Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger

Circumstances of Performance (When, where and why)

• Noel Gallagher influenced by John Lennon and The Beatles
• We can see this in (bars 2 + 4)
• Reference to John Lennon and Yoko Ono's protest through lyrics in (bars 13-16) :
  "So I start a revolution from my head
  Cos you said the brain I had went to my head"
• Release in 1995

Tonality (Key)

• C major
• Some Passing modulations, A minor by E chord (bar 6)

Performing Forces (Interesting and unusual features)

• Melletron strings
• Tambourine - percussion

Texture (Layers)

• Melody dominated homophony, vocals supported by a choral accompaniment on piano, guitar and drums
• Guitar licks create counterpoint (bars 7+10)
• Strings in octaves - thickens melody

Melody (Tune)

• Use of a pentatonic scale (C-D-E-G-A)
• Mainly Syllabic
• Some use of melisma on words such as 'mind', 'find' and 'play'
• vocals conjunct and disjunct (step + leap)

Harmony (Chords)

• Mainly root position triads
• Largely diatonic, apart from use of substitute chord of F minor
• Some 7th chords (bar 13, Fm7)
• G# diminished (bar 64)
• Harmonic Rhythm, change chords every 2 beats

Rhythm (Time Signature)

• Steady 4/4
• Drum filles (bar 5)
• Anacrusis in drums (bar 4)

Structure (Sections)

• Intro (bars 1-4)
• Verse 1(bars 5-12)
• Pre-chorus (bars 13-24)
• Chorus (bars 25-31)
• Link (bars 32-35)
• Verse 2 (repeat of bars 5-12)
• Pre-chorus (repeat of bars 13-24)
• Chorus (repeat of bars 25-28, followed by 29-32)
• Instrumental (bars 33-44)
• Chorus (bars 45-52)
• Chorus (bars 53-61)
• Coda (bars 62-65)