Question 1. What is your narrative interpretation of this excerpt?
Question 2a. What musical features and qualities influence your interpretation and why? (Select all that apply)
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Vocal timbre (tone of voice, type of voice, etc.)
Instrumental timbre (sound, sound-color, tone, type of instruments, loudness, etc.)
Rhythm/meter/tempo (pattern, beat, groove, fast/slow, etc.)
Melody/mode/harmony (melodic contour, major, minor, etc.)
Question 2b: Please elaborate on Question 2a.
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Question 3. Had you formed a narrative interpretation of Song 1 before today?
Yes
No
Question 4. What is your narrative interpretation of this excerpt?
Question 5a. What musical features and qualities influence your interpretation and why? (Select all that apply)
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Vocal timbre (tone of voice, type of voice, etc.)
Instrumental timbre (sound, sound-color, tone, type of instruments, loudness, etc.)
Rhythm/meter/tempo (pattern, beat, groove, fast/slow, etc.)
Melody/mode/harmony (melodic contour, major, minor, etc.)
Question 5b. Please elaborate on Question 5a.
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Question 6. Had you formed a narrative interpretation of Song 2 before today?
Yes
No
Question 7. This is the beginning of a song. What do you think the song will be about as it progresses?
Question 8a. What musical features and qualities influence your interpretation and why? (Select all that apply)
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Vocal timbre (tone of voice, type of voice, etc.)
Instrumental timbre (sound, sound-color, tone, type of instruments, loudness, etc.)
Rhythm/meter/tempo (pattern, beat, groove, fast/slow, etc.)
Melody/mode/harmony (melodic contour, major, minor, etc.)
Question 8b. Please elaborate on Question 8a.
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Question 9. This is an excerpt from the middle of the song. What is your narrative interpretation of this excerpt?
Question 10a. What musical features and qualities influence your interpretation and why? (Select all that apply)
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Vocal timbre (tone of voice, type of voice, etc.)
Instrumental timbre (sound, sound-color, tone, type of instruments, loudness, etc.)
Rhythm/meter/tempo (pattern, beat, groove, fast/slow, etc.)
Melody/mode/harmony (melodic contour, major, minor, etc.)
Question 10b. Please elaborate on Question 10a.
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Question 11. This is an excerpt from the end of the song. What is your narrative interpretation of this excerpt?
Question 12a. What musical features and qualities influence your interpretation and why? (Select all that apply)
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Vocal timbre (tone of voice, type of voice, etc.)
Instrumental timbre (sound, sound-color, tone, type of instruments, loudness, etc.)
Rhythm/meter/tempo (pattern, beat, groove, fast/slow, etc.)
Melody/mode/harmony (melodic contour, major, minor, etc.)
Question 12b. Please elaborate on Question 12a.
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Question 13. Had you formed a narrative interpretation of Song 3 before today?
Yes
No
Question 14. What does the “sound of silence” represent in this excerpt?
Question 15a. What musical features and qualities influence your interpretation and why? (Select all that apply)
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Vocal timbre (tone of voice, type of voice, etc.)
Instrumental timbre (sound, sound-color, tone, type of instruments, loudness, etc.)
Rhythm/meter/tempo (pattern, beat, groove, fast/slow, etc.)
Melody/mode/harmony (melodic contour, major, minor, etc.)
Question 15b. Please elaborate on Quesiton 15a.
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Question 16. What does the “wells of silence” represent in this excerpt?
Question 17a. What musical features and qualities influence your interpretation and why? (Select all that apply)
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Vocal timbre (tone of voice, type of voice, etc.)
Instrumental timbre (sound, sound-color, tone, type of instruments, loudness, etc.)
Rhythm/meter/tempo (pattern, beat, groove, fast/slow, etc.)
Melody/mode/harmony (melodic contour, major, minor, etc.)
Question 17b. Please elaborate on Question 17a.
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Question 18. What does the “neon god” represent in this excerpt?
Question 19a. What musical features and qualities influence your interpretation and why? (Select all that apply)
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Vocal timbre (tone of voice, type of voice, etc.)
Instrumental timbre (sound, sound-color, tone, type of instruments, loudness, etc.)
Rhythm/meter/tempo (pattern, beat, groove, fast/slow, etc.)
Melody/mode/harmony (melodic contour, major, minor, etc.)
Question 19b. Please elaborate on Question 19a.
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Question 20. Had you formed a narrative interpretation of Song 4 before today?
Yes
No
Question 21. This is the beginning of a song. What do you think the song will be about as it progresses?
Question 22a. What musical features and qualities influence your interpretation and why? (Select all that apply)
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Vocal timbre (tone of voice, type of voice, etc.)
Instrumental timbre (sound, sound-color, tone, type of instruments, loudness, etc.)
Rhythm/meter/tempo (pattern, beat, groove, fast/slow, etc.)
Melody/mode/harmony (melodic contour, major, minor, etc.)
Question 22b. Please elaborate on Question 22a.
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Question 23. This is an excerpt from the middle of the song. What is your narrative interpretation of this excerpt?
Question 24a. What musical features and qualities influence your interpretation and why? (Select all that apply)
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Vocal timbre (tone of voice, type of voice, etc.)
Instrumental timbre (sound, sound-color, tone, type of instruments, loudness, etc.)
Rhythm/meter/tempo (pattern, beat, groove, fast/slow, etc.)
Melody/mode/harmony (melodic contour, major, minor, etc.)
Question 24b. Please elaborate on Question 24a.
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Question 25. This is an excerpt from the end of the song. What is your narrative interpretation of this excerpt?
Question 26a. What musical features and qualities influence your interpretation and why? (Select all that apply)
Vocal timbre (tone of voice, type of voice, etc.)
Instrumental timbre (sound, sound-color, tone, type of instruments, loudness, etc.)
Rhythm/meter/tempo (pattern, beat, groove, fast/slow, etc.)
Melody/mode/harmony (melodic contour, major, minor, etc.)
Question 26b. Please elaborate on Question 26a.
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Question 27. Had you formed a narrative interpretation of Song 5 before today?
Yes
No