Jeff Buckley- Grace
A brief overview
- Created by: Oliver Moodie
- Created on: 09-03-15 18:40
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- Grace
- Tempo
- Quite moderate and constant
- Rhythm
- Syncopation
- Cross rhythms
- Dynamics
- Accompaniment is quiet so as to not overpower the singer
- Context
- Folk rock was made popular in 1950s
- Released in 1994
- Metre
- 12/8
- Structure
- Intro Verse Chorus
- Intro Verse Chorus
- Bridge Intro Verse Coda
- Melody
- Very improvised vocals
- Very wide vocal range
- Portamentos
- Mostly syllabic apart from some very long melismas
- Falsetto
- Instrumentation and Music Tech
- Drop D tuned Guitars
- Bass guitar
- Synthesizer
- Drum kit
- Equalizer
- Overdubbing
- distortion and flanging
- Texture
- Drums and guitars accompany Buckley
- Synthesizer and strings drop in and out to thicken texture
- Very thick texture in coda
- Harmony and Tonality
- E minor
- Tonal ambiguity at the start
- Dissonant harmonies
- Chromatic chord progressions
- Tempo
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