"Melancholy Sunday" is a very solemn piece of melancholic music. His melody is very poignant and long, and with its ups and downs, it interprets human beings' struggle and helplessness in the face of death. The lyrics are very realistic, and it can be seen as a memorial scene that one can usually see. This kind of scene is very easy to imagine through simple writing.
Some people divide the more than fifty singing versions of "Gloomy Sunday" into two categories: "original" and "adapted", or "Damia" version and "Billie Holiday" version. Although the Damia version is sung in French, the melody it uses is the original score by the original author; and the recording uses piano accompaniment and an ensemble (or chorus) group to accompany the singing (but the piano accompaniment is very weak and can be ignored ; Coupled with the realism and liveness of the SP record, its emotion is indeed very sad, which is unmatched by any modern version. However, the Billie Holiday version injects some jazz flavor into it and disrupts it at the same time. It changed the sound structure of the original song in 4/4 time triplet, completely changed the rhythm and flavor, and became an ordinary pop song; although there is still a faint trace of the original song in the melody, it is no longer It is so different from the original song. At the same time, it also adds a "chorus"-like theme. The melody and lyrics of this song have been circulated and become the lyrics and music used in most cover versions, so many modern people think of it. This version is the original version; even though the Hungarian cover version (such as the Hernadi Judit version) uses lászló jávor's lyrics "Szomorú vasárnap", the melody is similar to the original version, but also adds a "" like the Billie Holiday version. "Chorus", so the cover version can be considered the descendant of Billie Holiday's version; except for the piano, piano and violin and piano and Except for the original melody used in the vocals, almost none of the modern versions are exactly the same as the original; and the singing or playing in the movie are not as emotionally strong as the Damia version, so these versions are classified as "Billie Holiday versions". The representative version; the original or similar to the original version is represented by the "Damia version"
The rhythm pattern of the original song is basically triplet, and the tempo is Adagio (from the beginning to the end). Italian, Adagio); the key is C minor (the key signature is the same as bE major).
The first measure (the measure here starts from the singing part, excluding the prelude) is in C minor The decomposition of the first degree chord (the minor tonic chord) and the repetition of the tonic, from c1-e1-g1-c2 (la-do-mi-la) ( is the flat, the letter is the pitch, followed by The number is the sound group), and each beat has a triplet sound pattern. The triplet is repeated with the same sound, from the bass tonic (c1) to the alto tonic (c2) (this is the simplified musical notation), as if pain and sadness The first three beats of the second measure are all the same, they are all triplet of e2-d2-c2 (do-si-la), and the last beat is the g1 sound. The triplets of " are repeated in unison. This section is like pain and sadness raging fiercely in the heart. At the same time, the highest note of the whole song is e2 (high do in C minor). The emotion is very strong and extremely sad. p>
The third and fourth measures are the downward progression of the second measure. The two main sound patterns are c2-b1-a1 (la-sol-fa) and g1-f1 -e1 (mi-re-do), the rhythm pattern of these three measures is exactly the same. The emotion it expresses seems to be that great sadness and pain are tumbling in the heart, and then helplessly sinking down little by little, and finally sinking into the heart, turning into silent sadness and melancholy.
The fifth section is exactly the same as the first section. The sad emotions are uncontrollable in the chest and start to boil again. The sixth measure is similar to the second measure, except that the last beat stays on the d2 note (the alto si), forming a triplet of homophonic repetitions. The emotion of sadness and sadness reaches its peak but there is nothing to do about it.
The first beat of the seventh measure is an empty beat, followed by three identical notes g1 (mi), one note per beat, and is sung with a sustain tone. The rhythm pattern of the eighth measure is the reverse of the seventh measure, with three maintained notes of c1 (la), one note per beat. These two sections seem to helplessly sink the huge sadness into the bottom of my heart, and then fall down slumped, melancholy and sad.