@sneakypete "You are splitting hairs. You mention Somewhere Over the Rainbow further down,but give a listen to this rendition of the song by Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole,that is pared down to just his voice and his ukulele,and try to tell me that voice isn't creating musical magic."Sorry friend. It's only what any music teacher will tell you.
I'm not arguing that this Big guy isn't a great singer. He's terrific.
Lyrics are words, not melody. Look up the sheet music online. The Words and the Music they ride on are on separate spaces, one beneath the other. Music is the Pitches and Duration in traditional notation. The words don't need a musical staff to ride on. They can be printed anywhere and understood Perfectly without one.
You could write different words to the song and the Melody would give them away.
"So what? He didn't invent them. They have existed since the dawn of time. He just ARRANGED them in a way that was better than most others."Not exactly, and not in Every case, but Yes, Bach Did Invent modern Western Harmony. The interval of the Flat Five (half step below the normal fifth) was in Bach's day On the Church's official Hit List as the Devil's Interval. Also called a tritone. 2 consecutive minor 3rds stacked on top of each other. Bach not only beat the Church at their own game but got them to PAY Him to figure out how to use it, to glorify God.
There's considerably more to it than just dropping a deck of 52 Chords on the table a reshuffling them.
Modulation (key change) in a pop band rarely goes beyond just sliding the whole she-bang up or down a couple of notes. Just tell your mates "OK, At the 3rd verse we modulate Up a whole step" usually means just have the guitar and bass players physically move Everything Up or Down by so many frets on their instrument, and repeat it verbatim.
In classical composition it involves at least 8 common practice period rules known as SATB (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) 4 part vocal writing. To shift into a different Key you usually select a Dominant or Secondary Dominant Chord that shares a chord tone with another chord in the new key you're modulating to.
It's more than just adjusting a necktie, considerably more.