{"id":4400,"date":"2018-02-12T14:08:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T19:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=4400"},"modified":"2025-10-08T11:51:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T15:51:27","slug":"adding-romantic-touches-to-ed-sheerans-perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/adding-romantic-touches-to-ed-sheerans-perfect\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Romantic touches to Ed Sheeran\u2019s \u201cPerfect\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Valentine\u2019s Day is here, and romance lingers in the air.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>You may be feeling a range of emotions this time of year, from butterflies in your stomach to a hate for all things lovey-dovey. Why not pour these feelings into a song? In this blog post, we explore some basic musical properties of Romanticism and why they\u2019re relevant to our modern productions. We\u2019ll apply the concepts to none other than Ed Sheeran\u2019s softhearted chart-topper, \u201cPerfect,\u201d to hear their effects firsthand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0tgVpDi06FyKpA1z0VMD4v?si=91349a1d37ea4cb8\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A brief overview of Romanticism<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Romantic music<\/strong> is a period of Western classical music that began in the early 19th century. Thankfully, it wasn\u2019t an era filled exclusively with nothing but love songs. Rather, related to Romanticism in the visual arts, literature, and philosophy, Romantic music emphasized the amplifying of <strong>emotional expression<\/strong>. Beethoven was absolutely influential in bridging the Romantic period with the preceding Classical period, but there are countless other revolutionary composers who wrote music during this time, such as Schubert, Schumann, and Chopin, to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1BhHoRAqa2fX4fszZ3Ct2l?si=EQvoQxnpSnWDoIpzvcQ_pQ\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While we won\u2019t be turning \u201cPerfect\u201d into a Schubert song cycle, there are some fundamental musical changes that Romanticism brought about that are still very relevant to our popular music of today\u2014we\u2019ll be taking a look three concepts in particular. If you\u2019re not a music theory buff, no need to worry; the ideas we\u2019ll explore are accessible to all skill levels and musical styles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a starting point, here\u2019s Ed Sheeran\u2019s original arrangement of the song (more or less):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio alignwide\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Original.m4a\" loop preload=\"auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/splice\/perfect-ed-sheeran-original\" target=\"_blank\">Download the project file here<\/a> to experiment with the music yourself and get a deeper understanding of what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. The bigger the better<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To accomodate for the desire to create more expressive music, the orchestra dramatically expanded in its size during the late 19th century. Instruments like contrabasson, piccolo, celesta, and harp added new colors to the orchestra\u2019s sonic palette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPerfect\u201d uses strings, piano, electric bass, and guitar, but why stop there? Let\u2019s see how orchestration can add some expressive colors to the mix:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio alignwide\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Orchestrated.m4a\" loop preload=\"auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/splice\/perfect-ed-sheeran-orchestrated\" target=\"_blank\">Download the project file here<\/a> to experiment with the music yourself and get a deeper understanding of what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doubling the melody with a celesta and glockenspiel makes the line shimmer, while the added horns and choir give the song a grandiose quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. New highs and new lows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Expanding musical range is a great way to intensify emotion\u2014when Ed Sheeran belts, \u201cdancing in the dark,\u201d it has an impact in part because of the octave jump that makes the melody ascend to a new height. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we have a larger orchestra, let\u2019s see if we can push the range of some of the voices for emotional effect:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio alignwide\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Musical-Range.m4a\" loop preload=\"auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/splice\/perfect-ed-sheeran-musical-range\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the project file here<\/a> to experiment with the music yourself and get a deeper understanding of what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By pushing the melodic line even higher, we add intensity to the song\u2019s emotional climax. Although climbing high seems to be our first instinct when it comes to building impact, introducing new lows can also enhance an emotion. The soaring melody is juxtaposed with low piano chords, pushing the range (and impact) in both directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Drama in dynamics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One last idea we\u2019ll talk about is the extension of dynamic range. While the Loudness Wars killed dynamic range in a great deal of modern popular music, the Romantic period was all about dynamics, notating anything from a <em>ppp<\/em> to a <em>fff<\/em> (<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/reverb.com\/news\/a-basic-guide-to-italian-dynamic-markings-in-classical-music\" target=\"_blank\">here\u2019s a good article explaining dynamic markings<\/a> if this is new to you). A sudden contrast between dynamics such as these was commonly used to dramatize the impact of a musical moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s try adding some dynamic contrast to our arrangement of \u201cPerfect\u201d by suddenly minimizing the orchestration immediately after our heightened climax:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio alignwide\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Dynamic-Range.m4a\" loop preload=\"auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/splice\/perfect-ed-sheeran-dynamic-range\" target=\"_blank\">Download the project file here<\/a> to experiment with the music yourself and get a deeper understanding of what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This technique is seen all over popular music, with Ed Sheeran himself applying it at the very end of the last chorus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The big picture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After we\u2019ve made so many alterations to the song, we have to ask ourselves\u2014is it more \u201cPerfect\u201d than it was before? Is one version better or worse than the other?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The simple answer is no. We certainly made stylistic changes, but it\u2019s up to your subjective taste to determine whether the song is \u201cbetter\u201d or even \u201cmore emotional.\u201d In fact, you could even argue that a further stripped down version of a song strikes more of a chord for you over an embellished orchestration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, that\u2019s not how the Romanticists thought. Today, we explored just one musical perspective out of countless others, but it\u2019s a valuable perspective nonetheless that provides us concrete ways of manipulating emotional expressiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Explore more tips and tutorials that break down concepts in music theory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/category\/tips-tutorials\/music-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the spirit of Valentine&#8217;s Day, we explore some basic musical properties of Romanticism and why they\u2019re relevant to our modern productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":4403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1699,1696],"tags":[488,18,1633,1428],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Adding Romantic touches to Ed Sheeran\u2019s \u201cPerfect\u201d - Blog | Splice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the spirit of Valentine&#039;s Day, we explore some basic musical properties of Romanticism and why they\u2019re relevant to our modern productions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/adding-romantic-touches-to-ed-sheerans-perfect\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adding Romantic touches to Ed Sheeran\u2019s \u201cPerfect\u201d - Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the spirit of Valentine&#039;s Day, we explore some basic musical properties of Romanticism and why they\u2019re relevant to our modern productions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/adding-romantic-touches-to-ed-sheerans-perfect\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-12T19:08:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-08T15:51:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Sweeten-Songs-Perfection_BlogPost.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Harrison Shimazu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/bitly.com\/namaboku-twt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@splice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Harrison Shimazu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/adding-romantic-touches-to-ed-sheerans-perfect\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/adding-romantic-touches-to-ed-sheerans-perfect\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Harrison Shimazu\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1ed73f890efad66c4808440680e9e50d\"},\"headline\":\"Adding Romantic touches to Ed Sheeran\u2019s \u201cPerfect\u201d\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-12T19:08:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-08T15:51:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/adding-romantic-touches-to-ed-sheerans-perfect\/\"},\"wordCount\":828,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/adding-romantic-touches-to-ed-sheerans-perfect\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Sweeten-Songs-Perfection_BlogPost.png\",\"keywords\":[\"arrangement\",\"community\",\"composition\",\"music theory\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Music Theory\",\"Tips &amp; 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