In the song " this is america" there was a pattern of the way this was set up. meaning you can hear the tempo change back and forth to different ways, also with the rhythm and dynamics. The sound of the song never stood the same. The song began with a slow tempo then it would speed up then going back to a slow tempo. At 0:52 it went from a very happy sound to a very loud but very serious sound. You can say it went from major key to minor key real quick. At 1;57 the dynamics of the song went to a serious tone but that serious loud type of tone. The rhythm of the song basically broke into two main rhythms. in the begging of the song to 0:52 there was that happy sound, that rhythm stays the same when it comes back later in the song. from 0:52-1:24 that is the other main common rhythm that plays through out the song. right after that point the rhythm has a slightly change, you can noticed a new beat is added to that rhythm. At 1:42 the rhythm of the song goes back to that happy sound, the tempo is back to that slow tempo and dynamics is back to mayor key. looking at the piano sheet you can see from measure 1-28 the key is F major and changes to D minor when it hits to 29-51. extra creditIn the video there is many actions that are being acted out and symbols that are being shown. Overall all these actions and symbols all represent either African american culture or gun violence. The sing begins with a happy tone as if the song was going to be a happy song. Then you see Gambino shooting a man in the head changing the whole tone of the song. Gambino shoots the man and the a man from behind comes with a red rag taking the gun away from Gambino and carefully putting it away while the man who was shot is drag away from the scene. That show how gun are handle with care while people are not. Second Gambino is making the Jim crow pose representing African american culture. third you can see all the violence going on the back. you see riots, fights, shootings and people fighting with the police. But you only see that if your not distracted by the people dancing in the front. They are dancing and hitting all the new dances that are trending. That symbolize how people now in our society ignore the wrong that happening in the world with the new trends in life. Fourth, more into the video you will see a choir in the back singing then Gambino with an assault rifle and shoots at them. That represents all the mass shooting that been going on in the world. lastly Gambino is running in the end of the video, it seem like he running away from the people who are chasing him. That represents him running from his problems, running from society.
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