Tuesday, May 21, 2024

"The Same Old Sun"

I was thinking about "The Same Old Sun" yester-day and realized that near the end of the lines "And the moon would rise way over my head" and "And the clouds will rise way over my head," the vocal part moves to a higher register, giving a sense of the height of "way over my head."

The lines are sung to phrases something like these (the pitches for both are the same, but the rhythm is slightly different the second time):


(I'm not completely sure on the key.)

While doing the notation, it also occurred to me that there are ascents in the melody corresponding to "moon would rise" and "clouds will rise" (D F Bb), musically illustrating that "ris[ing]."