And Dream of Sheep - Kate Bush

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Context

- The first song in Side B, a mini concept album about someone drifting alone at sea (Subtitled 'The Ninth Wave'

- Intended to be a contrast to Side A, which is made up of more 'poppy' songs

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Performance forces & handling

- Piano uses wide range - it's more dramatic and invovled

- Song domniated by piano and vocals

- Irish whistle and Bouzouki add to folk influence

- Word painting - vocal line descends to the words of 'deeper and deeper'

- Vocal sample in style of shipping forecast 

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Structure

- Lacks an introduction

- NO CHORUS - Refrains instead

- Long outro 

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Tonality

- Modal C# minor

- Refrain in relative major (E major)

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Harmony

- Opens with modal sequence

- Tonic bass pedal in Refrain

- Conventional chord sequence in refrains 

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Texture

- Vocal line dominates the texture

- Dynamic melody dominated homophony - the piano is more active and plays a bigger role than simple accompaniment

- Mid range block chords in refrains

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Melody

- Word painting in fiinal phrase

- Mixture of disjunct and conjunct

- Melodic sequence in opening of verse (2 rising 5ths) 

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Tempo, Metre and Rhythm

- Slow, 'ballad tempo

- 4/4 metre. 5/4 bar for dramatic effect (51)

- Outro begins with anacrusis

- Rit. at the end

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