Visualisation and Synaesthesia

We begun the lesson with an A3 piece of paper and some coloured felt tip pens. With no idea what song was about to be played, we sat and listened until our pens touched paper and we simply followed the path that we were subconsciously taken down (as we had been instructed to do).

 

As you can see the green doodle is busier and involves a lot of movement from the texture and sounds that I had heard. The constant repetition of straight lines could represent there being a steady beat that is repeated throughout the song. This usually changed quickly into a jerking sound or increase/ decrease in volume which changed the pattern that I was creating. This song was "Pelican" by the Macabees.

 

Here is the YouTube clip for it:

 

The second picture had smoother lines which varied in widths. The variation in the widths of the lines could represent the soft volume fading out. The smoother lines shows that the song had a simpler composition. This is opposite to the Macabees song but fits the genre of music that it falls under.

This song was called "For your love" by Josh Records.