Killer Queen

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Verse 1

  • bar 2 (beat 3) - 14 (beat 3)
  • Intro bar 1 - 2 and a half beats of just finger clicks
  • Mainly homophonic (melody and accompaniment)
  • Imitation and layer throughout
  • E flat major ambigious loos like it starts in c minor 7th chord adding 7th note to chord.
  • Perfect cadence ambigiouty bar 13-14.
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Verse 1 continued

  • Unusual introduction, anacrusive start to melody .
  • Mainly syllabic and conjunct with small leaps - bar 2 leap of 3rd, bar 3 leap 4th, bar 6-7 leap 6th angular leap altered.
  • Descending sequence, Bar 10 makes phrase 9 bars insead of 8.
  • Backing Vocals falsetto bar 11.
  • Moderato, fast swing feel.
  • Verses and Choruses anacrusive.
  • 12/8 time signiture, bar 10 6/8 extended phrase.
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Chorus 1

  • Bar 14 (beat 4) - 22
  • 8 bars split 5 and 3 bars.
  • Four part texture.
  • Bar 18 vocables, bar 19 words.
  • Bar 18 fast harmonic rhythm.
  • Bar 22 following circle of 5th.
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Verse 2

  • Bars 26 (beat 4) - 38 (beat 3)
  • Anacrusive.
  • Four part backing vocals.
  • Bar 31 descending sequence.
  • Bar 38 spoken text.
  • Bar 27 back to c minor.
  • Bar 28 - 30 c pedal, bar 30 dissance.
  • Colourful harmony bar 31 - 33.
  • Chromatic descending pattern more colourful.
  • Bar 36 7th chord.
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Chorus 2

  • Bar 38 (beat 4) - 43
  • First 5 bars of 1st chorus.
  • Backing vocals panned.
  • Chorus 2 first five bars of chorus 1.
  • 7th chord bar 41.
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Guitar Solo

  • Bars 44-61 (beat 3)
  • Instead of last 3 bars of chorus.
  • Guitar 1 imitation by guitar 3 and 4.
  • Variation of 2nd half of verse in vocal.
  • Bar 48 - three part guitar solo and bar 51 - solo back in guitar 1.
  • bar 54 - octave higher and embeleshed.
  • Bar 47 - 11th chord extended and altered.
  • Syncapation - bars 44-46.
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Verse 3

  • Bars 61 (beat 4) - 69 (beat 1)
  • Guitar 2,3 and 4 imitation response to vocal.
  • Four part backing vocals antiphornl.
  • Repetition of same idea.
  • Verse extended from material taken from earlier.
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Chorus 3 and Outro

  • Chorus 3:
  • Bars 69 (beat 2) - 78
  • Similar to previous choruses without guitar solo.
  • Outro:
  • Bar 79 - end
  • Repeat to fade.
  • Imitation
  • Bar 83 repeat to fade of E flat major chord.
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