Name: ________________________________

Tornado
This song is by Jnsi (yohn-zee). He is the lead singer of an Icelandic band called
Sigur Rs. We have been exploring the idea of text depiction and program music in
class. Listen to how this song uses musical elements to portray a tornado.

Directions: Please fill out the answers to the numbers Ms. Fox calls out while the
song is played. Tip: You may want to work on #8 occasionally during the listening.

1. What is the instrumentation here?

2. What is growing within the music after Jnsi sings You grow like Tornado?
(You can listen for a while before you answer this question)

3. What new instrumentation is added?

4. What type of percussion is used? (ex. Timpani, snare, marimba etc.)

5. What instrumentation drops out?

6. What is different with the percussion?

7. What new textural element is added?

8. What do you think each textural element represents?

 - Solo Voice:

- Percussion:

- Strings:

- Vocal chorus:

9. How effective do you think this song was in emulating a tornado? Explain why.

10. How would you describe the mood of this piece?