• The Importance of Repetition by Sharon Mahingo

Benny Goodman (Sing Sing Sing)

sharonmahingo — 2017-10-09 05:03:21 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5mZQ_8saWI~

Rolling Stones (Beasts of Burden)

sharonmahingo — 2017-10-09 05:04:23 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXm4d-7uEZA~

Ben Ratliff

sharonmahingo — 2017-10-09 05:06:31 UTC

“Repetition is a little more about music itself, and thus a little more about humankind alone.” (p.14)

Ben Ratliff

sharonmahingo — 2017-10-09 05:07:01 UTC

“Repetition is a smart psychological operation – a way to make you focus on all that is in fact nonrepetitive.” (p.14)

Do you agree with Ratliff’s arguments regarding this musical element? Why or why not?

sharonmahingo — 2017-10-09 05:08:35 UTC

~ I agree with Ratliff’s arguments regarding the musical element of repletion. Not only was he trying to differentiate repetition and variation, he went into depth in trying to get the reader to understand what he meant by repetition. I agree with his point on how the artist used repetition to emphasize some parts of a song as well as give an underlying meaning when you listen to it.

Examine at least one musical example in Ratliff’s playlist in detail – how does it exemplify this musical concept?

sharonmahingo — 2017-10-09 05:09:44 UTC

~I listened to Benny Goodman’s “Sing, Sing, Sing” part 1 & 2 from the list given by Ratliff. While listening I do understand what Ratliff was saying when he was trying to dissect and understand repetition. Throughout the performance you hear different sections where different musical instruments play repetitive notes. Then, they move on and play a different repetitive not and while they are doing this they show the crowd going along with the repetition and start dancing to the beat that’s created. As Ratliff was saying in the chapter, the audience in a way takes ownership of the music when the repetition is created and you can see every aspect of repetition as well as the way the listeners react to Benny Goodman’s performance.

Find at least one musical example outside of Ratliff’s playlist and justify its inclusion – how does it exemplify this musical concept?

sharonmahingo — 2017-10-09 05:11:08 UTC

I choose the Rolling Stones, “Beast of Burden” as another example outside of Ratliff’s playlist to exemplify the music concept of repetition. I believe this song exemplifies repetition because you can hear it at the beginning of the song as the drums start playing their beats and then the guitars come in then, they start playing in a pattern harmoniously together. You can hear this repetitive rhythm throughout the whole song as they lyrics are sang along side them and I believe this exemplifies a part of what Ratcliff was trying to explain in repetition.

sharonmahingo — 2017-10-09 05:16:07 UTC