The song I chose to do for the research paper is Crooked Smile by J.Cole. This song is dedicated to a 7 year old girl that got shot during a DEA raid on her house. The melody throughout the song stays the same and is sharp, alive and high pitched. The melody has an upbeat, happy emotion to it and is rising and a leaping from one to another. Sample line: “I’m on my way, on my way, on my way down, you’re the one that was trying yo keep me way down; but like the sun know I found my way back round”.
The texture describes how the melody, rhythm and harmony come into one to create a main tune. Crooked smile has a homophonic texture because the song has one melodic line but contains chords that move with it to make it sound different and not simple.
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