Humanities Homework Help

For your assignment this week, please choose ONE song that you like and then analyze it in terms of the elements of music discussed in the interactive video for this week. You should choose a song that incorporates as many of the elements of music as possible, so it might not be wise to choose a hip-hop song with just rapping and beats, for example. Choose a song uses EVERY one of the elements (this shouldn’t be hard…most songs do).

Basically you’ll define each of the elements in your own words, and then analyze your chosen song in terms of those elements. Use this template for your work!

a) TIMBRE

• Define “Timbre” in your own words
• Describe how your song choice exhibits different timbres

b) CONSONANCE/DISSONANCE

• Define “Consonance/Dissonance” in your own words
• Describe how your song choice exhibits one or both of these

c) RHYTHM

• Define “Rhythm” in your own words
• Describe how your song choice exhibits rhythm

d) MELODY

• Define “Melody” in your own words
• Describe how your song choice exhibits melody

e) HARMONY

• Define “Harmony” in your own words
• Describe how your song choice exhibits harmony

f) DYNAMICS

• Define “Dynamics” in your own words
• Describe how your song choice exhibits dynamics