'Grace' - All you need to know 0.0 / 5 ? MusicJeff BuckleyGCSEEdexcel Created by: esumnerCreated on: 29-03-15 19:25 Background: - Folk Rock - Rock ballad - From album 'Grace' - 1994 - Another song from album is Hallelujah 1 of 8 Forces and Instrumentation: - Guitars, Bass Guitar, Synth, Strings, Drum kit, all accompany singer - Guitars use drop D tuning - String parts only feature for some of the time - Guitar effects: vibrato, whispers, reverb, delay, flanger 2 of 8 Structure: - Intro - Verse - Chorus - Intro - Verse - Chorus - Bridge - Intro - Verse - Coda 3 of 8 Melody and Word Setting: - Vocal part is sometimes improvised - Melody is mainly syllabic with short melisma's on 'fire' and 'love' - Most vocal phrases are falling, reflecting the sad mood of the song - Ornamentation on melody line with glissandos between some notes - Vocalisation on the bridgem, Buckley uses falsetto to sing the high notes 4 of 8 Rhythm, Metre, and Tempo: - 12/8 - compound metre - Lots of syncopation on vocal lines - Bass drum plays on beats 1 and 3, snare accents beats 2 and 4 - Cross rhythms are created by use of two beats against 3 5 of 8 Harmony and Tonality: - E minor, but, key is ambiguous due to focuse on chord D in intro - Chords often move chromatically and in parallel motions - Dissonance, often in chorus 6 of 8 Texture: - Melody dominated homophony - Texture thickens towards the end because of overdubbing of vocal parts and guitar parts - Synthesiser and strings are less prominent 7 of 8 Use of Technology: - Modulation on synth at start - Distortion and flanging on guitars, intensifies sound in coda - EQ in final verse removes lower frequencies of Buckley's voice - Overdubbing on guitar parts and vocals creates a thicker sound 8 of 8
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