I AM NOT ALONE

Author: Ajayi, Solomon Tunde

Musical Analysis

I Am Not Alone is written in an a cappella style and set in two stanzas. The piece is in B‑flat
major and employs a mixed metre of 3/4 and 4/4. It opens with a strong dynamic level,
appropriate for its character as a confession of faith, and is marked con moto, giving it a sense of spirited movement within full harmony in 4/4.

At bar 9, the metre shifts in response to a change in rhythmic pattern, accompanied by a moderately soft expression that continues until bar 13. From bars 14 to 17, the voices move in unison with a moderately loud dynamic as the metre changes once again.

The music then expands into a very loud passage that carries through to bar 24, after which the metre changes and the expression returns to a moderately loud level. The final section begins with another very loud entry and continues in time until the conclusion at bar 40. The melodic and harmonic language aligns with Western stylistic conventions, and the mode may be interpreted as Koinonia. The piece closes with a perfect, authentic cadence.

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