Humanities Homework Help

1.Choose five songs from Summer MLIT 1333 Unit 1: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0wP2cepxCz9HG7P13A7tW6?si=WjqjD7LuS_-XF7Ol1nlKiA&nd=1 listening list and write a paragraph for each song that best describes it using musical terminology. You should address the below musical elements in your response to the best of your ability. I am looking for your own personal analysis. Your response should address:

• Instrumentation (as best as you can tell)
• Form (you may view a lyric sheet)
• Genre
• Stylistic Influences (at least 2, either styles of music or particular artists)
• Tempo
• Backbeat
• At least two other characteristics (dynamics, texture, call & response patterns, use of riffs, etc.)

Also, choose one of the five songs you used for this listening journal and write a second paragraph on the song’s historical, sociocultural, and/or political context. You may use outside sources in researching the song (make sure to cite them properly) and can focus more on the lyrical content. For example, you might discuss a song’s role in civil rights, its presentation of gender and sexuality, how influential or innovative a song was, how it commented on contemporary society or political events, unique features of its production, etc.