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TITLE OF THE SONGS:
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:

PITCH OR MELODY

• DOES IT HAVE A SMALL OR WIDE RANGE?
•IS IT REPETITIVE?
•IS IT IN PENTATONIC SCALE OR DIATONIC SCALE?

VOCAL TIMBRE

•IT IS SUNG BY A MAN, WOMAN, BOTH OR BACKUP VOCALS?
•DOES IT SOUND AGGRESSIVE, SAD, HAPPY OR GENTLE?
•IS THE MELODY SMOOTH (LEGATO) OR JUMPY (STACCATO)?
•IS IT NASAL AND THROATY?

INSTRUMENTS

•WHAT INSTRUMENTS CAN YOU HEAR?
•DOES ANY INSTRUMENTS DOMINATE THE GROUP?

RHYTHM

•IS IT REGULAR OR IRREGULAR?
•SYNCOPATED?
•REPETITIVE?
•IS IT IN DUPLE, TRIPLE OR QUADRUPLE METER?

TEMPO

•IS IT STEADY OR CHANGING?
•HIW FAST IS THE BEAT? IS IT FAST, SLOW OR MODERATE?

DYNAMICS

•IS THE VOLUME CONSISTENT ALL THROUGHOUT?
•DOES THE VOLUME CHANGE? IF YES, IN WHAT PART?
•DOES THE CHANGE IN DYNAMICS CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL INTERPRETATION OF THE SONGS?

TEXTURE

•IS IT THIN OR THICK?
•DOES THE TEXTURE CHANGE?
•IS IT IN MONOPHONY (ACAPELLA),HOMOPHONY, (WITH ACCOMPANIMENT), HETEROPHONY (SAME MELODY BUT ORNAMENTED BY SEVERAL INSTRUMENTS)

FORM

•IS IT STROPHIC? (VERSE-REPEATING FORM), BINARY (ALTERNATING BETWEEN TWO SECTIONS) OR TERNARY FORM (THREE-PART MUSICAL FORM)?​​