I Wish

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I Wish

Introduction

I Wish is a song by the legendary Stevie Wonder released in the year 1976 as one piece in the Songs in the key of life album. The song highlights the artiste’s childhood during the 1950s up to 1960s. The song contains a repetitive bridge, which enables easy understanding and remembrance by the audience. The video on the making of the song depicts the systematic process that was used in compiling different aspects of the song as demonstrated by Stevie Wonder. The Video is a short visual file lasts for close to ten minutes as it contributes to the rock and roll genre of music. The making of I Wish by Stevie Wonder is an artiste’s exemplary and creative composition with the use of instrumentation and vocal intonation.

Discussion

The visual elements associated with the making of the video determine the success of the composition. The video begins within an introduction of the genre and historical excerpts with a background song and narration. It switches to the artiste’s highlight in a lesser lit room with visible light on the set of the re-enactment, instruments and the artiste’s helpers. The visual projections contain close up shots, titles and angled advancements from one instance to another. It is effective as it creates vibrancy and added dimension to the video. However, the choice of lighting remains the only negative aspect as the artiste marks the transition of the song up to its conclusion.

            Instrumentation plays a major role in the composition of the video. In the first instance, the artiste uses a piano to develop the bass line, tempo and key for the whole song. Stevie Wonder demonstrates his prowess with the piano as he changes the progression especially during the part of the chorus with relative ease. In addition, pentatonic scale of the minor can be heard audibly with the usual variance in tempo and delivery. The artist depicts a level of familiarity as he interchanges to the drum sets. Apart from changes to the octave, in bass during the bridge, the delivery is well orchestrated and entertaining to listen.

Vocal input of the song and mastery of the lyrical projection played a significant role to the success of the composition. After the instrumentation and achievement of a stable tempo, the artist performs the song on a high intonation with a rhythmic upbeat. The description of his childhood can be extracted as he mentions his hopes and expectations. He uses humor from time to time in order to break the monotony while also enabling him to control his breathing and re-adjustment into higher pitch. He alternates with other musicians while working on the piece in order to add vibrancy. The re-enactment of the voice maintains the stability.

Conclusion

Stevie Wonder’s I Wish is a song released in the year 1976 as one piece in the Songs in the key of life album. The song talks of the artiste’s childhood and his future hopes. During the visual re-enactment of the composition, Stevie Wonder shows his mastery of instrumentation as he plays the piano and drum set to develop the tempo and rhythm throughout. Through the tonal variation and vocal projection, the video enables better understanding of the process used in composing the famous song. The video is entertaining and quite informative as the artiste’s creativity and delivery is seen.