Music Listening Assignment #2

Khaled Alfawaz – LA #1 - February 15, 2018

Music Listening Assignment

The song begins with instruments before the artist comes in with vocals. The song follows an AaB form in that it is composed of three stanzas, all of which have the aab format. The music has a melodious beat that is maintained by the powerful instrumental contributed to by the saxophones that the artists do effectively.

Additionally, the song “Muddy Waters-Got My Mojo Workin’” has a fast tempo. The tempo of a song is determined by the pace of the instruments or the beat and how fast or slow the singers sing the words. In this regard, therefore, it is enough to say that the artist has managed to put forth a fast-paste tempo of a song that makes it all fast. The manner in which the instruments are played in this song makes it have a fast tempo.

Dynamics change significantly in this song. The manner that the song begins is different than how it ends. In the beginning, the song is rather slow compared to when it reaches a top in which the song reaches a gradual increase in loudness. The harp and other instruments contribute to this change in the pace or the dynamics of the song. The backup crew and the lead singer do not have a dialog kind of interaction in the song. In fact, in most parts of the song, it is only lead by the lead singer, and the backup singers only come in when the chorus, “got my mojo workin’” is sung.

I like the song for its simplicity and direct nature of the message given by the artist. Also, I like the pace of the music which it makes me feel active and happy compared to slow pace music. The band has less than ten members and use only simple instruments to produce this masterpiece.