The Sugar Plum Fairy Rhyme Essay

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My inspiration for choosing this specific song derives from my child hood; its sweet melody is played all around the world today and can most commonly be known as “The dance of the sugar plum fairy”. The melody of this song is so sweet almost like truly eating a sugarplum, it is constant, but I must admit that it does have its moments of higher tension in order to give off a more powerful aura to the character that is being portrayed. The most obvious thing to notice about this song is its celestial sounding theme, it sounds magical, or perhaps something mythical because of its delicate beginning and the almost tip toe sounds that are being played. Also, this piece by Tsychosky is most definitely consonant, the reason being that it gives of a feeling of peace and serenity, never for a moment does it gives you a feeling of sadness, or death it …show more content…

An interesting part is to ask your self does the harmony or other elements make a difference in the overall picture? Well in my opinion I think the elements make up a huge part of what any song combined, of course! But, if I had to choose harmony is the way to go with this song, the way the chords are played sweetly and perfectly using the lower chords, as well as when the song gets a little more intense it never becomes extremely overwhelming, you always remember that the song you are hearing is pleasant and in no way meant to upset. In continuation, another element to think about is rhythm, considering that this is a ballet and something that requires dancing id have to say that yes rhythm does play a big part of this song. For starters the beginning of this song is repeated many times throught the song giving a sense of consistency but, thinking outside of the thoughts of music when I think of rhythm I think of dancing or someone who knows how to dance and has a good ear for listening to the specific changes of sound during the song, and considering this is a ballet that requires dancing I believe it strongly

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