Chorus Africa

• the chorus falls into 4 phrases:

  Phrase 1 - bar 40-43 - 4 bars

  Phrase 2 - bar 44-47 - 4 bars

  Phrase 3 - bar 48-51 - 4 bars

  Phrase 4 - bar 52-57 - 6 bars
• the first bar phrase is sung as a solo, the second as a duet and the third and fourth in three parts
• the melody for the first three phrases uses only two pitches: the tonic and the leading note. this time it is high in the voice, although as before it uses a syncopated rhythm and is syllabic
• the harmony of the first three phrases has the same harmonic rhythm as the verse, but this time a typical pop song chord pattern is used:

  Bar 1 - vi (F#m)

  Bar 2 - IV (D)

  Bar 3 - I (A)

  Bar 4 - V (E)
• the final 6 bar phrase begins in exactly the same way as the previous three phrases; however both the melody and the chord pattern change in order to prepare the shift back to B major. the melody ends with a melisma (group of notes sung on one syllable, opposite of syllabic) and the following chords are used:

  Bar 1 - vi (F#m)

  Bar 2 - IV (D)

  Bar 3 - I (A)

  Bar 4 - iii (C#m)

  Bar 5 - V (E)

  Bar 6 - vi (F#m)/Vb(E/G#)
• Link 1 - bar 58-65 - 8 bars long - B maj