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Cap Diamant Analysis

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Cap Diamant by Coeur de Pirate is named after the cape that Quebec City lies on. While climbing the cape in 1542, Jacques Cartier, a French explorer, found glittering stones on a cliff. Thinking the stones were diamond, he collected as many as he could and brought them back to experts in France. He was then informed that these “diamonds” were actually quartz, and the saying “as fake as a Canadian diamond” was created and made popular. The piano melody, repetition, and changes in the vocalist’s articulation help to convey the image of the cape and its ‘diamonds.’ The charming and repetitive piano melody creates a homophonic texture behind the voice melody. Once the melody starts, it never changes from its high-pitched, children’s song-like
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