April Ear Power - Week 2

Artist: Train

Song: "Hey, Soul Sister"

Here's what we've learned about this song's Chorus:

- The chorus is 8 measures long.

- The starting vocal melody notes in the chorus are B G#

(B is the higher note, descending to G#)

- The chord progression in the chorus features only primary chords ( I, IV, V ). The progression is as follows:

| IV | V  I V | IV | V  I V | IV | V  I V | IV | V |

(in the second measure of the chorus, the V chord starts on beat 1, followed by a I chord on beat 3, and then back to the V chord on beat 4... the 4th and 6th measures are the same)

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This is our last week to work on this song, so here's a summary:

Key:  E Major

Introduction

| I  | V | vi | IV |

Verse

| I  | V | vi | IV | I  | V | vi | IV  V |

Chorus

(see above)

Song Form:

Intro.  V.  C.  Intro.  V.  C.  V.  C. C.

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Does it sound like I'm speaking a different language? I assure you the scribbles above are valid information. I'm endeavoring to integrate my students' music theory studies into these exercises (hence all the Roman numerals).