Analysis Of The Original Melody

A Valuable Tool
Analysisis a very valuable tool,
     with the capacity to evaluate, and to correct, any song or melody.

Procedure
Have a look at the availableReturn Pages in the Showcase of Analysis,
     to get the judges' evaluations and corrections for
           Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town,Joy To The World, andWinter Wonderland.

What To Observe
1. The Form, includingLevel 0which might change from one section to the next.
2. TheMelo-Rhythm, the so far empty note-values of the Melody, and how they are structured.
3. TheMelo-Harmony, the chord pattern of the Melody, often called the "changes".
4. TheMelo-Lines, the specific Orbit(s) chosen and placed in the empty boxes of the Melo-Rhythm.

You will find below the analysis ofExample 1.

Jingle Bells

General
Form=AA'-Back to the music page
Level 0for eachA=0 + 3
     with Bar-lines placed atLevel -1, 2 bars per cell, 8 bars (4 cells) in eachA,
          16 bars in all.

Melo-rhythm
The two sameEntitiesappear in bothAandA', with exactly the same words.
     The first Entity =F=F= K2M(forcode),/ ./
          arebounding split cell, followed by a Kinetic / Masculine cell to close the Entity.
     The second Entity merely has added Pïck-ups./ /
          appreciableSymmetry, permitting but not forcing a repeat of the two Entities,
               (inAandA'), a valid Melo-rhythmic structure.

Melo-harmony
A=M5661andA'=M5664(forcode).
Only one 8-cellHarmonic Entityfor the whole song,
     Bars 1-6 and Bars 9-14 are identical (D / D, F#m G / D, G / D),
          with Bars 7-8 cadencing as a Bridge to the DOMINANT (E⁷/ A⁷),
          and with Bars 15-16 cadencing to the TONIC (A⁷/ D).
No problem or complication of Entities orSymmetryhere either.

Melo-lines
OneOrbitper bar.
     Whatever precedesOrbit 2is considered asOrbit 3even if it isOrbit 1orOrbit 0,
          possiblesubstitutions.
A=Orbit 2/Orbit 2\Orbit 3/Orbit 2\Orbit 3/Orbit 2\Orbit 0/Orbit 0(forcode),
     F# / F# \ E / F# \ G / F# \ E / E
A'=Orbit 2/Orbit 2\Orbit 3/Orbit 2\Orbit 3/Orbit 2\Orbit 1/Orbit 1(forcode),
     F# / F# \ E / F# \ G / F# \ E / D
No problem or complication ofEntitiesorSymmetryhere,
     we are dealing with only one 8-cell Entity with appreciable Symmetry.

Review of Entities
In the completeA A',
     Melo-rhythm has 4 2-cell entities ofF=F= K2M,
     Melo-harmony has 1 8-cell entity,M5661 5664
     Melo-lines also has 1 8-cell entity, withOrbit 1/Orbit 1only at the end of theA'.
          The Melo-rhythm entities are different from the other two.

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