Thursday 12 February 2015

Labrinth - Let The Sun Shine - ACM Gospel



The choir starts with everyone singing in harmony within this group there are about 4 bass/tenors which are giving the song a little bit of bass and making sure its not to high at times and then also about 8 tenor/altos which are made up by majority of women. All these voices brought together harmonise really well and give a really authentic choir sound to this particular song. The song changes when a main singer comes in who is a tenor/alto this happens at 51 seconds in and then stops at 1:26 when the other choir members join back in and tack back over. The song is a very clever cover of Labrinth's song and the vocal arrangements work perfectly throughout.

Wednesday 11 February 2015

Time Signatures

R.E.M - Everybody Hurts: Compound, 6/8
Homophonic which then moves into melody and accompaniment.

Pharrell Williams - Happy: Simple, 4/4
Starts as Homophonic then moves into melody and accompaniment.

James Brown - Its a mans world: Compound, 6/8
Starts with Homophonic and then moves into melody and accompaniment.

Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody: Compound, 6/8
Homophonic and then moves into melody and accompaniment.

Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk: Simple, 4/4
Starts with Homophonic then goes into melody and accompaniment.

Mission Impossible Theme Song: Simple, 5/4
Starts with Homophonic then goes into melody and accompaniment.

Emili Sande - Clown: Simple, 4/4
Starts with Homophonic then goes straight into melody and accompaniment.

Bob Dylan - Standing in the doorway: Compound, 6/8
Starts with Homophonic then goes into melody and accompaniment.

Friday 6 February 2015

Vicks beatbox choir extended 2 minute version

The sound starts 5 seconds into the video with a humming noise from a choir until 14 seconds in when a beat boxer starts with some scratching noises, he then changes into a beat on 19 seconds this beat is at 54 BPM which is a largo beat which means the beat itself is slow and solemn, although there is also a much quicker beat within this slow beat, I am focusing on this slow beat. This beat carries on all the way through where at 37 seconds in it is joined by a choir using the word bu,bu,bu and repeating it in harmony in a vocal style of a high alto, this is the start of the whole song quickening up as it gets faster so does the beat itself. It then suddenly stops at 53 seconds in and then starts off with a man beat boxing the word "this" until 1:03 in where everyone starts up again with a different beat. This beat is about double the speed of the first one so is about 108 which means it is a Moderato which is a moderate speed meaning average and this carries on through to the end of the song.


Wednesday 4 February 2015

Not The Same: A Capella

At the start of this track it start off at a steady pace of 120BPM which is a Allegro tempo this tempo is fast and quick paced, as it goes through the song it starts to drop off beats and gets to the point where it is also 60BPM from a certain beat within the song. This beats temp is Largo which means its very slow and solemn  and doesn't quite have the pace the other beat within the song does. 

At the start of the song which is 1 second in it starts off with a baritone vocal type, repeating sound which sounds like (na,na,na,na) in quick succsssion then it changes about 11 seconds in when they bring in a choir which has tenors within the choir this makes the sound become higher. About 22 seconds in another singer come in with a very high alto voice and gets a much higher range compared to the previous, this was a very good example of a falsetto. Then about 30 seconds the lead vocalist and main singer joins in with a vocal style of a tenor which is  not to high or low but at a calm pace. Then about 53 seconds in another voice joins in which has a very bass vocal type to it, repeating the sound (jim,jim,jim,jim).