group assessment; 2

group assessment part 2

as said in the previous post, for our assessment we needed to do two pieces that had an intertwining theme that linked them together. we decided for our second piece to completely change disneys song 'reflection' from Mulan into a folk song. we felt this would put our arrangement skills to the test as it is difficult to change such a popular song especially Disney into a style so that its almost unrecognisable.

we decided to have every individual on a different instrument in order to create an interesting and thicker texture and to show a variety of skills for each person. one person stayed on the vocals however made changes to her singing style to suit the genre. to do this she watched clips, tutorials and researched the technique to folk singing in order to make it an authentic performance. the folk style of singing tends to have a natural speaking element to it. where youre from and your herritage and background can depend heavily on how your voice as a folk singer sounds. Rowbury, C. (02.10.11) sing like you speak. 

for me personally, i've played the viola since the age of 7 so being able to incorporate my skills into a piece was great! we used the viola to an advantage as it was one of the most folk instruments we hand amongst us to play which would add extra impact from the piece onto the audience. i had a play around at first with some different rhythms and melodies to play for the introduction and ending to create a lively and upbeat tempo. along side this we had the chordal piano playing a block chord, the drum playing a steady accented rhythm and the guitar strumming along side. this gave the piece a vibrant ad upbeat introduction which is a huge contrast to the original which was our intended aim fro the piece.