In order to appreciate a any song you first need to analyze its structure which could then also help understand the meaning of the song. In today’s post I’ll be analyzing Crowded Room by Selena Gomez ft. 6LACK.
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Intro: 0:00 – 0:12, the intro is simple and mellow, I think of the hand claps as the ticks on a metronome which give us the time signature of 3/4. And the electric piano is sort of being played off of the hand claps which give it a more syncopated feel. In total the intro is 4 measures long.
Chorus: 0:12 – 0:22, this song used its chorus to lead into the first verse still maintaining the same beat used in the intro giving us 5 measures of 3/4 time.
Verse #1: 0:23 – 0:54, is 14 measures long and the singer starts off the verse with a talking/singing tone which sounds effortless but is very well dictated which matches perfectly with the instrumentation in the background. The singer then goes from chest voice to head voice on 0:43 – 0:54 which harmonizes with the electric piano melody. This helps separate the overall tone and feel of the song since they’ve used the same instrumentation from the intro. The chorus is then repeated again after the first verse from 0:55 – 1:16.
Verse #2: 1:17 – 1:37, adds a drum kick which is hardly noticeable because it is played at the same time as the piano. Then again the chorus is repeated once more after the second verse. But this time the electric piano has a gospel feel to it. This verse was 8 measures long.
Bridge: 2:09 – 2:41, the bridge shifted from 3/4 to 4/4 which gave us 15 measures of music. 6LACK comes in with a rap verse and along with that the instrumentation changes from the hand claps to symbols and from the electric piano to an electric guitar. We can also hear other effects fade in and out during the verse. And towards the end of the rap a drum kit is added and the electric piano is brought back to finish with the chorus changing the tempo back to 3/4.
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