Secrets of melody writing. The Question and Answer effect in song writing and composition

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In this video we are determined to analyse the relationship among the melodic cells. We are not going beyond the cells as we are not talking about phrases and periods in this particular video.
Although I created the names "Request and Reply", the concept is very common among musicians but we all find a way to explain it in our way, which is nice.
I also created the name "Circular Reply" but the concept is used in thousand of songs and pieces.

The "Call-Response" has origin in the African music but you can find it in great clasical musicians like Mozart (Jupiter Symphony Finale, Beethoven 5th and 6th Symphony, Strauss' Blue Danube and much more. See some popular music examples Below.

No teacher expect the students to agree on how to analyse a piece, but nobody can deny the presence of continuous tension-release, question and answer, up and down or whatever you want to call in the construction of melodies. YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW THIS TO COMPOSE MUSIC, but knowing this helps you to keep control of what you want to do.

[ ] means request
{ } means reply
( ) means bridge
{[ ]} means Reply to the last cell and request to the next one at the same time

Definition of Cell: "small rhythmic and melodic design that can be isolated, or can make up one part of a thematic context." Encyclopédie Larousse

A rhythmic cell is a cell without melodic connotations. It may be entirely percussive or applied to different melodic segments. (source: Wikipedia)


STRONG REPLIES

The Reply is like the request but suppresses the last note to make the Reply strong:
Can You Feel the Love Tonight-Elton John
[There's a calm surrender] {to the rush of day}

The Reply is like the request but suppresses the last note to make the Reply strong:
Charlie Puth - Attention
[You've been runnin' round, runnin' round, runnin' round throwin' that dirt all on my name]
{'Cause you knew that I, knew that I, knew that I'd call you up}

Using same rhythm but different shape
American Anthem
[Oh, say! can you see] {by the dawn's early light}

Request and Reply have different rhythm and notes.
Viva la Vida - Coldplay
[I used to rule the world]{Seas would rise when I gave the word}


DELAYING THE REPLY:

Delaying the Reply through the repetition of the first cell
Queen- We are the champions
[I've paid my dues] [Time after time] [I've done my sentence] {But committed no crime}

Call Me Maybe-Carly Rae Jepsen
[I threw a wish in the well][Don't ask me I'll never tell][I looked at you as it fell]
{And now you're in my way}

Someone Like You, Adele
[I heard that you're] [settled down That you] [found a girl and you're] [married no-]{o-ow}

Demons, Imagine Dragons
[When the days are cold And the] [cards all fold And the] [saints we see
Are all] {made of gold}

Time After Time, Cyndi Lauper
[Lying in my] [ bed I hear] [the clock tick, And] { think of you}

Delaying the Reply through the use of sequences:
Russian Athem:
[Moguchaya volya ][ velkaya slava] [tvoyo dostoyanye] {na vse vremena}

Train - 50 Ways to Say Goodbye
[My heart is paralyzed][My head was over sized]{I'll take the high road like I should}


Delaying the Reply through the extension of the second cell to convert it into a second request
Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer
[Joan was quizzical] [studied pataphysical] {Science in the home}

I Don't Want to Miss a Thing, Aerosmith
[Don't want to close my eyes][I don't want to fall asleep 'Cause I'd miss you baby]
{And I don't want to miss a thing}


Delaying the Reply through the use of Circular Reply:

The Beatles, "Yesterday"
[Yesterday] (all my troubles seemed so) {[far away]}.
(Now it looks as though they're) {[here to stay]} {Oh, I believe in yesterday}

Zoom, Fat Larry's Band
[Zoom] (just one look and then my heart went) {[boom]}
(Suddenly and we were on the) {[moon]}
{Flyin' high in a neon sky}

You Make Me Feel Brand New, Simply Red
[My love,](I'll never find the words) {[my love]}, (to tell you how I feel) {[my love.]}
{Mere words, could not explain.}

DNCE - Cake By The Ocean
[Oh, no]
(See you walking 'round like it's a) {[funeral]}
(Not so serious, girl; why those) {[feet cold?]}
(We just getting started; don't you)
{[tiptoe,]} {tiptoe, ah}


CALL AND RESPONSE

Pharrell Williams - Happy
[It might seem crazy what I am about to say]{-guitar response-}
[Sunshine she's here, you can take a break] {-guitar response-}
[I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space]{-bass response-}
[With the air, like I don't care, baby, by the way] {-keyboard response-}

California Dreamin-The Mamas & the Papas
[All the leaves are brown] {all the leaves are brown}
[And the sky is grey] {and the sky is grey}
[I've been for a walk] {I've been for a walk}
[On a winter's day] {on a winter's day}
etc...