From Spotify Studios, this is Dissect.

Long-form musical analysis broken into short digestible episodes.

I'm your host, Cole Kushman. Today we

dissected the album's second track Ivy.

There we heard a sentimental ode to a failed relationship.

Due to the passing of time and deep introspection, Frank was able to

commemorate the positive moments of their time together, rather than dwell on and immortalize the

negative. This thread of commemoration and acceptance continues on the album's next track. the

negative. This thread of commemoration and acceptance continues on the album's next track, the subject of today's yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's the way every day goes, every time we've no control.

If the sky is pink and white if the ground is black and yellow

it's the same way you show me

Pink and white was written and produced by Frank Ocean and Ferrell Williams.

The song's string arrangements are credited to John Bryan and Benjamin Wright, while backing

vocals are provided by Beyoncé.

Pink and White is composed in a 6-8 time signature giving the track its swinging

sing-song quality. While it's one of the more commonly used time signatures, you don't often

hear contemporary pop songs in six-eight time.

So I think now is a good opportunity to take a brief trip back in time to explain this fundamental compositional tool. The music you're hearing right now is typical of the medieval period in history that is

between the years 500 and 1400 a.D. The earliest music of this period was monophonic, that is a single melody without

accompaniment. At this time, musical notation in the West didn't exist and melodies were taught orally, passed on from one singer to the next.

Relying on this oral tradition became limiting as Roman churches sought to standardize

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