Entry #1:
Source:
Gordon, Ben / Hadjichritou, George / Kilpatrick, Luke / Ling, Jeff / McCall, Winston /. “Glitch –
Parkway Drive” Produced by Epitaph Europe.
Analysis:
Sound: The lead singer’s voice is mostly with some distorted vocals at parts of the song, mainly
later on. The range is Baritone. The texture of the song would lean more homophonic in texture.
There is a guitar solo near the end of the song which included a polyphonic texture but the whole
song is not written in this manner. The instrumentation of the song is two electric guitars (which
are layered at points, like during the solo), drums, and bass.
Melody: Main part of the song goes up by step then repeats.
Harmony: During the chorus (at 1:08 and again at 1:20) the lead singer repeats “let it feed the
fear inside” in a very clean and monophonic texture. This sound resonated on the particular
speakers (Klipsch KG4s powered by a Marantz 2270) I was using the listen to the song on. It is
probably one of my favorite moments of the song.
Rhythm: Played in the key of C
♯
/D♭ at a tempo of 106 bpm with 4 beats per bar Glitch is a high
energy moody song.
Form: Theres no official form of this song online however the song is in a
verse/chorus/verse/bridge/chorus form so standard.
I listened to this song in a FLAC file from my computer because of the horrendous audio quality
on YouTube so here is a link to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfHogqp3mQY
Entry #2:
Source:
Dalgety, Tom / Forge, Tobias “Ghost – Square Hammer” Produced by BMG
Analysis:
Sound: The lead singer’s voice in this particular song is clean throughout. His vocal range is
much higher than the singer of Parkway Drive. Ghost’s lead singer is more of a tenor to baritone
in some of the verses. The chorus is tenor. The texture of the song is homophonic.
Instrumentation in the song incorporates a lead electric guitar, keyboard, synthesizers, and a
bass
guitar. The part of this song that always stuck out to me is how crisp the snare drum is. The snare
in this song cuts through the mix in a very pleasing way.
Melody: The melody of this song takes two steps up over two beats then takes two steps down in
the same beat. This gives it a haunting yet inviting sound.
Harmony: Dissonance would occur in this song during the solo around the 2:36 mark which
continues until 3:05. This is in contrast to the chorus which has layered and gives a very pleasing
sound.
Rhythm: Square Hammer is played in the key of D Minor, with a tempo of 130 bpm and a 4/4
meter. Snare is on every beat and the kick is on the 2nd and 4th beats.
Form: Standard
Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqoyKzgkqR4
Entry #3:
Source:
Campbell, Mike / Henley, Don / Ladanyi, Greg / Kortchmar, Danny “Boys of Summer – Don
Henley” Produced by Geffen
Sound: This song is a different genre from the previous couple of songs. This song is 1980s
Synth-pop. The lead singers voice is in the upper register of the male vocals so Tenor and
Baritone again in parts of the verses. It is Homophonic in texture. Musically makeup
consists of a lead guitar, a synth, keyboard, drums, and bass.
Melody: The melody steps down once, then holds, then steps down again and repeats.
Harmony: Dissonance occurs when the lead guitar comes in for the first time, then the song
leads into the synth which remains for the rest of the song.
Rhythm: Boys of Summer is written in F# Minor with vocals ranging from F
♯
3 to A
♯
4. Tempo
is 88 beats per minute. Written as a 4/4 meter with the melody repeating after the 4th. The
drums hit the snare on the first beat with a kick on the third, sometimes with a double
kick.
Form: Standard
Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RUIeX6UCT8
Entry #4:
Source:
Marks, Cory / Mars, Mick / Moody, Ivan / Tritt, Travis. “Outlaws & Outsiders – Cory Marks”
Produced y Kevin Churko
Sound: This song has a mixture of country and rock and combines a few well known artists. The
singers in this song range from Tenor (Mick Mars) all the way down to bass (Ivan Moody). The
song follows a homophonic texture. Instruments include a lead electric guitar, rhythm guitar,
acoustic guitar, Ukulele, keyboard, bass guitar, and drums.
Melody: One step up then one step down and repeat
Harmony: There is some cool vocal harmonizing in this song during the chorus (0:52 – 1:12)
which blends together nicely.
Rhythm: Outlaws and outsiders is written in A Major with a BPM of 176. Meter is 4/4 and
follows a typical for the genre kick, snare, kick, snare drum pattern.
Form: Standard
Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsHtLXIAEh0
Note: YouTube was not used as a source for any of these songs therefore the URL is not included
in the source. The link is simply provided to allow the reader easy access to the songs picked.
