Closing Activity by Monika Niebrzydowski https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh Choose one of the three excerpts to listen to (make sure to take note of where to stop the video!) 1. Identify the dynamics you can hear within the piece. 2. Describe any emotions which are conveyed, and explain how the dynamics influenced the overall mood of the excerpt. 3. Imagine you were directing a movie or music video, and wanted to create a scene based on your chosen excerpt. Write a few sentences describing what this scene would look like. en-us 2021-07-23 16:02:14 UTC 2021-07-30 00:49:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Link: monikanski https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1659553855 Listen to this excerpt up to 02: 27.]]> 2021-07-23 17:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1659553855 Link: monikanski https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1659566332 Listen to this excerpt up to 06:28. ]]> 2021-07-23 17:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1659566332 Link: monikanski https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1659567061 Listen to this excerpt up to 02:36. ]]> 2021-07-23 17:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1659567061 Mike Mulligan https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1660556062 I can hear crescendos often and a strong build from piano to forte. Each time the melody is played it gets a little bit louder. I feel a lot of anticipation, especially after each of the crescendos and the growing dynamics! 

I see a scene similar to the Pink Panther, something sneaky and spy related when I listen to this excerpt. It would fall on the more serious side, unlike the Pink Panther. It could be about sneaking up on someone in a detective type of way!]]> 2021-07-26 01:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1660556062 Monika N. monikanski https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1660713733 This excerpt is generally very quiet and played with a piano dynamic. There are slight shifts in the dynamic level, which allow certain phrases to be emphasized. This can be seen particularly at 0:50, when the pianist moves into a new section of the music and plays mezzo forte. The piano dynamic in this piece gives the music a sentimental and warm feeling tinted with grief and melancholy. 

I imagine an old cobblestone street caught in a drizzle in the early afternoon. The street is empty,  except for a person sitting at a table outside the cafe. They hide under an umbrella sipping their coffee, listening in to the music coming from an open window. 
]]> 2021-07-26 04:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1660713733 Erline M https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1662470876 This excerpt begins light and as the symphony progresses more sound is added to it. As the song progresses, the speed increases. I would say the dynamics heard is a crescendo as the speed increases, so does the volume.

With this particular symphony, I can imagine a garden full of butterflies, flowers, bees, hummingbirds, and a single tree in the distance. I can see a single family sitting under this tree enjoying a picnic while they take in the sights of the garden and appreciate the insects and the birds that are drawn there just as they were drawn there themselves.]]> 2021-07-27 22:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1662470876 Kaylin Carlucci kaylincarlucci https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1662511685 The piece is mostly playing using a piano dynamic, but at times it shifts to mezzo forte. 

The emotions I feel are calm, warm and inviting. 

 I imagine this as a dance piece --- I see two people sharing the stage but moving independently. When the dynamics switch, they begin to dance together, supporting one another.  

(I do love this piece of music and I choreographed a dance to it in college :) ) ]]> 2021-07-27 23:48:53 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1662511685 Katya Galfund https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1662521742 1. The dynamics of the song began with a variation piano, pianissimo, and mezzo-piano and then by the last ~30 seconds of the clip it moved to forte, fortissimo, and mezzo-forte.
2. At first I felt very soft and gentle feelings that helped calm me but as the dynamics changed and moved into forte I felt more guarded and awake. 
3. If I were directing a movie and using this song I would use it for a silent film (no speaking, of course there would be music). The scene would takes place outdoors and is following a singular person. At first they would be enjoying their day almost in a dream like state until saw someone/something that caused them to panic.]]> 2021-07-28 00:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1662521742 Cecilia Lederer thecece https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1662545255 1. It is in a major key. The players become louder, so it goes from piano to forte.
2. It is a happy song, which is helped by the major key.
3. I picture a montage of kids in the 50s doing things like meeting up, walking around and playing baseball. I think I'm basically just picturing the movie "the sand lot" ]]> 2021-07-28 00:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1662545255 Jon M. https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1662838175 1. The piano is being played "mezzo-piano" most pieces with a few notes being played forte for accentuation.

2. The emotion seems to convey a melancholy mood. The mental image I get in my head is of a girl staring out of a window on a rainy day. It sounds like the type of music I would find after literally looking up something like "rainy day music" on YouTube, and sounds a bit like the instrumentals that are often sampled by modern "lofi/chillhop" artists to convey an image of sadness.

