... intro is an unusual 9/8 meter, which makes it somewhat difficult to count. For the first four measures of the song, there is no musical accompaniment. In the fifth measure a piano comes in and plays a few notes very softly under the vocals. Also, the meter switches to the standard 4/4, and remains for the rest of the song. The only other sound present is a synthesized swishing ... sound that lasts for about two beats. On the last downbeat of the intro the bass guitar ... comes in with a whole note, and continues to play whole notes through the bridge. The bridge between the intro and t...

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... through organized sound and is difficult to translate, the other elements are what make the sound organized and meaningful. Melody is an organized set of notes consisting of different pitches. It is basically the up and down motion of the lead singer. Rhythm is those beat of patterns that underlie most ... a consistent pattern. It will sometimes show us the emotional feel of a song. Harmony is the simultaneous sounding of two or more notes at the same time. It provides a texture for the total song. Lyrics are the words used in the song and usually tell us what the song and mood of the s...

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... has four parts to it. The drum part is pretty much the same through the whole song. The keyboardist, guitarist, and bass player repeat the same notes through the chorus where he sings, "When love and death embrace." In the verse, where the song is at a calm setting, they change it ... , and at the end there are polyphony sounds from the guitarist who repeats the same notes that the keyboardist was playing for the chorus, except he wasn't using chords like he was doing in the chorus, and the keyboardist is playing a different melody that he ... world, wanting their love to last forever; th...

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... Jimmy Page was born on January 9th, 1944 in Heston, England as James Patrick Page. He admired guitarist James Burton, a known studio musician who backed for Elvis. "Jimmy Page; ethereal, effeminate, pale and frail, played physically melodic guitar, bowing at times augmenting it with electronic devices completely energizing the peak of ... heavy riffs then space followed by another heavy riff then another space. Rarely do you hear a hard rock band like Zeppelin embrace the absence between notes. By the way, the guitar solo is not to be missed. 2. "Rock and Roll- - The title says it all. ...

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