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Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes - Coggle Diagram
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
STRUCTURE
Verse and chorus form
Extended intro sung by Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Paul Simon together
Acapella - unaccompanied harmonies
Isicathamiya style - zulu
Hook - diamonds on the soles of her shoes’ is repeated many times
Instrumental breaks and leads into verses
TONALITY
Modulation from E major to F major - unusual tonal transition as these two keys are unrelated. Remains in F major after modulation
Diatonic
Major
MELODY
Repetitive
Conjunct
Disjunct
Lyrics are syllabic and have an irregular melodic shape
Sequence used in na-na's
Melody of chorus begins with a melisma
DYNAMICS
HARMONY
The repetitive use of primary chords ( I, IV,V) - typical of American folk rock and African music
Song starts in the key of E major (EAB chords)
At 0:58 the key changes to F major (FBbC chords)
Perfect & Plagal Cadences (V-I) (IV-I) 'Diamonds on the soles of her shoes'
Harmony is mostly consonant
From 0.58, where both the key and tempo change, the harmonic rhythm (rate of chord change) also becomes faster.
TEXTURE
Mostly Homophonic
Unaccompanied harmony in opening bars
TEMPO, METRE AND RHYTHM
ARTICULATION