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Music Theory Review of Jeremy Shum's "I Propose On My Knees" (ft.Demi Lovato) - Teen Rock song
Any musicians please correct me if I'm wrong!
The song starts off in the F# minor key, and switches between that and A major, which is no issue since they are related keys. Like all teen rock songs, and many popular songs, there is a sudden shift in key to G# minor/B major, which is a modulation up one tone (i.e. two semitones). The lyrics use a dual-line rhyme system, where the first two stanzas simple-rhyme, and the last two simple-rhyme too. The structure of the song is A-B-C-D-B-E-B-F format. This is not what you'd call a classical format, but is a result of "B" being the chorus, and "D" being the bridge. Thus, it probably makes more sense to express the form as: Verse 1 - Chorus - Verse 2 - Verse 3 - Chorus - Bridge - Chorus - Coda The song is therefore made up of three verses, a chorus, bridge, and coda. One verse comes before the first time the chorus is played, and then followed by two verses. The chorus is then replayed, before shifting into the bridge. The chorus is repeated after the bridge, where a shift of key occurs. The song then happily finishes with a coda, like many pop songs. The content of the lyrics utilize simple-rhyme, metaphorical language, and other poetic features. It also features a number of verbative words which are somewhat loquacious, at least in the teenage sense, in that the words are exclusive to "teenagers"; that is jargon, used by teenagers, which stress the tween/teen target audience of the song. The voice is rather breathy, but is the "normal sound" these days on teen pop records. Phrasing is also used to express where each stanza starts and finishes. |
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Music Theory Review of Jeremy Shum's "I Propose On My Knees" (ft. Demi Lovato) - Teen Rock song
The content of the lyrics utilize simple-rhyme, metaphorical language,
and other poetic features. It also features a number of verbative words which are somewhat loquacious, at least in the teenage sense, in that the words are exclusive to "teenagers"; that is jargon, used by teenagers, which stress the tween/teen target audience of the song. What does "verbative" mean? Do you know what "loquacious" means? I think you should re-write this paragraph in plain English. Here it is... "The lyrics use simple rhymes, metaphors, and teenage jargon." That's all your 56-word paragraph says. |
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Music Theory Review of Jeremy Shum's "I Propose On My Knees"(ft. Demi Lovato) - Teen Rock song
William Sommerwerck wrote:
The content of the lyrics utilize simple-rhyme, metaphorical language, and other poetic features. It also features a number of verbative words which are somewhat loquacious, at least in the teenage sense, in that the words are exclusive to "teenagers"; that is jargon, used by teenagers, which stress the tween/teen target audience of the song. What does "verbative" mean? Do you know what "loquacious" means? I think you should re-write this paragraph in plain English. Here it is... "The lyrics use simple rhymes, metaphors, and teenage jargon." That's all your 56-word paragraph says. I really like the critiques by William and Laurence. Keep it simple and straightforward. Eschew obfuscation! |
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Music Theory Review of Jeremy Shum's "I Propose On My Knees" (ft. Demi Lovato) - Teen Rock song
"Sean" wrote in message
news:wKywk.858$yS5.458@edtnps83... William Sommerwerck wrote: The content of the lyrics utilize simple-rhyme, metaphorical language, and other poetic features. It also features a number of verbative words which are somewhat loquacious, at least in the teenage sense, in that the words are exclusive to "teenagers"; that is jargon, used by teenagers, which stress the tween/teen target audience of the song. What does "verbative" mean? Do you know what "loquacious" means? I think you should re-write this paragraph in plain English. Here it is... "The lyrics use simple rhymes, metaphors, and teenage jargon." That's all your 56-word paragraph says. I really like the critiques by William and Laurence. Keep it simple and straightforward. Eschew obfuscation! "Omit needless words." -- Strunk & White |
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Music Theory Review of Jeremy Shum's "I Propose On My Knees"(ft. Demi Lovato) - Teen Rock song
Sean wrote:
William Sommerwerck wrote: The content of the lyrics utilize simple-rhyme, metaphorical language, and other poetic features. It also features a number of verbative words which are somewhat loquacious, at least in the teenage sense, in that the words are exclusive to "teenagers"; that is jargon, used by teenagers, which stress the tween/teen target audience of the song. What does "verbative" mean? Do you know what "loquacious" means? I think you should re-write this paragraph in plain English. Here it is... "The lyrics use simple rhymes, metaphors, and teenage jargon." That's all your 56-word paragraph says. I really like the critiques by William and Laurence. Keep it simple and straightforward. Eschew obfuscation! ack ack ack ack ack |
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