Jeff Buckley - Grace

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When did Jeff Buckley compose Grace?
1994
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When was Jeff Buckley's only Album Grace released?
23 August 1994
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What style of music is Grace?
Folk fusion (rock and folk music)
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What are the typical features of Folk fusion music?
1) Variations in tempo and rhythm 2) Long section divided into short phrases. 3) Short phrases can have their own dynamics, style and tempo
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What is this time signature of this piece?
12/8
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What is the tempo of this piece?
Fairly fast, 64 bpm = dotted crotted. Maintains consistent tempo throughout.
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Acoustic guitar adds to ______ with _______ / ________
1) rhythm 2) rhythmic strumming
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What instruments are used in the piece?
1) Drum kit, 2) Electric bass guitar, 3) Three electric guitars, 4) Acoustic guitars, 5) Lead vocals, 7) Backing vocals, 8) Strings
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In bars _ - _ they are plucked
Bars 1-3
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In bars _-_ they are strummed
Bars 4-7
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How does Jeff Buckley enhance tortured mood through playing the guitars?
1) Strum aggressively 2) Sliding between notes
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In the vocal performance to show the tortured mood of the lyrics ornamentation (melisma), falsetto and falling patterns are used on words.
1) 'Afraid', 'away' and 'die' the notes are falling. 2) 'Cries' the notes fall a 5th. 3) 'Slow' the note is long to reflect the reference to slow in the lyrics. 4) 'It reminds me of rain' The EQ effect is removed.
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What is the form and structure of this piece?
Intro - Verse 1 - Pre-Chorus 1 - Chorus - Link - Verse 2 - Pre-Chorus - Middle 8 - Link - Verse 3 - Outro
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The texture is mainly __________
Homophonic
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__________ texture created in the first half of the ______ / _ by the use of vocal __________ in the counterpoint
1) Polyphonic 2) Middle 8 3) harmaonies
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Parts drop out from time to time to let the music breathe and provide _______ / _______
Textural Contrast
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The texture in the verse becomes ________ with high electric guitar ____ dropping out.
1) Thinner 2) riff
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_______ / ______ and ______ enter in the chorus adding to the texture. _____ play ______ in the pre-chorus _
1) Backing vocals 2) Strings 3)Strings 4) Pizzicato 5) 2
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Thick texture in verse _ and outro as strings come to the fore
3
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In the intro the bass guitar provides a _____ note of _ upon which harmonies and chords are constructed
1) Pedal 2) D
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During the verse the electric guitar plays _____ / _____ the bass follows the root of the _____ / _____, the harmonies are _____ with _ as the tonic note
1) Power chord 2) Power chord 3) Modal 4) E
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What are the notes for E tonic?
Em, Em/F5, Em/Eb5
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The pre-chorus use more complex chords these are?
Em, F#dim, G6, A6, Bm, A6/9, Em.
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What chords are used in the chorus?
Em/F5, Em, Eb5 (which is still based on E tonic)
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Complex harmonies in the ______ / _ hummed vocals with long sustained notes on strings
Middle 8
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Uses power chords, created by moving same shape up and down the ____ / _____ of the guitar
Fret broad
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The harmony creates ________
Dissonances
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Uses drop _ tuning on the guitar
D
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What is the main key?
Em minor
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At the start the key is not clear, what are the first three chords?
Fm, Gm, Em
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But at the end of the introduction the key is _ / _____
D Major
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The verse, pre-chorus and chorus have a modal tonality with a tonic _
E
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The song starts of _ but has a _ chord in the intro
1) p 2) f
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What does the whisper effect do on the guitar?
Uses dynamics by picking the note with the volume turned down and then turning it up quickly.
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The vocals have a wide range in the _____ it is a limited pitch range becoming ______ in the ___-_____ and _______. A _________ backing vocal adds _______ to the melody in the ________
1) verse 2) higher 3) Pre-chorus 4) chorus 5) Whispering 6) variety 7) Chorus .
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Telephone EQ effect added to vocal melody in ______ / _ giving a ____ and _______ effect
1) Middle 8 2) harsh 3) distant
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Verse 3 sees the pitch of the vocal melody becoming ______ and ___ / _______ /______ / ___________ in the outro using ____ and ___________
1) Higher 2) High Pitch Vocal Improvisations 3) Melisma 4) Falsetto
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_______ quality to the melodic line
Improvised
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'______' motif reflects mood of song
'falling'
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Whats the use of technology?
1) EQ added vocals in second half of middle 8, 2) multi-tracking and double tracking used 3) Flanger effect used on the guitar in the outro. 4) Delay used on guitar, along with whisper effect. 5) 'Whisper' effect used on electric guitar
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What articulation / ornamentation is used?
1) Slides used on the guitar 2) Pizzicato strings used in pre-chorus 2
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