Coldplay- "Yellow"

This song is very relaxing and melancholy, recalling his past experience with the girl. It keeps the same texture, dynamic, and tempo throughout. There is not a whole lot of excitement in the tone, but it nevertheless keeps your attention throughout the whole song. There is a sort of meditative, transient quality in the guitar ostinato, which repeats the same note over and over for the duration of each phrase. It goes through a pattern of 4 notes, changing in each new phrase. The structure is loosely ABA. Section A includes a melodic motive that repeats throughout. Each phrase group includes three phrases and each falls back into the same ending, “it was all yellow,” and guitar plays alone to indicate the break. This section expository, introducing and repeating the same phrase. There are three identical phrase groups with different lyrics. Then it transitions to the short B section, which goes up in range, developing on the A section by repeating a similar motive a few times. There is then a short transition on the guitar until returning to the original A section motive.