AOS3 Grace - Jeff Buckley - 1994

Metre

12/8 compound quadruple

Rhythm

• Semiquavers throughout guitar intro
• Syncopation and cross rhythms in bass
• Syncopation in vocal part

Tempo

64 dotted crotchet bmp - fairly moderate.

Dynamics

• Voice covers full vocal range from whisper to shout
• Loud unison E minor chord at end of first part of intro

Accompaniment/Instrumentation

• Electric guitars, acoustic guitars (provide rhythmic drive), synthesiser, strings (pizzicato 2nd verse) and drum kit.
• Printed in tab
• Drop D tuning

Texture

• Mainly homophonic
• First half of intro is very thin

Harmony and Tonality

• E minor although is ambiguous
• Intro B in D major, intro A in F and G minor chords
• Chromatic chords moving in parallel motion
• Some dissonant harmonies

Melody

• Wide vocal range - up to falsetto
• Falling melodic phrases indicate sighing
• Mix of step wise movement and leaps     
• Mainly syllabic, some melismas
• I,V - power chords on guitar
• Melody of first verse/chorus repeated in second verse/chorus

Form/Structure

• Verse - chorus form with links
• 2 part intro
• Intro A - Intro B - Verse 1 - Pre-chorus 1 - Chorus - link (intro) - Repeated - Middle 8 - Link - Verse 3 - Outro  

Use of technology

• Modulation on synth (intro and 2nd verse) at start of song
• Distortion and flanging on guitars
• Overdubbing (on rhythm guiter - double tracked)
• EQ in final verse (lower frequencies removed)
• Delay on vocal
• Some reverb