Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey
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- Created on: 07-04-13 22:10
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- Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey
- Background
- Recorded in 1971
- Unusually long
- Song shows inflluence of soul in rhythmic freedom and fragmentary lines - folk in pentatonic writing
- Rhythm and metre
- Quadruple time
- All parts including lead vocal free throughout
- Typical rhythmic features...
- Syncopation
- Cross-rhythms
- Considerable variety in note lengths
- Melody and Word-setting
- Mainly syllabic occasional short melissma
- Vocal range - 11th (F-B flat)
- Highest note comes towards the end
- Vocal lines are pentatonic
- Harmony
- Harmonic rhythm is slow and regular
- Harmonies built around a four chord ostinato of B flat - D minor - E flat - B flat - occasional use of F(chord V)
- Harmony mainly diatonic occasional ornamental chromaticism
- Tonality
- B flat major
- No modulation
- Structure
- Verse and chorus
- Intro, instrumental, middle eight and coda
- Resources and Texture
- Vocals
- Flute and Saxophone provide additional melodic interest
- Lead guitar plays mainly in upper registers
- Piano and organ provide chordal accompaniment
- Bass guitar decorates bass
- Drums continuous quaver pulse and fills
- Texture frequently contrapuntal because of the web of improvised melody lines created in the course of improvisation around the basic material
- Background
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