Howlin' Wolf - "I'm Leavin' You" 2013
Howlin' Wolf - "I'm Leavin' You" for Edexcel 2013 AS exam. No bar numbers put in - you will need to find examples of techniques demonstrated for the essay section.
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- Created on: 06-04-13 21:49
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- Howlin' Wolf - "I'm Leavin' You"
- Background
- Rhythm and Blues
- Recorded in 1958
- Rhythm and Metre
- Common (4/4) time with swung quavers
- Typical features include:
- Backbeats
- Continuous triplets in piano
- Semiquavers in lead guitar fills result in cross-rhythms
- Continuous triplets in piano
- Longer note lengths in the instrumental B39
- Stop time
- Melody and Word Setting
- Predominantly syllabic with some melismatic/slurred passages
- Vocal range of an octave D-D
- Blue notes (Bb)
- Irregular phrase lengths
- Variations verse to verse indicate improvisation
- "****" style of singing in the form of nonsense syllables
- Harmony
- 12-Bar blues progression throughout, chords I, IV, V
- Use of 7th and 9th chords
- Notated in G major, but blue notes give the impression of G minor
- Blue notes (Bb)
- Tonality
- In G major
- No modulation
- Structure
- 12-Bar blues
- 12-Bar blues progression throughout, chords I, IV, V
- Six choruses (strophic)
- Includes Intro, Instrumental and Coda
- 12-Bar blues
- Resources and Texture
- Vocal, Harmonica, Lead and Rhythm guitars, Piano, Bass and Drums
- Melody dominated homophony
- Performance techniques include: Pitch bends, Glissando, Double-/Triple-Stopping in guitar, Chords of two or three notes in Harmonica part
- Background
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