3. Monica, I also agree with the cafe imagery. "Sad sounding" piano music works well for imagery of a rainy day or scenes of melancholy such as heartbreak or unrequited love, or even just a solo day outside at a cafe studying with headphones on. If this were a scene in a movie, this piece would probably play with very little dialogue accompanying it to drive home the feeling of loneliness and perhaps a small compilation of lonely or sad scenes like I described above.]]> 2021-07-28 05:55:25 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1662838175 Dimitri Lockhart https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1662989858 1. This piece by Satie starts in pianissimo. At times, the music's dynamic shifts to piano. While listening to the piece. 
2. I felt like I was slowly drifting down a calm river. It is a very dream-like feeling. All of the stresses in my life seem to drift away while listening. Almost as if I become gently isolated from the world around me (but not in a bad way). The lack of sforzando, or any lasting period where the music's dynamics become higher than piano, created a sort of ethereal mood. Similar to the flow of a nocturne; however, absent of sadness. 
3. In creating my scene, I would have the movie be a film noir.  The main character would be at a park, which is located next to the ocean. It is a cloudy evening and the main character is leaning on a banister while looking off at the seemingly absent horizon. At this time, the character is lost in an empty space of their mind, void of thoughts. They are simply existing while looking off into the distance. ]]> 2021-07-28 09:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1662989858 Jared Hershfield https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1663008813 The piece is played in what I would identify as piano. I think I located a few instances where the pianist played a forte note to add extra emphasis. 

I definitely can see calmness being portrayed. This almost feels like a lullaby for an adult. Maybe I need more sleep.

If this movie was used in a scene it might be something sad like watch a car drive off or played over the audio of a funeral.]]> 2021-07-28 10:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1663008813 Eliana Halpern https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1663203099 1. I hear piano (drums), mezze forte (a different wind instrument?) and forte (horns?).

2. I feel a lot nonchalant-ness at the beginning and then some stress/panic in the middle, and resolve closer to the 2:26 mark.

3. I am imagining someone walking down the streets of Paris, all calm, and then something happens and they start to panic, get stressed, rush, maybe run down the street.]]> 2021-07-28 14:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1663203099 Jimmy Donnellan jamesdonnellan15 https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1663231556 1. I hear a low sax playing around mezzo piano, with some crescendos on longer notes. A higher sax then joins around mezzo forte, and continues in a higher octave, which also makes it sound louder. 

2. The piece has a lot of movement with the bassline, crescendos, and staccato notes. It feels sneaky and pensive. Then there's that really fast section around 1:45 that lasts for a few measure--that part feels like a frantic chase scene. 

3. I'm imagining the opening scene of a noir film featuring a paranoid detective. I'm picturing them walking down the street with a fedora hiding their face, a long pea coat, and a trail of smoke behind them. They're taking in everything around them, looking for a lead. The frenetic section could be something that catches their attention, but quick dissipates into a false alarm. ]]> 2021-07-28 15:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1663231556 Gigi Branch https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1663436621 This piece of music begins softly with the dynamic being mezzopiano. The single piano plays its singular and slightly melancholy voice, but there is also quiet, calm and acceptance.
 
