The song that I chose was the popular song "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac. The song is in 4, and has a very slow tempo. As a result of this the cadences that I found are only a measure long. I tried as best I could to sing the notes and find do within the song, and then compare it to the ends of the cadences. I did however look up the score of the music after I tried to do it by ear because I was not sure how good my ear was at detecting the notes. I found that I was correct and that I have to trust myself more on what I think that I am hearing.

The  first phrase that she sings "I took my love and I took it down" is an Imperfect Authentic Cadence (IAC).  This is evident because the first phrase ends on mi in the solfege which is scale degree 3 that can be found in the tonic I chord. The phrase is not quite resolved because even though it ends with a note in the tonic it does not end with do. That phrase is then followed by "Climbed a mountain and I turned around" which is a Perfect Authentic Cadence (PAC). It is a PAC because the phrase ends on do in the solfege which is scale degree 1 in the tonic I chord. This phrase in contrast is resolved because it ends on do. As a result of those two phrases being placed in that order a period is created. Each of the phrases is similar with slight variations at the end to accommodate the two different cadences. 

This song starts out really beautifully with a guitar solo that is able to set the somber mood of the piece. The song is about love and how it does not always work out. We are able to get a better sense of the somber feel when Stevie Nicks comes in alone for the singing.  The whole song remains mainly acoustic and emulates the solo feeling that she is talking about with only the one guitar and the one voice. I thought that it was very beautiful when she changed the style of the phrase during the line "Well I've been afraid of changing", it shows that even though she is afraid of moving on from her love since she built her life around him, she knows that she has to. Then we are able to hear even more change when an electric guitar comes in for a solo, with the steady acoustic in the background. I think that the acoustic guitar is the grounding force of the song and it is used to show that not everything has to change, and she is still the same person. She takes the transformation further by adding the electric guitar when she repeats the chorus after the instrumental break.

This is one of my favorite songs, I think that the simplicity of the song really allows for the words to take center stage. The helps the listener to hold onto the meaning much better than if there were more elements musically. We are comforted by the acoustic guitar as is remains static, and are moved by the electric guitar changing up the song.