Neon is a song by John Mayer that I will be writing about. There is a studio version and a live version of it. The live version from LA is the one that I will be writing about.
The main melody of the song repeats various times as the Intro of the song and also during the verses and again after the chorus. And once more to end it. It starts with a low note and then jumps up to a higher note, and then it steps over to a slightly higher note and then it goes back down slightly. That same pattern is mostly repeated over 4 different chords. The notes are played a lot faster when it reaches the 4th chord and then it resets to begin the melody over again. The melody then changes to a strumming pattern on the guitar for the chorus part. And then hops back into the main melody when it gets to a small interlude in between the chorus and the verses.
I would say that the texture of this piece of music is homophonic and monophonic. There are parts where John is both singing and playing his guitar at the same time multiple times during the song. He plays a melody on the guitar and his voice could also be considered a melody. However, an interesting part of this song is that not only does John play the melody on the guitar, but he tries to mimic percussion sounds on his guitar to make the song sound like there is more than just one instrument playing. There is also a guitar solo towards the end of the song that is monophonic because he is just playing notes during this time.
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