Instrumental Section Africa

• instrumental section - bar 66-82 - 17 bars - B maj
• this section is based on the accompaniment heard during the verse; however the vocal melody is almost entirely replaced with an instrumental melody based on riff b. where verse 2 was a shortened version of verse 1, this section presents an even shorter statement of the verse with only one nine bar phrase this time before the final eight bar phrase brings the section to a close as before
• bar 66-69 - 4 bars (1st half of 9 bar phrase) - a descending melody using a B major pentatonic scale with the notes falling into groups of three and ending with a triplet
• bar 70-74 - 5 bars (2nd half of nine bar phrase) - an ascending and descending melody using the E major scale which contains more rhythmic variety than the first
• bar 75-77 - 3 bars (1st half of the eight bar phrase) - an ascending melody, also using the B major pentatonic scale with the notes once again falling into groups of three. this time the phrase ends in a more 'pop' style with the use of grace notes and syncopation
• bar 78-82 - 5 bars (2nd half of eight bar phrase) - the vocal part resumes at this point with the second half of the original eight bar phrase 'hurry boy she's waiting there for you'