SOP - 63. Morgan Page Reveals the Rule of 3: Julia Michaels and

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Artist: Bob Tozier
School: North Allegheny

Notes:

3:00 - Julia Michaels - Issues

5:00 - Level of Commitment

6:40 - IV - V - iii

9:00 - Keep us guessing - Acoustic Mix

10:00 - Rule of 3 Question and Answer

13:00 - Tuned Percussion - Drones

18:00 - Layering vs. Removing

24:00 - Maroon 5

28:50 - Change and Focus

31:00 - Beatles

33:00 - Classical References

Comments

Ainsley Ferron from: North Allegheny - posted: October 1, 2018
The song "Sleepover" by Hayley Kiyoko utilizes a rule of 3 in the verse with the guitar, drums, and her voice.

Chelsea Chao from: North Allegheny - posted: October 9, 2018
"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a classic holiday song that incorprates the rule of three in its lyrics, specifically in the chorus. The song starts off with "we wish you a Merry Christmas," then repeats twice more. Following this, the next group of three's is "oh, bring us a figgy pudding." The final trio of lyrics sings "we won't go until we get some."

Aman Khalid from: North Allegheny - posted: October 11, 2018
Beethoven's Fifth Sympony in C minor is a fantastic example of the rule of three in writing a melody line: After the dramatic introduction in the 1st movement, a pattern of three groupings of three eighth notes outlines various chords in three distinct statements, the final one being a powerful return to C minor, setting up the next three statements.

Jack Lopuszynski from: North Allegheny - posted: October 14, 2018
The Refrain of Young Blood by Five Seconds of Summer follows the rule of threes for the most part - there is the bassline outlining the chords, the vocal, and the percussion part.

Trey Tillotson from: North Allegheny - posted: October 17, 2018
Chord progressions are neat, especially when pop songs don't just use the I, IV, V, and iv chords over and over again.

Aman Khalid from: North Allegheny - posted: October 17, 2018
Bach's Chaconne for solo violin is a great example of the rule of three, in that the violin takes on three voices in the form of a chord progression that outlines the melody, the occasional fourth voice manifesting as a baseline; Hilary Hahn does a fantastic job of voicing in her performance of the Chaconne.

Mary Katherine Stewart from: North Allegheny - posted: October 19, 2018
"Stay" by Alessia Cara also follows the simple rule of threes.

Nicholas Zurchin from: North Allegheny - posted: October 22, 2018
I believe that people can hear more than 3 voices at a time because otherwise how would the sound and distinction that is given from different voices be noticeable in a choir. If there is a solo and a triad in a choir, the triad can be clearly heard as well as the solo most times, that is at least my opinion.

Reid Suddaby from: North Allegheny - posted: October 22, 2018
Don't Let Me Down by the Beatles closely follows this rule of Three. It is very interesting how the beat plus Lennon and McCartney create this blend of music.

Luke Wood from: North Allegheny - posted: October 23, 2018
The song "Battle of Evermore" by Led Zeppelin uses the rule of three because it is just vocals, acoustic guitar and mandolin.

Emma Hackworth from: North Allegheny - posted: October 25, 2018
A lot of Beatles songs use the rule of three other than "When I'm sixty-four." The song "Here, There, and Everywhere"even uses the rule of three in the title of the song.

Brett McCutcheon from: North Allegheny - posted: October 25, 2018
Dreidle dreidle dreidle uses the rule of three with the title as the lyric. That's the most quality song out there.

Jake Mellinger from: North Allegheny - posted: October 25, 2018
The Migos, or as I like to call them the modern day Beatles, continously use the rule of through there almost excessive use of the triplet. They have made the triplet an essential part to the hip-hop culture because of how well it sounds rapping in a melody with groups of three. On top of this there are three of them which allow for each to usually say the same line once each which allows for the magic of the rule of three to work with ease.

Pavan Otthi from: North Allegheny - posted: October 25, 2018
What I think really brings out the pattern of 3 is the emotion. In a way, the way Julia structures this pattern, she is in a way forced by the music to bring it out.

Malia Wilson from: North Allegheny - posted: October 26, 2018
The song Pomatter Pie from Waitress follows the rule of three in the beginning because at first it is just claps, piano, and bass. They all interact with each other in their own way and I think it's a great instrumental.

Yukang Guo from: North Allegheny - posted: October 28, 2018
In the Issue, I like the pizz of orchestral instruments in the beginning. Very different from other songs.

Kellie Smith from: North Allegheny - posted: October 29, 2018
The song "Bad" by Lennon Stella utilizes the rule of 3 at the beginning of the song with a drum pad, synth, and vocals.

Emily Vaiz from: North Allegheny - posted: October 29, 2018
Another example of a piece that incorporates the rule of three is Mozart's Symphony #40 in G minor. The piece starts off with a three-note idea and uses similar structures throughout the piece.

Lily Stromberg from: North Allegheny - posted: October 30, 2018
after listening to this podcast i started to notice more of the predicatable chord progressions in songs, it's really easy to point out IV-V-I and others like that

Alli Kern from: North Allegheny - posted: September 24, 2021
I believe that the Rule of 3 applies to any piece of music. Some melodies have qualities that are much easier to single out than others, (like pop songs compared to some symphony pieces) but overall it is always possible to hear three distinct parts of a song simultaneously.

Ben Swihart from: North Allegheny - posted: September 29, 2021
it became really apparent how many songs use the same chord progressions in popular music

Zoe Sage Tracey from: North Allegheny - posted: October 2, 2021

Young blood by 5 seconds of summer includes the rule of threes during certain parts of the song. It occurs with during the refrain with the drumset, bass, and the vocal chords.

Sabrina Ferron from: North Allegheny - posted: October 5, 2021
The rule of 3 helps separate different parts within a song. By grouping instruments into an accompaniment and making distinctions between the melody and harmony, any song can fit the rule of 3.

Charlotte Bentrim from: North Allegheny - posted: October 5, 2021
It's really interesting how few instruments you can put in a song and it can still be complex and advanced with the rhythems and chord progressions

Vaishnavee Sundararaman from: North Allegheny - posted: October 6, 2021
I definitely think that there are many songs that use this similar chord progression in pop. I think it's cool when some pop songs use the iv or IV chord because it gives the song some more suspense and color.

Tejal Dahake from: North Allegheny - posted: October 21, 2021
The rule of three for instrumentation doesn't seem real, but when you actually analyze the voicing of different pieces of music, from pop to classical, it is pretty true. I find it interesting how the rule of 3 repeats in many forms of art.

Dylan Shields from: North Allegheny - posted: October 21, 2021
It is interesting to me that most music uses the rule of 3 because it is hard for people to concentrate on more than three sounds at once

Quinn Volpe from: North Allegheny - posted: October 21, 2021
Evil by Interpol is a great example of a song that uses the Rule of 3. It is an indie rock song that uses this rule in the chorus in order to build tension. It also kind of reminds me of a scary song that would be played during halloween season, but maybe that's just a characteristic of the specific kind of music that this song falls under.

Dillon Ferraro from: North Allegheny - posted: October 22, 2021
it is so wack how much I think about the rule of three now after learning about it.

Cassandra Pultorak from: North Allegheny - posted: October 25, 2021
I've almost unconciously recognized the rule of three before, but never questioned it as different than any other "rule". It almost represents the science of music, and how appealing it is based on these specific repetition rules.

Bri Cobbey from: North Allegheny - posted: October 26, 2021
After learning about the rule of three, I realized how often it is used in our music today.