Download Choir hw score study- The key of this song is the key of G. This is

Choir hw score studyThe key of this song is the key of G. This is because, when
using the method of playing catch to find the key, the letter C
plus two steps is E, and then the note E plus two steps is G,
meaning that the key of this piece is the key of G.
Since the letter G is the first after C in the circle of fifths, that
means that it has one sharp, which is F#.
The meter, or the time signature, of this song is 4/4. This is
because the symbol that looks like a C after the treble clef is
a simpler, faster way of writing 4/4 time. 4/4 time means that
there are four beats per measure and that the quarter note
counts as one beat (the numerator is the number of beats
per measure and the denominator represents the type of
note that gets one beat).
There are three singing parts in this song. I know this
because, for one thing, the first score shows the words "Part
1", "Part 2" and "Part 3" next to the three different parts,
indicating which part is which.
I can also guess that there are three singing parts because
the bar lines for each parts are the only ones that have lyrics
(unlike the other two bar lines for the keyboard), which
indicates that these are the voice parts.
The music in this piece never shows any tempo markings,
but I think that if there was any speed of the tempo set, it
would be Allegro.
I think that the tempo would be Allegro because there is a
sentence at the top of the song which says "With energy and
excitement", and Allegro is a bright and lively tempo.
Another reason why I think that the tempo would be Allegro
is because of this song's history. This song was sung by
carolers in exchange for food, and I imagine that most carol's
are sung quite quickly and lively.
Although this song could have been a slow carol, as there
are many, the sentence that said "With energy and
excitement" tells me that is was most probably not, leading
me to the conclusion that this song's tempo is (most
probably) Allegro.
In the beginning of the song, the symbol for the musical
dynamic, piano, is at the beginning of each of the parts right
before each part starts to sing.
There is a crescendo that indicates in the beginning of the
song that, for the first two measures of singing, your voice
has to go from softer, to louder.
I think that the piano and the crescendo dynamics are there
because the composer wanted the beginning of the song not
to be a sudden boom of noise, but I think that he wanted it to
be one of those songs where the music slowly creeps up
onto you.
There are the words "With energy and excitement!" written at
the top of the first score. I think that the composer wrote this
because he wanted this to be a lively, cheerful, traditional
folk song.
At the fifth measure, every part stars singing the same notes
and words of “Hey ho, nobody’s home no…” I think that the
composer decided that this was to be the chorus of the song,
because, for one thing, it includes the exact words of the title
at the beginning of this measure, it is sang in unison, and it
appears many times throughout the course of the song.
The fifth to eighth measure (what I feel to be the chorus) is
sung at mezzo forte. This is a medium-loud volume.
I think that this is appropriate for the song because, since
these notes paired with these words are seen frequently
throughout this song, it has a sort of “everybody sing along”
feel, because it is not to loud, nor to soft, which makes it
more of a part where it is easier for people to sing together,
because it is at a medium. It is also, as a said, like a chorus,
repeated many times throughout this song so that the
audience is familiar with it.
At the eleventh measure, it goes back to the verse that was
sang at the beginning of this song, except now it is at a
mezzo piano volume. I think that it is at a slightly louder
volume because, in my opinion, it is more appealing to be
singing at an extreme of any volume (soft vs. loud) in the
beginning of a song, because that is what makes people
interested in the song.
I do not think that this applies with the middle of a song,
because I think that making the volume softer again will
diminish the excitement (hopefully) gained from the chorus
of the song. Also, like in the beginning of the song, it has a
crescendo, meaning that the volume should gradually get
louder.
Soon, after the second “hey ho, hey ho” beginning verses
are repeated, the first and third part start singing (in mezzo
forte) the first line of the chorus, with the second part staying
silent for the first measure.
After a measure of rest, the
second part begins singing the chorus. This produces an
effect used in many songs, a round. I think that a round is
used in this part to keep the song interesting, so that it
wouldn’t be too repetitive.
After the second part finishes singing the last line of the
chorus, the second and third part go right to singing a verse
not heard of before in the song, singing at a mezzo piano
(because since it is not heard of until measure seventeen, I
think that singing at a moderately soft volume brings more
suspense to it).
Soon the first part joins them, this time not singing in a
round, but all together (although at measure nineteen the
third part has a whole rest and does not sing during that
measure).
At measure twenty to twenty-one everyone is singing again
the words “Still I will be merry”, but at a different tempo than
sung before. They also sing these two measures at different
pitches, with part one having the highest notes, part three
having the lowest, and part two being in-between.
At measure twenty-two the parts two and three repeat what
was sung at measure eighteen, with part one joining in at the
fourth beat of measure twenty-two. They then sing the “Still I
will’s” again, but this time at different pitches than before.
These verses are sung at a mezzo forte, so that it would
have more power, and sound a bit different than how it was
sung before in mezzo piano.
At measure twenty-eight to measure forty-three, the parts
repeat what was initially sung at the beginning of the piece.
These parts sing at various volumes and have many
different crescendos during this period in the song (I suspect
that this was to keep the song interesting, so that it wouldn’t
sound to similar to how it did in the beginning of the piece).
In the first of the last two measures of the song, the three
parts sing at a crescendo. They also sing at an eighth note,
then quarter note, and repeat. At the last measure however,
they sing at a full on forte volume (the loudest volume in this
piece) and end with the words “Hey ho, nobody’s home”.
The first part sings at a very high pitch in the last two beats,
at a la, whereas the second part sings at a fa, and the last
part sings at a re. I think that they sing at these pitches
because each part is intended for, the first part sopranos, the
second part altos or tenors, and the third part maybe tenors
and bass’.
I think that the last measure was sung at a loud volume to
make it more climactic (because I feel that most people
would say that ending off a song with a forte is much more
concluding than ending at a piano).
I also think that the first part sung at a high pitch (based on
what is probably most people’s opinion that this is a high
pitch) to also make it a much more exciting ending.