PORCHFEST 2014

Today was Porchfest in the town of Ithaca, where many local musicians play songs for the community. I had a lot of fun at the festival, there were so many different styles of music that you could listen to. I had a little trouble figuring out the schedule, and ended up getting to a group during their last two numbers, but I was still able to enjoy the songs that I did get to hear. I found that I got so enthralled in the music that I forgot to listen for open and closed cadences, but I took videos and listened to them again so that I could detect the types of phrases. I really liked some of the instrumental music that was played. My favorite group was TRAONACH,they played Irish Traditional music that  was very lively. I was able to detect the open and closed cadences that they played by the way the phrase lingered when it ended, all the open cadences just seemed unfinished, while they could have ended on any of the closed cadences. All the songs that I heard them play were very light and carefree. The music was either in duple or quadruple meter and had a nice upbeat tempo. I was able to tap my feet along to the music and really wanted to dance to the songs that they played. Their music did not provoke discomfort, in fact it made me feel even more comfortable than I was, there were even some people (who were braver than me) in the crowd that felt comfortable enough to start dancing along to the jigs. 

Unfortunately I did not get a chance to talk to the performers, so I am unable to post the video of their music online.