Jazz+in+Popular+Music

Jazz in Popular music

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Michael Buble wrote the song he sings, Haven't Met You Yet. This song shows characteristic of jazz in poplular music. The songs starts off softer in the intorduction and verse. The intruments build up in the chorus producing more sound. The sound softens in the second verse and gets loud again in the pre chorus and chorus. The bridge then comes up producing different beats and sounds, followed by the instrumental part whcih is quite loud and exaggerated. Towards the end of this song, only a few instruments are played to emphasis the lyrics that are being sung. There is a build up in the very end with more instruments.
 * Dynamics**


 * Pitch**
 * major key signature
 * a variety of layers
 * a variety of sounds

This song consisted of a variety of insturments to suit the vibe of the song and create the right amount of sound when needed. The intruments all come in at different times of the song. Each inrtument is used to create a new sound and a different sound too. The intruments are played throughout the entire song. Only piano is played throught the entire song and the trumpets, saxophones and french horns are only played throughout the bridge and the last chorus of the song.
 * Tone Colour**
 * Piano
 * Drum Kit
 * Guitar: Bass and Electric
 * Vocals
 * Cymbals
 * Trumpet, Saxophone and French Horn
 * T****exture**
 * Layer 1 - Piano
 * Layer 2- Drums
 * Layer 3 - Vocals
 * Layer 4 - Guitar: Bass and Electric
 * Layer 5 - Cymbals
 * Layer 6 - Trumpet, Saxophone and French Horn


 * Duration**
 * 4:4 time signature
 * 4 minutes and 20 seconds

Intro (8 bars) Section A (8 bars) Section B (8 bars) Chorus (8 bars) Link (4 bars) Section A (8 bars) Section B (8 bars) Chorus (8 bars) Link (4 bars) Bridge (10 bars) Intrumental (8 bars) Pre Chorus (8 bars) Chorus (8 bars) Chorus (8 bars) Link (4 bars) Coda (4 bars)
 * Structure**

An example of jazz in popular music is Michael Buble.

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Cry Me A River, originally written by Arthur Hamilton and later covered by Michael Buble clearly show jazz characteristics.

__**DYNAMICS OF THE SONG**__

- The tone of the song is minor throughout. - The melody moves in steps while the vocals move in leaps. This allows the melody and the vocals compliment each other. - The accompaniment moves in steps. - The vocalist uses chromatic melody with lots of sharps and flats. - There is melodic repletion through the verses and all the bridging parts. “//Now you say you’re sorry/love me”// and //”Come on and cry me a river”// - In this version, Michael Buble uses an orchestral bigband: - The accompaniment builds over time but the vocals are the main feature in this song. - There are 4 layers of sound - The vocals are on one layer and the instruments use the other three layers. - The texture is generally the same thoughout the entire song. - The texture is dense because all the instruments have a large role in the song. - The texture begins very small then gradually thickens as the instruments volume increase and grow.
 * Pitch**
 * Tone Colour**
 * Low strings: double bass, cello, bass
 * Drums: drum kit, timpani
 * Vocals: male vocals
 * High strings: violin, viola
 * Brass: trumpet, trombone
 * Woodwind: saxophone
 * Rhythm: guitar, bass, double bass, drum kit, piano
 * Texture**

- The time signature of the song is 4/4 - The song goes for 3:15
 * Duration**

- Section A - Section A - Section B - Section A - Section A (Insturmental) - Section A - Coda
 * Structure**

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Lead Sheet for Cry Me a River

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Beautiful day is Michael Buble's most recent songs, and it also displays jazz characteristics

__**CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SONG**__ __**Pitch**__ - The tone of this song is mostly major. - There is a great range of tone displayed by the vocals. - There are little quirky additions to the song with the trombone sliding down an octave randomly in Section B in the second half of the song. -This song uses a sort of modernised small orchestra consisting of:
 * __Tone Colour__**
 * Guitars: Electric
 * Drums: Drum kit
 * Brass: Trombones, trumpets, saxophones
 * Strings: Violins, cello
 * Piano/keyboard
 * Pan flute/flute
 * Vocals: Male vocals with additional harmony

__**Texture**__ - There are about 6 layers in this song - The layers gradually build up throughout the verse, and then when the song reaches the climax ( the chorus ) all the layers are heard. That is when the song is at its fullest/ most dense. - The volume of the layers start of reasonably moderate but as they build up in the pre-chorus they reach their full potential in the chorus. __**Duration**__ - The song goes for 3:24 minutes - The time signature of the song it 4/4 time or **c** (common time) __**Structure**__ - Intro ( 4 bars ) - Section A ( 16 bars ) - Section B ( 8 bars ) - Pre- Chorus ( 4 bars ) - Chorus ( 16 bars ) - Link/Instument( 6 bars ) - Section A ( 8 bars ) - Section B ( 8 bars ) - Pre-Chorus No.2 ( 8 bars ) - Chorus ( 16 bars ) - Link ( 4 bars ) - Section C ( 8 bars ) - Instrumental ( 8 bars ) - Coda ( 2 bars )
 * 1st layer: Drums
 * 2nd layer: Piano/keyboard
 * 3rd layer: Guitars
 * 4th layer: Pan flute/flute
 * 5th layer: Brass instruments
 * 6th layer: String instruments