What a Difference a Day Made Analysis

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We will do a Pitch Class Analysis of What a Difference a Day Made. For an over of Pitch Class Set Theory see my post here. The song was written by a Mexican song writer in 1934 named Maria Grever. The English lyrics were written by Stanley Adams.  

The first 8 verses and most of the song when you do pitch class analysis (no duplicates) includes the following notes when analyzed in the key of F Major. F,G,A,Bb,C,D,E.

The integers when set to C as zero are in ascending order [0,2,4,5,7,9,10]. When you do the pitch class analysis the normal order is [4,5,7,9,10,0,2]. The prime form is (01356810). This relates to a Forte number of 7-35. This verse is the Major, Minor, and Diminished musical modes including Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, & Locrian. Here is the analysis:

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The second 8 measure verse when you do pitch class analysis (no duplicates) include the following notes when analyzed in the key of F Major. F,G,A,C,D.

The integers when set to C as zero are in ascending order [0,2,4,5,7,9]. When you do the pitch class analysis the normal order is the same. The prime form is (024579). This relates to a Forte number of 6-32. This is interesting as it is the hexatonic scale and the first six notes of the C Major scale. One interesting quality to this scale is that it is quartal since when you start on E and go up in 4ths you get all the notes in the scale.

Here is the analysis: