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How to Analyze Music and WHY (Why bother analyzing music? (Clarity &…
How to Analyze Music and WHY
Why bother analyzing music?
Clarity & Insight
It can help you memorize the details of a peice
In the case you are playing the piece it can help you decide how you are going to rehearse the different aspects like dynamics.
As a composer it can bring new music inspiration
Be careful not to get hung up on to many details
Analyzing
Start by analyzing its genre or from
For example lets look at a Mazurka
It is triple meter
A more of dance
Polish in origin
usually moderate in tempo with a lilt
Emphasizes beats 2 or 3
There are many different ways to analyze music
Phrasing and pacing
Tension and release
Form and structure
There are several different forms for labeling sections in a song
Letters: ABC
Formal Structure: Sonata-allegro
Introduction
Exposition
Development
Recapitulation
Coda
The form becomes clear as you analyze the individual sections
You can also describe the section in a narrative way. such as the intro being filled with longing or despair.
There is an endless number of possiblities