Killer queen points
- Created by: blackvelvetrise
- Created on: 27-05-19 22:35
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- Killer Queen
- melody
- word setting is mainly syllabic
- backing vocals are use a mixture of words and vocables
- melody starts off conjunct with small leaps
- Bar 7-8 descending sequence
- leaps are often a major 6th (B6-7)
- Exceptionally large leap of an octave in B62
- Rhythm
- verse and chorus starts with an anacrusis
- feels swing (slightly jazzy)
- Lots of syncopation (B44-6)
- compound quadruple time (12/8) with an ocassional bar of 6/8
- Triplets in B18
- moderated tempo
- Texture
- Use of panning (42-3 in backing vocals)
- use of imitation and layering
- 3 part texture during guitar solo
- antinphonal texture (67-8)
- Main texture is homophonic
- Genre
- Rock song
- By Queen 'sheer heart attack" 1974
- harmony
- Some chords in root postion ( a few in 1st or 2nd inversion
- some dissonance (b30)
- 7th chords (bar4)
- Use of extended chords (Fadd11 in bar 47)
- Pedal note B27-30)
- circle of 5ths at 'recommend at the price' : A-Dm-G-C
- Tonality
- Key is in eb major
- Starts in C minor and tonality is sometimes ambiguous
- structure
- Song or verse chorus form
- verse 1 - chorus- instrumental- Verse 2- chorus- Verse 3 - chorus- outro
- Instrumentation
- Vocal part is performed by Freddie Mercury - a tenor voice
- lead and backing vocals
- Piano (overdubbed with honky tonk piano
- Guirare: slides,bends, pull-offs,vibrato,
- Recording techniques: multi tracking, EQ, Flanger, Distortion, Reverb, wah wah, panning, Overdubbing
- melody
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