Both pieces distinguish their main melodies at the beginning of the pieces and the jazz piece includes a counter melody. The main melody is repeated multiple times throughout both pieces to put an emphasis on the main melody. In the Jazz piece, there includes variations of the main melody for example at the point after the trombone solo when the trumpet comes in and changes the melody somewhat from the original melody. Both pieces were meant to be happy and entertaining and brighten up people’s moods. Oh, Didn’t He Ramble was played at funerals to brighten up the people’s moods after the burial and Wau Wau was meant to be humorous like most Calypso songs. My point from the previous sentence is that this gives a reasoning behind the both pieces’ chord structures being major.
