By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Use a DAW to make a form-instrumentation chart for the song to document structure, pacing, and density
Analyze complicated notions of genre and irony through the conflicting layers of the song
Song Exploder, Episode 252: New Order
New Order, “Blue Monday,” from Power, Corruption & Lies (1983)
Check out Auralayer. It's a free web-based app created by Brian Jarvis that is great for creating interactive graphic analyses of timbre, texture, form, and more. You can build using a Youtube link or an imported audio file and copy a link to share your work.