Waterloo Sunset-Ray Davies 0.0 / 5 ? MusicSet WorksASEdexcel Created by: BethanCreated on: 26-05-15 18:18 The Basics Released by the Kinks Refers to Londond landmarks Part of the Britpop movement There is a narrative element in the song 1 of 8 Performance forces and their handling The Kinks were a 4-piece 'Beat combo' Lead vocals=quite restrained Tone quality=clipped and 'tinny' Backing vocals= **** style and some imitation with lead Guitar sound created by tape delay Imitation between guitar and vocals More rock style guitar in middel-8 Guitar 'solo' between verse 3 and coda=no imprivisation Bass guitar=more melodic Standard rock drums Accoustic guitar=accented chords on every beat of bar 2 of 8 Texture Mainly homophonic Hetrephonic texture in middle-8 Backing vocals involved in 2 passages of quasi-imitation with lead vocals- middle-8 and coda Pedal used frequently 3 of 8 Structure Intro=8 bars Verse 1= AABA structure Middle-8=textural and key contrast Turnaround=dominant pedal and repeat of intro Guitar solo Coda=dominant pedal Whole song based on 4 and 8 bar sections with repetitions of the main hook 4 of 8 Tonality A sections=E major B sections- contrast with stressing of F# minor Middle-8 modulates to B major Turnaround returns to tonic by use of dominant pedal (B7) Piece ends on an unresolved dominant 7th chord and a dominant pedal 5 of 8 Harmony Diatonic and functional A=I, IV, V in E major B also use II Circle of 5ths in bar 18-20 Avoids perfect cadences prefering plagal cadences Modulation to B major established by a perfect cadence Harmonic rhythm moves in 1 or 2 bar units Lots of pedal points eg inverted pedal in intro All pedal points on B 'Push and pull' rhythms create suspenion, usually 6-5 6 of 8 Melody Main hook=5 notes and dominates song Notes of main hook, create feeling of E major pentatonic Verse section Bs balance up and downward movements Middle-8 is largely stepwise No use of 'blues notes' Syllabic Vocal phrases mainly 2 or 4 bars in length 7 of 8 Rhythm and metre 4 beats in a bar Medium tempo Accompaniment realtively 'four square' Hook and verses begin on an anacrusis Accompaniment syncopation=most prominent in linking scetions into and during middle-8 Drum fills create rhytmic variety Vitality provided by semiquaver pedals and quaver semiquaver rhythms in middle-8 8 of 8
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