Air From Suite No. 3 In D By J. S. Bach
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Air From Suite No. 3 In D By J. S. Bach
The listening selection that I chose to write on is called Air from Suite No. 3 in D by J. S. Bach. This selection is located in the "What Type of Listener are You?: The Casual Listener" section. Even though this piece is used in the notes to describe a Casual Listener, for me personally, this piece brings out much association with the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." This same piece was played during the scene when Ferris and two of his friend were in a museum observing art as they skipped school. However, this piece is not program music because it does not follow an explicit story or program, but it does remind me of this movie. In my situation, because this piece reminds me of something, I am a Referential Listener.
The musical idea for this piece is 0:00 - A, 0:57 - A, 1:54 - B, 3:51 - B. Throughout the entire piece, only stringed instruments (violinists or violists most likely) are playing. At no point during this piece is an ensemble of other instruments incorporated. There are brief solo parts; mainly incorporated at the beginning of an idea for only several seconds. As far as unity and variety, Bach demonstrates unity with his structure and instrument of choice. The structure is set at an A, A, B, B format and only stringed instruments (violins or violas) are used. Variety, though, is not seen in this piece. No timbre is used at any time during the piece strictly violins or violas. There was not much fluctuation in the volume of different Ideas, thus dynamic was not significant enough to be considered incorporated into the piece. Overall, this piece does not demonstrate many different types of characteristics like dynamics and variety, but for a good reason. It is a song for the Casual Listener who only wishes to sooth his mind after a hard days work. Thus, there is no need to vary the volume or instrument use to keep the listeners attention because the listener is not trying to be involved in the piece. On the other had, for...
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