http://youtu.be/wJr4NcxNfdQ

ok. so far I've been contemplating and listening to both versions (Switchfoot and Mandy Moore) and so I chose the piano version from the movie: a walk to remember ('cos there's more to analyse i hope)

the chords go smthg like that so far. till the bridge.
C#-(Verse):
A E A46-57 G#m7
C#m E64 A E A G#m7 x3
C#m E64 A E A G#7 (enharmonic reinterpretation of the C# note to Bx)

Transposition to C#+(Chorus: relative major):
C#8-7 F#
C#8-7 (F# A#247-35-247-35) x2 A57-46

C#-(transition to verse):
C#m7 C#m65 A G#M7-m7 (now the B# becomes the leading note which resolves towards the C#)

Bridge (the tricky bit)
B C#42-31 B C#42 the next chord sounds like a G#65 'cos of the lower B# neighbour while the 42 in C# is suspended which then resolves to C#31

D# D#42 G#65 (F#6) G# (now effectively tonicized to G# by V - V42 - I6 - vii dim6 - I. with the bass going D# C# B# A# G#)

(In case you're as lost as I was, we're now at the part of ~at the top of my lungs~)
F#(vii dim?) G# F# (E# vi?) D# G#
now the question is why isn't it Fx and F# instead? did he/she modulate to the G Ionian instead? interesting!

then it goes back to the verse with a nice perfect cadence G# to C#.

5th Species

5- number of Grace

and especially when the song I'm writing to is Jesus loves me. haha

Feel the anointing mans...
Life here we go, with Jesus behind me, there's nothing that's gna take me down!

Just the way I am

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I won't change
Cause you're amazing
Every way you are

And when you smile,
My whole world stops and melts in awhile
Cause 'J' you're amazing
Every way you are

Then it struck me. He's also singing it to me.

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I haven't changed
Cause now you're amazing
Just the way you are

Now when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause Joel you're amazing
Just the way you are

(: I feel so loved now XD

The song Dare you to move has quite an interesting play of syncopation. It makes you feel as if the music is in compound meter.

so in 4/2 It would look like that











however,in 4/4 it would be something different altogether. well, on the surface, not so much you're just adding bar lines.













however, if you look at the text, ahh.. now there's a difference.
























Now when we look at this intro and 1st verse with text, it becomes a little clearer now.

Here, in the 1st stanza of the verse, we have an asymmetrical period that is interestingly



Which doesn't look very 'correct' in terms of the harmonic progression until you realise it's actually just a whole Tonic expansion


when you look at the BIG picture of the 1st verse, you then see



an interesting feature is the difference in bar 17 and 29. bar 17 uses F#m which is ii ⁷ while bar 29 uses Em which is i ⁶.

Tonicization? More like chromatic decoration I would suppose.

I'll post more soon. Haha
'cos I need to analyse other stuff 1st -.-'''
oh yes and write some 4th Species counterpoint. HAIZ...