What It Is About Music

Peter Pham Dr.
Wright American Music 09/27/2012 Quiz #1: Youre Singstunde
1) Ops 10 No5 Chopin As a child piano and music has always been a part of my life. Chopin reminds me over things that occur every day in my life. Ops 10 No 5, a fast tempo song, tells me about a happy moment strolling in the park. The progressing crescendo in the beginning expresses the start of the happy moment and the strong finish makes the song feel complete. Complete meaning the song sounds like an accomplishment expressed by the player. Playing the song, I feel the song ties back to me growing as a person. Through piano, I have found a love for music and understand how to enjoy every song I hear. More importantly this song is important to me because it was one classical song that I played with my dad. Having a musical background, I feel that it really brings my family together and make us grow to love music more. 2) You Raise Me Up Selah I chose this song because I am reminded of my love from my country. The theme of the song talks about support the needy people. The song begins talking about the hardships of the needy and how they are so weary. To express this song it starts piano and progress towards the middle becomes more forte. The song collects to my life because of my country and my work with Bridging Hope. For my country, when listening to the song I am reminded about my charity work as a child. Doing the charity work, I was able to see that the country was shielded by globalization. The globalization blinds people from seeing the poor towns and parts of Vietnam. Regarding my work with Bridging Hope, I help women and children in Vietnam who are in need. Bridging Hope, a nonprofit organization, helps women and children with HIV/AIDS, food, shelter, and many other needs. Working with them, I have grown to love my country of Vietnam even more. 3) Hok San Singapore Wenyang Sports Association Hok san is type of drumming in lion dancing I learned over the summer. The lion dance to me helps me learn about myself and how to appreciate others around me more. The song is built with many tempos, crescendos and diminuendos. The different measures of the song express how the lion wakes, walks, eats, and sleeps. The lion dance brings excitement to the crowd with a single beat of the drum and clash of the symbol and gong. To me lion dancing has helped me respect my peers and learn more about leadership. The music of lion dancing takes a lot of practice and trust. All the cymbal players look at the drummer as a conductor to tell them what to play. Through that experience, I am able to learn how to see my peers as my conductors and make a more beautiful harmony with them as a team. 4) I wont give up Jason Mraz A song about endurance, I chose this song because of a relationship I am going through. The song talks about a relationship beginning broken, but the person is willing to wait for the
relationship to start up again. The song has a piano sound to it which makes it really sad, but the major sound played by the singer makes it feel hopeful. With these two components combined, the song feels like a bad break up, but the singer is hopeful know that they will be together again. For my girlfriend and me we are feeling the same thing, but we do not know if we will back together. I feel that she is hopeful that we will come back together, but I doubt that we will. Listening to the song over and over again, I have grown to hope more and always be there for her no matter what. 5) That man Hyun Bin That Man, a Korean song, tells about a relationship between a man and woman. I choose this song because of my decisions with a girl that I love so dearly. I told her that Ill always be for her like a beggar like the song states in the lyrics. The song is in a minor key and piano making the song very mellow. The artist makes you feel that the guy is hurting, but he will patiently wait for the girl to fall in love with him. This song really touches me because I want to be able to that for my girlfriend. I want to be a person that is not in a relationship with her, but is the guy that wants for her to see my love for her again. My heart wants to be there for her, while she explores the vast sea and tries to find her way. In a way, I feel like a beggar asking for her to see my own selfishness.

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Peter Pham Dr.

Wright American Music 09/27/2012 Quiz #1: Youre Singstunde

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