Listening focus

Name of the Song

What style of music is it?
What musical elements would you
expect to hear in a song in this style?

What is the time signature? Are there

any shifts in the time signature?
Is the piece in a Major or Minor Key?
Can you work out the structure (i.e.,
verse/chorus, AABA, AB)
What other features are there (solos,
breakdowns, acapella sections, vocal
harmonies etc)

What is the instrumentation?

Are there any effects or other none

instrumental sounds?
What type of rhythm or feel does the
song have? (e.g shuffle, 8 beat, Latin,
one drop etc)
What type of vocal style is being
used? (Gospel inflections, vibrato,
melisma, screams, shouts, hiccoughs,
bluesy inflections, national, regional or
colloquial inflections etc)
Does the music modulate or have any
elements that create interesting
textural effects?

notes
Superstition
Funk/Soul
You would expect a funky beat, a very
tight rhyme section consisting of bass
and drums. Maybe a guitar or
saxophone or trumpet on the melody.
4/4
minor
The structure is verse, pre chorus,
chorus, verse pre chorus, chorus,
verse, pre chorus, chorus
There is an instrumental at the end,
with the saxophone playing the solo.
The Drums play a solo at the
beginning.
The key board plays the main riff at
the beginning; whiles the sax plays all
the main riffs with the bass guitar and
drums playing the rhyme.
The song has a very funky 4/4 beat.

He has quite a growly voice, especially

at the end of the chorus; his voice is
very jazzy and souly. He has quite a
ride range, as it starts quite deep, but
goes higher at particular points.