Arrangements of others

The Greatest Love of All (Original)

• In the first verse, Whitney Houston sings softly with the electric piano, however in the pre-chorus, she starts to sing much louder as do the band which really builds the song up for the chorus.
• In the middle of the final chorus, there are syncopated chords that lead back to the chorus.

The Greatest Love of All (Arrangement)

What the world needs now is love(Arrangement)

• The tenor and bass voices are mainly singing sustained notes during the chorus and are rarely singing the first verse with the soprano and alto voices.
• The arrangement is in the time signature of 3/4 which gives a swing feel which is notated as Moderate Gospel.
• On the second verse, all of the voices are singing in unison.
• In the final chorus, The arrangement modulates up a whole tone

What the world need now is love (Original)

• The piece has a time signature of 3/4 which gives the piece a swing feel
• Because the song has a mellow and gentle sound to it, the drummer is using brushes instead of drumsticks.
• In the final chorus, the song modulates up a half tone and the singer starts to sing louder which builds the song up more.
• After the modulation, There are backing vocalists singing alongside the lead vocalist until the end of the song.

We Three Kings (Sacred Rendition)

• The main instrument used in this version is the organ, however as the song progresses, other instruments such as the gong and the tambourine start playing.
• At the end of each line in the song, there is a small bell sound that could possibly be a triangle or chime bells.
• There is an all male choir composed of tenor and bass voices which split occasionally for the tenor voices to sing the harmonies.

We Three Kings (Kamelot)

• The Electric guitar is playing the main melody of the song as well as occasionally playing a guitar solo.
• This version of the song is being played by the full band of instruments so there are different techniques like power chords and drum rolls being used which is very different compared to the other versions.
• In the middle of the song, the 'Metal' feel dies down and you are able to hear choral voices and chime bells until the band start playing again

We Three Kings (Ella Fitzgerald)

• In this version, Ella Fitzgerald is singing the main melody of the song, however the way she is singing it gives the song more of a swing feel to it
• The choral voices in this version are being used as backing vocals instead of the lead vocals which the sacred rendition has, they also seem to be mainly composed of bass and tenor voices.
• For a more 'bluesy' feel, the main instruments used are the harp, the double bass and the piano which tends to use seventh chords.
• Because the song is in 3/4, the instruments (mainly the double the bass and the harp) give the song a sense of rhythm although there are no drums.