https://padlet.com/majhp712/ixtxd9xjyukw and the sound of monotonous "na na na's" in the distance en-us 2017-10-20 21:14:30 UTC 2024-05-30 18:03:26 UTC hello@padlet.com majhp712 https://padlet.com/majhp712/ixtxd9xjyukw/wish/199217413 To Ratliff, the concept of single note has the opposite effect of a repeating riff. When a song has a repeating riff, it tends to be catchy, asking the audience to engage with it and have a good time. These riffs come in handy when it’s time to make one-hit wonders or 10+ week chart-topping hits, however, the single note concept is a bit more lifeless. When a listener hears a lyric in the same key for an extended period, it becomes a pattern to their ear. And once the listener recognizes the pattern, they tune out. According to Ratliff, the difference between this and true repetition is that repetition puts a spell on you. The stubborn note takes a spell off you. In Katrina and The Waves’ “Walking on Sunshine”, there’s a constant one-note guitar solo that makes its way through the song. This incessant sound becomes white noise to the audience after the first listen. I used R.E.M.’s “It’s the End of the World As We Know It” and while it’s a catchy song, the first few verses are sung with the same note, and without the help of the instrumentals, the song would get very tiring to listen to.]]> 2017-10-20 21:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/majhp712/ixtxd9xjyukw/wish/199217413 majhp712 https://padlet.com/majhp712/ixtxd9xjyukw/wish/199217565 "But with a single note you have authenticity, because nobody else has played the single note exactly the same way."
                                                     ~ Ben Ratliff "Every Song Ever" Chapter 6 pg. 72]]> 2017-10-20 21:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/majhp712/ixtxd9xjyukw/wish/199217565 majhp712 https://padlet.com/majhp712/ixtxd9xjyukw/wish/199218660 "When we listen to music, we are often making music ourselves, in a parenthetical sense."
                                                  ~ Ben Ratliff "Every Song Ever" Chapt. 6]]> 2017-10-20 21:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/majhp712/ixtxd9xjyukw/wish/199218660 majhp712 https://padlet.com/majhp712/ixtxd9xjyukw/wish/199219735 2017-10-20 21:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/majhp712/ixtxd9xjyukw/wish/199219735 majhp712 https://padlet.com/majhp712/ixtxd9xjyukw/wish/199221377 2017-10-20 21:59:46 UTC https://padlet.com/majhp712/ixtxd9xjyukw/wish/199221377 majhp712 https://padlet.com/majhp712/ixtxd9xjyukw/wish/199222507 A visual of a single note on repeat]]> 2017-10-20 22:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/majhp712/ixtxd9xjyukw/wish/199222507 majhp712 https://padlet.com/majhp712/ixtxd9xjyukw/wish/199389702 A church bell is what Ratliff refers to when an artist uses a single note repeatedly as a sort of "home base" for the song.]]> 2017-10-22 20:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/majhp712/ixtxd9xjyukw/wish/199389702