Blog Assignment #4

Questions:

1. Did you like the Eagle Dance example?  Why or why not? 
2. What did you notice about the vocal quality?  Is this the kind of vocal sound we expect when we listen to any recorded piece of music for pleasure? 
3. Does it help to view the dancers to experience this music as opposed to listening to the music by itself?  Why or why not?
4. Did you enjoy watching and listening to this video? 
5. How are the vocables different from the Eagle Dance? 
6. How does this music make you feel compared to the Eagle Dance?

Answers:

1. I did like the Eagle Dance example. It was nice to experience the music that other culture’s listen too.
2. I noticed that the vocal quality was deeper than others we’ve heard. This is not the kind of vocal sound we expect when we listen to any recorded piece of music for pleasure. Most likely, we would want to listen to something with a wide variety of different words, a nice tempo, & something with a nice rhythm to it.
3. I think that it does help to view the dance to experience this music as opposed to listening to the music by itself. Listening without with dancers makes it lack meaning & purpose in a way, since the dance is apart of it. Watching with the dance, you get to see how the bells work & how their steps match up with the beat & mainly just how everything flows together nicely. Without them, it’s just a bunch of “hey yeah’s.”
4. I absolutely loved listening to this piece, he did a wonderful job. I lose focus quick at times, but surprisingly, my eyes were glued to the screen the entire time. Him being able to focus on so many things at one time, just makes him very talented.
5. The vocals in this piece were way more high pitch. It was also monophonic in the eagle dance, & at times it was homophonic & polyphonic in the second piece.
6. Compared to the eagle dance, this piece made me feel compelled & inspired. I was compelled to listen to more & I can’t really explain it, but I was inspired by him.