set works

key features of killer queen melody

syncopation, slides, uneven melodic phrases, word painting, syllabic lyrics, vocalisation, falsetto, spoken words, wide vocal range

KQ articulation

guitar uses slides, bends and vibrato

KQ texture

homophonic, texture builds up from start, guitar is in 3 parts, panning/antiphony w/ guitars, polyphony in guitar solo

KQ harmony

extended chords, inversions which cause ascending/descending basslines, circle of 5ths in chorus, perfect cadences

killer queen rhythm and meter

12/8 swung - compound quadruple time, anacrusis, triplets

KQ tonality

Eb maj but chorus in Bb maj, tonal ambiguity

structure/sections of killer queen

introduction/verse, chorus 1, short instrumental/verse 2, chorus 2, guitar solo, verse 3, chorus 3, outro

KQ notable features of the intro and first verse

anacrusis, textural build-up, higher tessatura, descending scalic sequence, vocalisation (ooooh)

KQ notable features of the choruses

anacrusis, faster harmonic rhythm, portomento, homorhythmic vocal harmonies, spikier, percussive backing vocals, drum triplet fill, swung feel at the end

KQ: what happens to the backing vocals in verse two?

there are accompanying words and imitation begins

KQ: key feature of verse three?

imitation from voice to guitar and an octave leap, building into suspenseful fast drums

KQ: key feature of the outro?

drums and guitar responding to each other

BB melody

conjunct, rising sequences, scalic runs, grace notes, trills

BB dynamics

not many - only for balancing audio

BB texture

polyphony, counterpoint, fugal, flute and violin unison, tonic pedal

BB structure

ternary form (opening of section A is fugal)

BB harmony

-diatonic

-basso continuo + figured bass

-ped. notes

-perfect cadences

BB rhythm and meter

2/4, triplets, dotted rhythms

BB tonality

D major but B section in B minor and modulates to A (dominant) and E (dominant of dominant)

concertino

small group of soloists

ripieno

the body of instruments accompanying the concertino in baroque concerto music.

basso continuo

provides harmony through chordal accompaniment but unusual to be virtuosic in Bach's time

stretto

a musical passage where voices or instruments enter one after another in very close succession

cadenza

elaborate unaccompanied solo

release vocal melody

female and male, glissandos, acciaccatura, repetitive, spoken, sampling, short phrases, improvisation at start

release instrumentation

Afro - Kora, Djembe, Taking drum,

Celt - Uilleann pipes, Fiddle (double stops), Accordion, Low whistle, Bodhran, Hurdy gurdy

Dance - Male and Female vocals (reverb), Synths (auto adjust EQ) and samples, Piano, Drum machine (open/closed hihat), Shaker, Tambourine, Digital effects.

release articulation

swung notes, accents

release texture

Mostly homophonic

Polyphonic writing in 3rd verse with hurdy-gurdy and pipes playing underneath the main vocal melody

layers of loops that constantly change

monophony at start and heterophony at end

release structure

intro, v1, v2, solos, v3, build, outro

release harmony

Slow harmonic pace,

Mainly diatonic.

synth chromaticism

some extended chords

repeated chord sequences

release rhythm and meter

4/4, riffs/ostinato, triplets, sextuplets

release tempo

begins in free time