Rain by 范晓萱

Rain ~ 范晓萱

Love this song alot in the past. Maybe it's due to 933

However, I kind of forget this song as time goes by.

Recently, this song came into my mind and I happened to hear it on radio again.

It's still a nice song.

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Jazz band at esplanade

Nothing is more relax than listening to the music and looking at the nice scenary out there.

Just some personal views:
Somehow I think the saxophone sounded quite rough at some point of time and the high pitch, don't know how to describle it. And the singer voice, it's nice but it's still not very jazz. I was hoping that she can sing in a more relax style.

Anyway
It's nice to just sit down there
Listen to the music under the sky

By the way, I'm sitting infront of some kids. Thus, can hear the kids' voice in the background. But do enjoy the jazz music
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Adding on

Just realise that I've forgotten to include the Phrase structure analysis

From the score, I would say that it is actually short-short-long. The trend is still there when the first verse came in. The 3rd section in the first verse was also extented to become much longer.

Assignment 1-蒲公英的約定

The part which analysie is the opening and the first verse
The score was found online at http://www.gangqinpu.com/
Basically for this song,I would think that it's in the key of C major.
Though there are sharp and flats appearing, it's not consistent and only last for at most 1 bar.

The analyse score is at the bottom of the blog.

Basically the first 4 bars in the opening repeated again before the first verse came in.
For the opening:

The opening started off with a I6 arpeggio and move on to the IV7 chord. I would think that the arpeggio actually lead us to the IV7 chord. Looking at the notes in the chords: I6=EGCE while IV7=FACE. The G in the I6 chord may be acting as a passing note so as to lead to the A int the IV7 chord. The pattern actually continue in the next few chords, where at least one of the note in the chord act as a passing note to the other note/notes in the next chord. This helps to expand the pre-dominant section.

For the "repeated" opening, the notes remain the same with some exceptionals. The are harmonise notes for the opening tonic chord and for the left hand part, the chords actually started their first note one octave lower. I personally think that this help to enhance the melody line as audience would not be hearing the same stuff exactly again. And with a one octave lowered note, it helps to emphase the chord that is being played. On top of that, in this repeat, the dominant section is being expanded. Basically from a V7 to V6. The ending I chord also has a F#G# in it. I would treat it as accidentals to enhance the melody rather than leading to modulation. This is because the sharps are back to nature and the next I chord.

For the opening verse, the pre-dominant section followed the trend in the beginning. Hence, we can clearly see that the composer actually compose the melody in a stepwise motion. The pre-dominant parts are actually kept about the same length except for the last one. This may due to the extension of the development so as to prepare the audience for the next verse.

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