Concert Review Essay

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Concert Review

The way “Hold Each Other” by a Great Big World was performed by the Junior Vocal Duet was spectacular. I chose this piece to review because personally, I am quite fond of this popular song. I was also impressed with the way it was performed. There seemed to be no mistakes, and everything seemed put together very well. The vocalists stayed in tune throughout the entire performance, and the harmonies sounded well tuned as well. Like the tuning, the rhythms in the piece were well executed, as there were overall no problems with the rhythms through the piece. The piece also had a variety of dynamics, from the verses being in a mezzo piano and the choruses sung in a forte. They were well heard,
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The specific dynamics played a large role in the emotional impact the specific piece had on the audience, and by having a large range of dynamics and being able to make a distinction between pianissimo and forte really helped. The piano and drums were also a very good addition to the piece. The piano gave this popular pop song a more classical feel, which I believe worked very well. The drums created suspense throughout the piece and made the dynamics even more impactful to the audience. The drums also created good ups and downs throughout the piece, which as I stated earlier, aided with the impact of the dynamics. They also had a good amount of harmonies and solos. Rather than having the two vocalists sing the entire piece together, they had split the piece so that one vocalist has one verse and the other has a different verse, and that the choruses were sung together with harmonies. In my opinion, the way they had divided the piece provided a nice variety of sounds, as the female vocalist had a higher voice than the male. Their voices sounded impressive when put together during the choruses, and the ranges of notes were a good variety and pleasing to the ear. When the different verses were sung, the difference between their voices created a good variety, for when the female sang, her voice was in the higher octaves, and when the male sang, his voice was in the lower