{"id":694,"date":"2025-09-05T12:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T11:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10681461\/?page_id=694"},"modified":"2025-10-21T20:09:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:09:46","slug":"song-analysis-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10681461\/song-analysis-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Song Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The music theory for La Seine by Vanessa Paradis is mainly in the key of D minor and is a simple chord progression. The song is built around the chords Dm, Bb, F, and A, with a D7 chord in the bridge to create a slight shift before returning to the main progression. The time signature is 4\/4 and the tempo is 225 BPM. The song is generally considered upbeat, with a key characteristic being its fast steady rhythm, often found in the verses and chorus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lyrics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>[Verse 1]<br>She&#8217;s resplendent,&nbsp;so confident<br>La Seine, La Seine, La Seine<br>I realize, I&#8217;m hypnotised<br>La Seine, La Seine, La Seine<br>I hear the moon singing a tune<br>La Seine, La Seine, La Seine<br>Is she divine, Is it the wine<br>La Seine, La Seine,&nbsp;La Seine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Chorus]<br>I don&#8217;t know, don&#8217;t know, so don&#8217;t ask me why<br>That&#8217;s how we are, La Seine and I<br>I don&#8217;t know, don&#8217;t know, so don&#8217;t ask me why<br>That&#8217;s how we are, La Seine and I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Verse 2]<br>I feel alive when I&#8217;m beside<br>La Seine, La Seine, La Seine<br>From this angle like an angel<br>La Seine, La Seine, La Seine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Chorus]<br>I don&#8217;t know, don&#8217;t know, so don&#8217;t ask me why<br>That&#8217;s how we are, La Seine and I<br>I don&#8217;t know, don&#8217;t know, so don&#8217;t ask me why<br>That&#8217;s how we are, La Seine and I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Bridge]<br>Upon the bridge<br>My heart does beat<br>Between the waves<br>We will be saved<br>The air we breathe<br>Can you believe?<br>Learn to forgive upon the bridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Chorus]<br>That&#8217;s how we are, the Seine and I<br>That&#8217;s how we are, the Seine and I<br>That&#8217;s how we are, the Seine and I<br>That&#8217;s how we are, the Seine and I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chord order from the D minor scale using roman numerals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dm=I   Bb=VI    F=111   A<\/strong>=V <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The D minor scale chord order is&nbsp;Dm, Edim, F, Gm, Am, Bb, C. These are the diatonic chords built on each note of the D natural minor scale (D, E, F, G, A, Bb, C) and are often referred to in Roman numerals: I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VII<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The music theory for La Seine by Vanessa Paradis is mainly in the key of D minor and is a simple chord progression. The song is built around the chords Dm, Bb, F, and A, with a D7 chord in the bridge to create a slight shift before returning to the main progression. The time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":840,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-694","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10681461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10681461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10681461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10681461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/840"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10681461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10681461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1202,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10681461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/694\/revisions\/1202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10681461\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}