Journal 2: Analyzing A Song

The song from my music collection that I chose to analyze is "Isn't She Lovely" by Stevie Wonder. The song is homophonic with singing accompanied by instruments such as drums and a saxophone giving the song a jazz and pop feel. Stevie Wonder's singing is very mellifluous and the harmony has an upbeat feel to it, therefore the song is in major. Rhythmically, I would say the song has a slow-to-medium tempo. Between the singing and instrumentals, very few skips are present; the song is mostly dominated by steps, and the contour, if drawn would closely resemble a zig-zag line until toward the end during the saxophone solo where it jumps around for a brief period. For about 90% of the song, the music and tones hover around the same particular space. The drums in the background follow a very repetitious beat, and when the saxophone solo comes in, the beat it keeps is still pretty consistent except for a little flashiness that the saxophonist incorporates.