not prepared. It is one very impactful single note.]]> 2017-10-16 14:24:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kylapulce/4or6qvhi784e/wish/197369202 A Single Note kylapulce https://padlet.com/kylapulce/4or6qvhi784e/wish/197369264 2017-10-16 14:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kylapulce/4or6qvhi784e/wish/197369264 The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated kylapulce https://padlet.com/kylapulce/4or6qvhi784e/wish/197369430 2017-10-16 14:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kylapulce/4or6qvhi784e/wish/197369430 Roslyn - Bon Iver & St. Vincent kylapulce https://padlet.com/kylapulce/4or6qvhi784e/wish/197591311 2017-10-16 22:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kylapulce/4or6qvhi784e/wish/197591311 Church Bell kylapulce https://padlet.com/kylapulce/4or6qvhi784e/wish/197593174 A church bell is an example that Ben Ratliff used to explain a single note and how it is perceived.]]> 2017-10-16 22:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kylapulce/4or6qvhi784e/wish/197593174