Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey
A 2013 set work
- Created by: Charlie
- Created on: 31-03-13 12:31
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- Van Morrison
- Background
- Composed : 1971
- Genre: Ballad
- First Performance:at the recording studio
- Rhythm & Metre
- Metre: Simple quadruple time
- straight quavers - backbeat style on the drums
- Cross rhythms
- A ll vocal phrases start on weak beat
- Resources
- Solo Voice, Flute, Saxophone, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Organ, Vibraphone & Drum Kit
- Texture
- Often melody accom. in vocal section
- Layered in intro & coda
- Upto 4 part independent counterpoint - 1st half of instrumental verse
- Structure
- Strophic
- Verse-chorus with middle 8 & intrumental verse
- 4 bar intro & fade out in coda
- Strophic
- Tonality
- Bb Major
- Much of vocal & instrumental writing pentatonic
- No change of key
- Bb Major
- Melody
- Based on pentatonic scale on Bb major
- Solos in flute, saxophone & accoustic guitar
- Improvisation
- Based on No. of melodic fragments
- Harmony
- Follows repeating ostinato 8 bar sequence throughout
- Called Passacagila
- Many chords have added note harmony (e.g. 7th, 9th)
- Follows repeating ostinato 8 bar sequence throughout
- Background
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