Blog 12

Michael Jackson is a solo singer most of the time, however, in the song Man in the Mirror he has a choir in the background towards the end of the song. In the beginning he has a higher one part harmony in the beginning. It is still Michael though and doing his own harmony in the beginning. But the second verse he has a lady do harmony. When they change hits, that is when the choir comes in with parts alto from to soprano. The choir is ad libbing Michael in what he saying. There isn’t much bass with the choir, until the end with the tonic chord. Michael wanted this to be an anthem of his life and hopefully send a message to listeners. The harmonies, he would want them to be tight to send shivers for the listeners. He wants it to impact us in a way.