This listening log provides summaries of several pieces of music Seung Hee Shin listened to, including:
1) Game of the Pairs by Bartok, which has changing tempos and moods from fun to scary.
2) Melodie by Edvard Grieg, played solely on piano, with a quiet, sad, and slow mood.
3) The 1st movement of Sonnet by Vivaldi for violin, with a light and rhythmic mood that changes between comfortable and scary.
4) The Bringer of War by Mars, which Shin disliked for its scary and nervous mood created by loud and soft dynamics and fast tempo.
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1. Seung Hee Shin
LISTENING LOG
Listening Log
Date:2009. 08. 24
Name of music: Game of the Pairs
Band/artist/composer: Bartok
Reflection: What do you like about this music? Why?
-fast, because i like fast music.
-tempo of this music, because it change tempo many times, it's fun and nervous.
What is the mood, does it change?
-light, fast, fun, high, bright, scare, slow, strong, sad.
-yes, it is. fun->scary->bright->scary...
Comment on the musical elements (pitch, timbre, dynamics, tempo, rhythm, texture,
structure):
-sleepy, but sometimes drums say "wake up!" to sound. Too noisy.
-they used Bassoons, Oboes, Clarinets, Flutes, Muted trumpets,
-fast->slow->fast->fast....
-Bassoons, drum=nervous.
Oboes=sad
clarinets, flutes=fun&bright
-pitch=it changes, high->low->high->low.....
-dynamics=i think it always loud and not soft, just sound is small.
-texture=this music used many instrument, so texture changes too.
2. Listening Log
Date:02. 09. 09
Name of music:Melodie
Band/artist/composer:Edvard Grieg (1843~1907)
Reflection: What do you like about this music? Why?
-I feel comfortable.
-It is quiet. It is sooting music.
-A little bit sad.
What is the mood, does it change?
-slow, light, sleepy, sad, comfortable, quiet, soft.
-Yes, it is. slow, quiet -> heavy, big -> slow, light, quiet
Comment on the musical elements (pitch, timbre, dynamics, tempo, rhythm, texture,
structure):
-A musical instrument is only one, piano.
-Pitch is high, but when it changed go lower.
-It is slow, but it changes.
piano=quiet, soft, comfortable
3. Listening Log
Date:10. 09. 09
Name of music:1st movement's Sonnet
Band/artist/composer:Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
Reflection: What do you like about this music? Why?
-This music is rhythmical music.
-I can imagine many situation.
-It isn't sleepy.
What is the mood, does it change?
-I feel fly to the sky.
-Sometimes, it is scary.
-I can hear little birds are singing.
-comfortable, sleepy, scary, light, soft, nervous, fresh.
yes, it is. Light, comfortable -> nervous, scary -> light, comfortable -> sleepy -> light,
comfortable -> scary -> light, fresh
Comment on the musical elements (pitch, timbre, dynamics, tempo, rhythm, texture,
structure):
They used only violin.
It is fast.
-Sometimes, it goes high.
-The timbre is fresh, light and good, because they used violin.
Violin=When the pitch of the music goes higher, it isn't a noise, it is clear and good to
listen.
4. Listening Log
Date:15. 09. 09
Name of music:2nd movement's Sonnet
Band/artist/composer:Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
Reflection: What do you like about this music? Why?
-I don't like this music, because it is so scary. I hear the ghost sound.
What is the mood, does it change?
-scary, heavy, nervous, sad, worry, miss, sleepy.
No, it isn't.
Comment on the musical elements (pitch, timbre, dynamics, tempo, rhythm, texture,
structure):
They used only violin.
It is very slow.
- It is always high.
- The timbre is fresh, light, but it makes more sad and nervous.
Violin=When the pitch of the music goes higher, it isn't a noise, it is clear and good to
listen.
But sometimes I hear the ghost sound.
5. Listening Log
Date:06. 11. 09
Name of music:The Bringer of War
Band/artist/composer:Mars
Reflection: What do you like about this music? Why?
-I don't like this music, because it is so scary. It changes soft to loud.
And It makes me nervous, I like the music which makes me comfortable.
What is the mood, does it change?
-scary, nervous, loud..
No, it isn't, because It makes me scary and nervous during the music.
Comment on the musical elements (pitch, timbre, dynamics, tempo, rhythm, texture,
structure):
Dynamic : It changes soft to loud. At the first, I thought that it isn't play the music,
because I couldn't hear that music. The cause was sound, at the first part, it is very
small and soft.
Pitch : It changes high to low, but I hate this structure. When they play high, the
dynamic is very loud, so I don't want to hear like that sound.
Tempo : I think It is always fast, because fast sound or music makes me nervous. So it
is always fast.
Structure : At the first, I can't hear the sound, because the sound is very soft and
small. When I can hear the sound. the tempo is fast and the dynamic is loud.
Rhythm : It repeats a pattern of the rhythm, it makes me scary. And also when it
repeats a pattern of the rhythm, the dynamic is loud.
Col Legno It is very loud, so it makes me scary. If there are many Col Legnos, it will be
the scariest music in the world.
In music for bowed string instruments, col legno, or more precisely col legno battuto
(Italian for "hit with the wood"), is an instruction to strike the string with the stick of the
bow, rather than by drawing the hair of the bow across the strings.