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Train – Drive By

Train -” Drive By” is a 4 by 4 duple meter song. The downbeat starts at 00:19 I believe. The speed of the beat is quite fast throughout the song. The tempo is consistent but at parts like 2:25 it slows down and you can only hear the guitar playing. You can also hear/see the drums and cymbal playing along in other parts of the video.

The melody of the song stays the same until 0:48, when more instruments like the cymbal and drums comes in. You can hear the loud bang of the cymbal exactly on 0:48. Starting at 1:21 you can hear the guitarist plucking the guitar.

The timbre of this song is very bright, pleasing, refreshing, and light. The dynamics of this song is very soft and get louder during 0:48 then it goes back to soft.

The texture of this song is a homo-phony and pitches is in consonance  “go together.”. Throughout the song, the guitar is playing and during parts at 00:48, the drums and cymbals comes in as an accompaniment The form of this song is repetitive during parts at 00:18 and 1:21. Lyrics might have change but the form is no doubt repeating.