I see this piece being played over a scene in nature with little house by a lake. Maybe it’s the early morning and a light rain having just finished. We see evidence of the nature being alive with little birds landing on a bird feeder.  A single, maybe older man or women walks around the garden.
]]> 2021-07-28 21:17:41 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1663436621 Jessica Lau jlau21s https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1663472126 1. I can hear slower piano (soft notes) being contrasted with somewhat faster mezzoforte (moderately loud) notes all being played in minor key (I think). 
2. This piece has a somewhat melancholy feel to it, as I can imagine someone reminiscing over someone they miss badly as they look back on old memories of the times they used to feel. This melancholy feel is emphasized by the contrast of the longer mezzopiano notes with the slightly faster mezzoforte notes.
3. I would want to create a sad, contemplative scene where the protagonist is looking at old photos of a lost loved one. They are reminiscing the good times they had while feeling sad that this person in no longer in their life.]]> 2021-07-28 22:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1663472126 George G. https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1663538365 1) The dynamics start off nice and sweet. It was certainly gentle and calm. By the 4:20 mark, things begin to pick up considerably. The piece gets more exciting without being less calm somehow. 
2) The emotions I felt were tranquil and lovely. The dynamics helped maintain this mood throughout the piece even when they started to play a little bit more forte. 
3) I can imagine this piece being used for an old-timey film. Perhaps filmed in black and white to give an aged aesthetic. For some reason, I can imagine this piece being used in a romantic movie. Its also reminiscent of something from an old Disney animation. If it was an animation, I can imagine some princess frolicking in an enchanted forest with all the lovely little birds and chipmunks and deer. Cheesy but that's what comes to mind. ]]> 2021-07-29 00:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1663538365 Luis Zamora https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1663890540 The dynamic I hear in this piece is piano with some mezzo piano at certain parts. The piece conveys a variety of emotions. I feel this piece is special in the sense that it depends on the listener to say the emotion it gives. I can see it being sad for some, but at the same it can be calming and soothing for others. It has a dream-like feel to it as well.

If I were to use it in a scene, I think it would have a person heading back home. They would have many shots of their face staring off at the distance, thinking about life. The day is cloudy as well, with little rain pouring. ]]> 2021-07-29 07:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1663890540 Beth https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1664017926 The soft playing and slow tempo make this piece feel calm and quiet.  There are shifts back and forth from all the levels of piano - but I don't think it ever gets loud enough to enter into forte territory.
Emotionally, the piece conveys a sense of calm, serenity, maybe melancholy, but maybe just quiet determination. I think the last comes from the slight change from mezzopiano to piano when the bass is stronger. If I wanted to set a movie scene to this music, I think it would be one where a character is leaving some kind of situation which is not good for that character, though the character might be sometimes or mostly happy there. Maybe I have actually seen this scene. I wonder if there is an app for this sort of thing. I really enjoyed your lesson. ]]> 2021-07-29 11:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1664017926 Rami Karim ramikarim https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1664156046 1. The dynamic is soft (piano). 
2. I feel sad and satisfied. The soft piano evokes poignancy. 
3. If I were to direct a music video, it would be a black and white goodbye sequence between two lovers. ]]> 2021-07-29 14:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1664156046 Billy Ruvolo https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1664248005 1. The dynamics in this music are Pianissimo (PP) to Mezzo-Piano (MP). 
2. Emotions conveyed in this excerpt are calming but bittersweet, not happy but not necessarily sad. 
3. When I hear this music I picture a man in a movie taking a walk in a park by himself. It is a cool, foggy day in Fall and he is walking to clear his mind and think about his life.  ]]> 2021-07-29 16:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1664248005 Rahul Seoparsan rahulseoparsan https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1664251874 1. I can here some mezzo forte dynamics. At no point did the music or tones feel super forte. Yet they still had rising qualities. Peaks and valleys in the dynamics. 
2. This piece feels very adventurous, almost exploratory. But also grand. Like someone being lost in a large place.

3. I think this piece would be great in a short film. Maybe something animated about a characters getting lost in a big city and enjoying themselves as they explored. 

]]> 2021-07-29 16:55:28 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1664251874 Olivia Hurd https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1664289272 1. I feel like I heard messo forte in this song. This was a dynamic song  having some rising and falling but it felt like messo forte throughout. 

2. Felt very jazzy and sneaky. Felt like you were taking a stroll or going on some form of a adventure where you were discovering

3. I imagine this is like COVID in NYC when no one was in the streets and walking around, and then it transitions into all these people starting to come out of their homes. ]]> 2021-07-29 17:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1664289272 Josh https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1664485722 1) I heard lots of crescendos and decescendos in the piece. 

2) I felt very calm at the start of the video. It felt like I was about to start a really big day and that everything was going great. Then I felt excitement and anticipation for things to come, I feel like the dynamics really contributed to the emotions I felt because the changes in volume helped to shift the moods in the piece.

3) I would play this song in a movie where a character is coming home to his family or loved ones after doing something heroic. Maybe the character has served in the army and is going home to see his/her family. ]]> 2021-07-30 00:45:01 UTC https://padlet.com/monikanski/tiuewdxm0mtoclwh/wish/1664485722