Grace
A VERY detailed analysis of Grace by Jeff Buckley covering all areas you will need to learn for the exam and more!
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- Created by: Rebecca Holland
- Created on: 11-04-13 14:53
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- Grace
- Context
- 1994
- Jeff Buckley
- Rock Ballad
- Song is about moving to be with someone he loves
- Co-written with Gary Lucas
- Texture
- Texture thickens throughout the piece, especially in the coda
- Structure
- Intro - Verse 1 - Pre Chorus - Chorus - Link - Verse 2 - Pre Chorus - Chorus - Middle 8 - Link - Verse 3 - Outro
- Intrumentation
- Drop - D Tuning
- Flanged effect on the guitar
- Slides and Delay in the guitar
- Vocals - Tenor, but uses fasettol
- 2 Guitars, Vocals, Bass and Drums
- Rhythm and Metre
- 12/8
- Bass is syncopated
- Cross Rhythms
- Vocals are syncopated however become static in the bridge
- Melody
- Vocal part goes through 2 octaves
- Improvised
- Word Setting
- Vocalization in the bridge
- Word Painting
- Harmony and Tonality
- Chromatic Harmony
- Harmonies from multi-tracking
- Em Modal, but 1st chord is Fm
- Context
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