Listening Activity

PHILIPPINE BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
MV 361 – VOICE PRINCIPLES
“Listening Activity”

Name: Sein Thein Date: July 1st, 2008
Title of CD: Two Old Friend
Artist(s) Name(s): Merle Haggard and Albert E. Brumley, Jr.
Number of hours spent listening: Four Hours (approximately)
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Comments/Recommendations:

1. Using Instruments

According to the CD cover using the instruments are Acoustic Guitar, Steel Guitar, Bass, Fiddle, Trumpet, Accordion, Keyboard, Piano, and Drums. The instrumentalists are also different and they are so good in playing. But when I listen to the CD some songs are not using all of those instruments. Most of the songs are using Guitar, Bass, and Drums.

It’s pleasant to listen. The Guitar part and solo is very beautiful playing harmonization with the rhythm. The music is more emphasis on the country styles otherwise the style of noise music as Heavy Rock. And the instruments are also unplugged. They do not use the electronic effect. It’s like the natural sound.

2. The Song

When I listen to the CD most of the songs are very joyfully, jubilantly and happily. Parts of song were purely by happenstance. The songs were a joy to listen. The songs were like old song but it’s attractive to those who were listening to the song. It’s like a new song when I was listening.

3. Words

Some songs are not emphasis on words. The words mention the sadness but it’s still enjoyable. The intonation and the words are clear, easy to understand. One or two songs cannot understand because the rhythm is quite fast.

4. Voice

Occasionally the two singers sang together partly as tenor and soprano. Their voice is powerful. It’s like a very low tone but it’s still high and far above the ground. They produce without stinting their voice. The voice is strong and influential. It is enough to be heard. The singing parts are efficiently and consistently produce. The voice is vibrant, dynamic and alive. They have a good inhalation.

PHILIPPINE BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
MV 361 – VOICE PRINCIPLES
“Listening Activity”

Name: Sein Thein Date: July 1st, 2008
Title of CD: The Irish Tenor
Artist(s) Name(s): John McDermott, Finbar Wright and Anthony Kearns
Number of hours spent listening: Three Hours (approximately)
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Comments/Recommendations:

1. Using Instruments

In this CD the instruments are using orchestra including the other bands. Most of the songs were used the orchestra.

2. The song

Nearly all the songs are English. The songs are sacred along with consecrated song as well. It’s more prominence on spiritual life. When I listen to some songs I feel like grieving and heart-rending sorrow. I mean not on the words but those were on in the music, the tune, the melody and the styles.

3. Words

When I listen to CD a few words can be easily to hear clearly singing. The one thing is the instruments give noise and loud too much and cannot hear the pronunciation clearly. Particularly percussions are too loud then manipulate another part when they were in the ending part.

4. Voice

Three vocalists are so powerful projecting the voice additionally rich, ringing and resonant projecting consistently produce. Their voice is too loud but it’s good to listen.

- Relax when they were singing
- Sometime the voice is a little bit dark and bright not really obvious
- Tone color or tone quality is easy to be heard
- Very harmonized, synchronized, and matched
- The volume and dynamic adjust
- Sometimes their voice is discordant, strident, raucous
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I recommended these three singers’ voice is very gorgeous and pleasant to listen.