Howlin' Wolf - I'm Leavin' You
- Harmony
- Melody
- Texture
- Structure
- Tonality
- Rhythm and Metre
- Performing Forces and Handling
- Created by: Sommer Ledger
- Created on: 05-04-14 22:05
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- Howlin' Wolf
- Harmony
- Standard 12 bar blues sequence
- G7, C9, G7, D7, C9, G7, D flat- D9
- Last bar (dominant) prepares ear for return to tonic in next repetition of sequence- turnaround
- Improvised 7ths and 9ths extensions to decorate chords (Bars 9 and 12)
- Melody
- Pentatonic shapes- F, G, Bb, C, D
- Frequent blue notes, Bb and F, clash with diatonic harmonies
- Dialogue between vocal and lead guitar parts
- Vocal melody consists of a series of 1 bar phrases
- Texture
- Mostly homophonic in verses with strong chordal accompaniment as backing for vocals
- Dialogue between voice and lead guitar
- Stop time features in first 3 bars of verses 2, 3, 5 and 6
- Structure
- 6 choruses of standard 12 bar blues with short intro and 'repeat and fade' coda
- Bars 1-2 - introduction- guitar break
- Bars 3-14 - verse 1- vocals, rhythm guitar riff and lead guitar with piano improvisation
- Bars 14-26 - verse 2, Bars 26-38 - verse 3- stop time at opening
- Bars 39-50 - guitar solo/ verse 4- guitar and wordless vocals/ harmonies
- Bars 50-62 - verse 5, Bars 62-74 - verse 6- stop time at opening
- Bars 51- end - coda/ fade with improvised vocal lines over repeated guitar riff
- Tonality
- G major throughout
- No modulations
- Some modal inflections in blue notes in vocal and instrumental parts
- Rhythm and Metre
- Use of triplets
- 4/4 time with shuffle/ swung rhythm
- Semiquaver grouping ending with scotch snap
- Snare drum backbeats on beats 2 and 4
- Syncopation in all parts at times
- Performing Forces and Handling
- Overall range of a minor 10th
- Mostly syllabic with some 2 notes melismas
- Wordless vocalisations
- Double- stopped thirds and monophonic licks on lead guitar
- Slides and bends
- Piano comps chords with extensions of 7ths and 9ths
- Shuffle/ swung rhythm
- Harmony
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