I Want to Tell You - The Beatles 0.0 / 5 ? MusicDeveloping Musical UnderstandingPopular musicA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: carlosvalero772Created on: 11-05-18 09:32 Performance forces & their handling - More conventional instrumentation (prominent drums, bass etc) - Piano provides block chords - Backing vocals rise high (wide range) unlike Harrison's lead vocals ( narrow range) 1 of 6 Strcuture - 4 bar intro (main guiar riff) - Lack of traditional chorus - Verse/Bridge/Verse structure -Coda 2 of 6 Tonality Tonic key = A major Bridge = B minor (supertonic) 3 of 6 Harmony - Verse = chords are conventional (tonic/dominant relations) - Bridge = unexpected chords, including diminished chords - Frequent tonic pedal - Dissonance is common - piano chords (bar 10) 4 of 6 Melody - Lead vocal is narrow range and conjunct - Melismatic chanting in outro - reflects Indian influence - Lyrics relfect Hindu influence 5 of 6 Tempo, Metre and Rhythm - Fast, steady tempo - 4/4 metre - Guitar riff has triplet crotchets - Irregular phrase lengths 6 of 6
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