Music GCSE essentials

Killer queen overall tonality

E♭ major

Killer queen verse chords

C minor, B♭7

Killer queen 2nd half of verse

E♭, Gm, E♭, A♭, A♭m, E♭

Killer queen chords from ‘shes a killer’

G, Cm| B♭, E♭| D, Gm | F, B♭

Killer queen tempo

112

Killer queen time signature

12/8

Killer queen effects used

Flanger, Wah Wah, Distortion, Reverb

Bach time signature

2/4 - Simple duple (triplets give compound duple time feel making it sound like a gigue - 6/8)

Bach form and overall tonality of sections

Ternary - ABA, Section A - D major and Section B - B minor

Bach overall texture

Polyphonic / Contrapuntal

When was ‘Pathetique’ by Beethoven composed

At the end of the classical period - near the start of the romantic period 1799

Form of Beethoven

Sonata

Defying gravity overall key

D major

Defying gravity time signature

2/2 (mostly)

What is the role of the harpsichord in bach

Plays a solo part, to play chords

When was Bach’s brandenburg concerto composed?

1721 - baroque era