Killer Queen GCSE
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- Created on: 28-03-19 10:24
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- Killer Queen
- Dynamics
- mainly loud
- Forte fortissimo
- Some build ups
- Crescendos
- mainly loud
- Rhythm tempo and metre
- moderato BPM=112
- 12/8 with some 6/8
- Swung rhythms
- Syncopation
- Triplets
- Anacrusis starts every verse/chorus
- Technology
- instruments are overdubbed
- panning is used in bars 15-55
- flanging on word 'laser beam' at bar 17
- Wah-Wah is used at bar 62 in guitar parts
- flanging on word 'laser beam' at bar 17
- panning is used in bars 15-55
- multi-tracking is used to edit instruments
- instruments are overdubbed
- Structure
- in verse chorus form
- Verse 1- Bar 2-14
- Chorus- bar 14-22
- instrumental link- bars 23-26
- Verse 2-bars 26-38
- Chorus- bars 38-43
- guitar solo- bars 44-61
- verse 3- bars 61-69
- chorus bars 69-78
- outro-bars 79-end
- in verse chorus form
- Melody
- text is mainly syllabic
- backing vocals contain vocalisation
- conjunct with some disjunct leaps for effect
- descending sequence bars 7+8
- Portamento slides
- Instrumentation
- Vocals are sung in parallel motion
- Bars 14-15
- Bass guitar has a warm timbre that blends with the drums
- Drum part is complex with rolls, motifs and dropping
- Brain may uses string bends,
- Slides
- Vibrato
- staccato
- Vibrato
- Slides
- Vocals are sung in parallel motion
- Texture
- mainly homophonic
- Imitation at bars 3,4+48
- layering
- monophonic guitar solo
- antiphonal at bars 67+68
- Harmony
- Eb major
- ambiguous opening
- passing modulations
- most chords in root position
- some dissonance
- 7h chords and extended
- complex harmonies and circle of 5th used
- Eb major
- Dynamics
- Swung rhythms
- Syncopation
- Triplets
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