Erin Rebecca Shalloway
Response to Duke Ellington Take the A Train
The work, although it is a musical piece, uses sonically strong elements from a Train. The piece enters with a slow rise in volume, similarly to a train approaching. Then the trombones play in unison as if a horn would on a train. The trombones climax to a screeching high pitch that are reminiscent of a train passing by. Tension is evoked by the increase in pitch and volume. The tempo of the piece is at the same pace of train a chugging on a track. The percussion and bass intrsuments develop the beat that is continuous throughout the piece, a chug. In the beginning the piece was heard of as sound because it was unpleasant to listen too. Then with the repetition of certain elements, the chugging of the drums, it was transformed into music. In addition, the female who sings in the piece turns the work into a song. What makes it a song is that I can sing along to it. The organized sounds, reminiscent of a train, in the end, create a musical piece inspired by a train.
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