Music Analysis 11.28.23.

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Music Analysis 11.28.23
  • incorporates traditional and modern instruments
  • theme follows a motif and it gets louder and includes more instruments as it goes
  • all of them relatively follow one melody
  • the voice is deep, enticing 
  • very string instrument focused, feels rough and the voice is soothing/smooth
  • second half -
  • music is soothing 
  • many different beats and melodies working together but still scattered 
  • usually odd meter, but changes/varies
  • slow tempo, fastens but slows again. 
Anatolian ashik 

medium - double bass, piano, dotar, vocals, ney (flute), sitar, various percussion (played with brush). 
melody - microtonality, intervals smaller than what are used in western system, similar to Phrygian mode, b tonic. 
heterophonic + homophonic improvisatory moments 
5/4 time in a, improvisation time signature change (3/4-4/4-5/4/6/4) 
form - intro, a, b, c (improvisation), A', Coda. 
style - Kurdish jazz 
use of melisma, vibrato, and microtonality
muted piano technique, soft dynamic range, legato, dynamics tied to pitch. 

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