The song I chose to listen to was “Time to Say Goodbye” or in Italian “Con Te Partiró”, by Andrea Bocelli. This song was released in 1995. I chose this song because whenever I listen to this song, it reminds me of my grandpa and how we would always listen to it in the car so it has a special meaning to me. Andrea Bocelli is an Italian Opera singer but sometimes he adds a bit of pop to his music. Andrea Bocelli started playing piano at age 6 and then, later on, played the flute and the saxophone. At the age of 12 is when he became completely blind, suffering from a brain hemorrhage due to a soccer accident. Before he became famous he went to school and studied law at the University of Pisa, singing, and playing piano at a nightclub to help him financially. His breakthrough in his singing career happened in 1992.
When you listen to this, the first thing you hear is the strings playing the melody. Melody is the units of pitches sounded in succession and is the tune of the piece. When we listen to this piece we can hear that there are different ranges being played by the instruments. Meaning that the areas that we hear in the melody where some of the instruments go from playing a higher pitch when Andrea sings the chorus, and then play at a lower pitch when he sings the verses of the song. By doing this I believe the listener can get a better connection to listening and following the music because we can hear the emotions in his voice when he sings in these different voices. Also, another musical element we can hear when Andrea sings is his dynamics. Dynamics is the volume of the piece of music. His dynamics play a big role in this song because when he reaches the climax of his song he uses a crescendo. A crescendo is when you go from playing or singing from a soft volume then gradually increasing until you reach a higher volume. He uses this a lot during this piece and I think it works really well because when you listen to it, you hear the emotion in his voice and in the instruments as he starts to sing louder and louder until he just belts it out. Overall this piece is beautiful and uses a lot of different musical elements to help make it sound the way it does.
