Killer Queen - Queen 9-1

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Who wrote Killer Queen?
Freddie Mercury
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What album was the song on?
Sheer Heart Attack
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When was Sheer heart attack released?
November 1974
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Where and what year was Queen formed?
In London in 1970
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Who were the members of Queen?
Singer Freddie Mercury. Guitarist Brian May. Drummer Roger Taylor and Bassist John Deacon
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What art of song was written first?
The lyrics
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What are the lyrics about?
An upper class prostitute
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Who performed the vocal part?
Freddie Mercury
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Is the voice Soprano, Alto, Tenor or Bass?
Tenor
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What type of recording techniques are used in the song?
Multi-tracking, EQ, Flanger, Distortion, Reverb, Wah-Wah, panning and Over dubbing
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What is over-dubbing?
Where a recored sound is added to a previously taped recording
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What is multi-tracking?
A recording technique where two or more tracks are recorded independently and then played back together
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What sort of techniques does guitar use?
Slides, bends, pull-offs and vibrato
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What is vibrato?
The regular, rapid fluctuation of pitch that can be used to add warmth to a pitch
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What is a bend?
Where the pitch of the note is changed slightly, usually raised
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What is a slide?
Where the pitch slides from one note to the other
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What instruments are used in the song?
Lead and backing vocals, piano over-dubbed with with jangle piano, four electric guitars, bass guitar and drum kit
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What two instruments are over-dubbed to create a richer texture?
Guitars and vocals
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The text is mainly what?
Syllabic
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What happens bars 2-14?
Verse 1
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What happens bars 14-22?
Chorus 1- 8 bars long
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What happens bars 23-26?
Instrumental- Guitar 1 + 3 play in thirds using slides and vibrato
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What happens bars 26-38?
Verse 2- Main vocal uses spoken text for dramatic effect
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What happens bars 38-43?
Chorus 2- Cut short, only 5 bars long
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What happens bars 44-61?
Guitar solo- Made up of three parts
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What happens bars 61-69?
Verse 3- unusually only 7 1/2 bars long
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What happens bars 69-78?
Chorus 3- contains a guitar solo
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What happens bar 79-end?
Outro- Music fades
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What is an example of word painting in the song?
Absolutely drive you wild (verse 3)
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What is the main texture of the piece?
Homophonic
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What two techniques are used?
Imitation and layering
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What key is the song in?
Eb major
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Where is dissonance used?
bar 30
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What sort of tempo does the piece have?
Moderato tempo with a dotted crotchet pulse of 112 per min
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What is the main time signature?
Mainly in 12/8 compound quadruple time
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What is an anacrusis?
Posh word for an upbeat
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What does every verse and chorus start with?
An anacrusis (upbeat)
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