In the song "My Right Hand Man" the melody is very interesting and it is a very important song in the Musical. The song begins with a very saddening melody about the 32,000 British troops in New York Harbor showing how bad their situation is and this is reinforced when Washington tells them that they are "out numbered, out planned". This changes as the song goes on and the music becomes more upbeat and bouncy when the line "Rise up" is sang showing that though they are out numbered, out planned they will still fight. As Washington comes into the scene the music get even more upbeat showing the effect that Washington has and how inspirational he is to his troops. The music also reminds us that despite how upbeat they seem to be their situation is still pretty bad and shows how intense these battles are like we are actually there. The cannon noises reinforce this effect showing just how powerful they are especially when they are retreating telling us that something very bad has happened to cause this without telling us directly. The music and beat then begin to lower as Washington tells us why he is angry and that he needs help this also dramatizes their loss of New York City. The melody stays this way until Washington talks to Hamilton about wanting to go into battle then it starts to pick up pace and gets more upbeat as Hamilton I given the chance to become his secretary. It really picks up as Hamilton talks about how he is going to help the situation and the very end of the song is dramatized to show how important it is that he is now Washington's right hand man. If the song was not so intense do you think it would be as memorable or is the intensity of the music essential to the song.

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