Blog Assignment #4

LISTENING FRAMEWORK

(SIMPLIFIED)

Sum41 So Long Goodbye

LISTENING PHASE 1 (Rhythm)

Tempo [slow, medium, fast]

Slow

Source [where is the rhythm coming from?]

Guitar, synthetic beat

Groove [describe how the personality of the rhythm]

Soulful; light; hypnotic

LISTENING PHASE 2 (Arrangement)

Instrumentation [which instruments drive the song?]

Guitar, viola

Structure/Organization [how is the song built? Order, patterns, etc.]

Intro/ Verse/ Guitar Solo/ Verse 2/ Viola Solo/ Verse/ Finale

Emotional Architecture [Draw how the song build and drop?]

LISTENING PHASE 3 (Sound Quality)

Balance

- Height [high and low of frequency]

Low pitch

- Width [stereo panning left/right]

Both left and right

- Depth [layers of instruments - via loudness]

2-3 similar layers.

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Sum41 Hell Song

LISTENING PHASE 1 (Rhythm)

Tempo [slow, medium, fast]

Medium, fast

Source [where is the rhythm coming from?]

Guitar, drum, bass

Groove [describe how the personality of the rhythm]

Funky, intense, prominent

LISTENING PHASE 2 (Arrangement)

Instrumentation [which instruments drive the song?]

Guitar, drum

Structure/Organization [how is the song built? Order, patterns, etc.]

Intro/Guitar Solo/ Verse/ Guitar Solo/ Verse2/ Chorus/ Guitar Solo/ Verse 1 repeats/ Chorus repeats/ Finale

Emotional Architecture [Draw how the song build and drop?]

LISTENING PHASE 3 (Sound Quality)

Balance

- Height [high and low of frequency]

high pitch

- Width [stereo panning left/right]

Both left and right

- Depth [layers of instruments - via loudness]

4-5 similar layers.

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Sum41 is one of my favorite bands. I chose their two songs, Hell song and So Long Goodbye as items to compare.

            First of all, Hell song has an irregular rhythm because Hell song is a mutative punk song. On other the hand, So long goodbye is a regular, and it is more like a traditional madrigal. For intensity, Hell song is a loud punk song that shows the singer’s anger. Inversely, So long Goodbye is a soft love song that shows the pure emotion. Hell song has a high pitch, and So Long Goodbye has a low pitch because of their musical genre. For timbre, Sum41 builds the Hell Song more complex than So Long Goodbye because they use a mutative way to arrange the Hell Song with instruments, such as furious guitar’s sounds and drum’s sounds. On the other hand, the So Long Goodbye has a peaceful and simple arrangement of melody because mostly, the So Long Goodbye only has guitar and viola solo as accompany. For speed area, the Hell Song has a medium speed at the refrain part and has a fast speed at the climax; in addition, So Long Goodbye only has slow speed over the whole song because of its love genre. For organization, both of the Hell Song and So Long Goodbye are ordered, but the Hell Song has a little chaotic part. That is the end of second time of refrain that Sum41 doesn’t finish the entire refrain as first time, then, they directly sing the climax.

            In addition, for time and tempo, the Hell Song is an allegro song and So Long Goodbye is an andante song. For source, drum, guitar, and bass drive the Hell Song because of its punk genre. On the other hand, So Long Goodbye is only driven by soft guitar and viola solo. For groove, the Hell Song is funky, intense, and blasting. Inversely, So Long Goodbye is soulful and hypnotic.

            Moreover, the Hell Song’s lyric is angry, intense, and disgruntled because its punk genre usually is against to social rules. On the other hand, So Long Goodbye’s lyric is peaceful since it is a love song that lyric writer often add the graceful words in the songs. For melody, both of Hell Song and So Long Goodbye have the easy-learn melodies.