Cover of Set Fire to the Rain
LISTENING FRAMEWORK
(SIMPLIFIED)
LISTENING PHASE 1 (Rhythm)
Tempo [slow, medium, fast]
Medium or moderato
Source [where is the rhythm coming from?]
Drums and Bass
Groove [describe how the personality of the rhythm]
Intense, soulful, heavy, powerful
LISTENING PHASE 2 (Arrangement)
Instrumentation [which instruments drive the song?]
Piano, bass, drums, violin
Structure/Organization [how is the song built? Order, patterns, etc.]
Intro/ Verse/ Chorus/ Verse2/ Chorus/ Bridge/ Chorus
Emotional Architecture [Draw how the song build and drop?]
The song stays mostly on the angry side through out the song
LISTENING PHASE 3 (Sound Quality)
Balance
-Height [high and low of frequency]
Low frequency
-Width [stereo panning left/right]
Not much width
-Depth [layers of instruments - via loudness
Had depth, it was very loud
LISTENING FRAMEWORK
(SIMPLIFIED)
LISTENING PHASE 1 (Rhythm)
Tempo [slow, medium, fast]
Goes from slow the medium
Source [where is the rhythm coming from?]
The clapping
Groove [describe how the personality of the rhythm]
Funky, intense, pulse, powerful, poppy
LISTENING PHASE 2 (Arrangement)
Instrumentation [which instruments drive the song?]
Piano, bass, guitar, clapping sounds, tambourine
Structure/Organization [how is the song built? Order, patterns, etc.]
Intro/ Verse/ Chorus/ Verse2/ Chorus/ Bridge/ Chorus
Emotional Architecture [Draw how the song build and drop?]
Was happier at first then just went to angry.
LISTENING PHASE 3 (Sound Quality)
Balance
-Height [high and low of frequency]
High
-Width [stereo panning left/right]
no panning
-Depth [layers of instruments - via loudness
Was quite at some points but the had more depths during the chorus
Essay:
For the song Set Fire to the Rain by Adele and the cover of the song they are both lyrically the same but if you listen to them you can tell they have many differences. When hearing the tempo the cover of the song starts much slower than the actual song. It does eventually speed up to have the same tempo as the other but you can definitely tell that it’s much slower in the beginning. The sources for the two songs are somewhat the same. They both have a steady beat but they are different instruments. The original had the drums and the bass leading it and the cover has what sounds like clapping steadily in the back round. Then for the groove they are both soulful and intense because that’s basically how the song flows. But the cover is more popish that the other. I think I would relate to a younger crowd because it’s got the hip-hop vibe to it. The songs had a few of the same instruments but they also had some that were different. Like the original had a violin when the cover had a guitar and a tambourine. Making them both have different sounds when they are played because each instrument adds something different to the song. For the structure of the songs they are both the same because the lyrics are the same. The cover doesn’t add any solos on the mix so the structure of the songs is the same. Now for the emotional architecture the cover starts out a little more happy I think in the beginning that the original does. But they both are angry songs when you get down to it. Yet that’s why the graph for the cover song starts a little closer towards being happy but this songs is no where near being happy. When talking about height Adele is singing at a lower frequency and the instruments are also low. But for the cover the singer sings a little bit higher frequency making the height of the song higher than the original. There wasn’t any width in the songs I could hear everything in both ears and I didn’t hear anything pan in the speakers. Then for the depth I think they both had some depths because at the chorus the song would get much louder voicing how hurt and angry they are. But when analyzing these two songs the one I like better is the original because of Adele’s voice and I like the groove of the song it never gets old for me.
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