Both pieces are polyphonic for both pieces have more than one melody occurring but there is still one distinct main melody in the piece which in the Oh, Didn’t He Ramble is played mostly by the trumpet and is established at the beginning of the piece by the trumpet. In Wau Wau, the distinct melody is played by the full band and strongly played by the saxophones instrumentally and very obviously the vocalists also establish the main melody and the melody is repeated multiple times both instrumentally and vocally. The Calypso piece comes off sounding much simpler than the jazz piece since the jazz piece has more overlapping melodies compared to the Calypso piece. An overlap of melodies and harmony in the Jazz piece adds to the polyphonic sound whereas the Calypso piece is much less polyphonic and has its distinct melody with harmonization and at points, counter melodies.
