- TITLE THIS BLOG POST: Song Analysis: NAME OF SONG
- IF YOU WANT, EMBED A VIDEO OF THE SONG
- COPY AND PASTE THE VIDEO URL IN THE TOP OF THE POST
- No bad language (swearing) or bad behavior (overt drug or sexual references)
- REVIEW THESE SONG ANALYSIS POST EXAMPLES:
- Jaden’s analysis of Drake’s Dot Not Disturb
- Matthew’s analysis of Billy Joel’s Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, Grenade, and Beatles’ I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
- PJ’s analysis of Logic’s Man I Is and Juice WRLD’s Wishing Well
- Ethan’s analysis of Aaron Lewis’ Country Boy and Florida Georgia Line – May We All
- Brenna’s analysis of Crossfade’s So Far Away and Ali Gatie’s Moonlight
- Connor’s analysis of Dream Theater’s Panic Attack and Metallica’s King Nothing
- Liam’s analysis of Black Sabbath’s Iron Man
- Hank’s analysis of Aerosmith’s Living On The Edge
- Tristan’s analysis of Shinedown’s Special
- Jack’s analysis of Elton John’s I’m Still Standing and Lil Nas X’s Holiday
- Michael’s analysis of Skrillex and Beam’s Mumbai Power
- Addy’s analysis of Olivia Rodrigo’s Drivers License and Taylor Swift’s You Belong with Me
- Jo’s analysis of Road to Nowhere, Oh! You Pretty Things, and Sunrise
- Rahi’s analysis of Do You Feel The Same and Since I’ve Been Loving You
- DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s ALL UPPERCASE INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE
Summary
- IN ONE TO TWO SENTENCES, DESCRIBE WHAT SONG YOU ANALYZED FOR THIS PROJECT AND WHY YOU CHOSE IT
- DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s ALL UPPERCASE INSTRUCTIONS ABOVE
Song Analysis
| TOPIC | MY RESPONSES |
| SONG TITLE | PLACE YOUR RESPONSES IN THIS COLUMN (DELETE THIS MESSAGE BEFORE YOU WRITE) |
| COMPOSER(S) | |
| YEAR | |
| COUNTRY | |
| If you could work on this song (change it), what would you change and why? | |
| What is the song GENRE? | |
| What is the song KEY? | |
| What is the song TEMPO? | |
| What do you like about the RHYTHM? | |
| What do you like about the ARRANGEMENT? | |
| What do you like about the MIX? | |
| What do you like about the TIMBRE of some or all of the instruments? | |
| What do you like about the PITCH of some or all of the instruments or vocals? | |
| Are there particular TRACK(S) that stand out? | |
| Finally, what do you like about the overall COMPOSITION? |
“A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetition and variation of sections.” wikipedia.org/wiki/Song
HookTheory for Learning About Song Structure
- Explore songs in https://www.hooktheory.com/trends
- Explore common chord progressions https://www.hooktheory.com/theorytab/common-chord-progressions
- Explore beginner tabs https://www.hooktheory.com/theorytab/difficulties/beginner
Holistic Songwriting’s Artist Analysis
- This YouTube series dives into the songwriting web.
- Marketing, Lighting, Music Videos, Image…
