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2- Killer Queen - Queen Flashcards

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Killer Queen Context

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written by Freddie Mercury
Released Nov 1974
Queen band formed in London
First single form that album
“sheer heart attack”

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When was it written

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1974

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Melody Killer Queen

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Many syllabic text setting
Backing vocals- words and vocalisation (e.g. bar 8-9) to the sound of “ooh” and bar 18 sound “ba”
Starts manly Conjunct
Falsettto –> spoken text in vocals
start many small leaps of a 3rd or 4th
Bar 7-8 shows an altered descending sequence
Verse and Chorus conjunct and wide angular leaps
Leaps - rising rising major sixth (bar6-7) - large leaps e.g. octave bar 62
Sequences
Anacrusis
Portamento
Word painting “drive you wild”
Slides upwards on word “queen”
Vibrato
Pull offs

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Slides defintion

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Sliding from note to the other

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Slides defintion

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Sliding from note to the other

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Bends definition

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A musical note that is varied in pitch

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Pull offs Defintion

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A string is plucked by “pulling” the string off the fingerboard with finger used to fret the note

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Vibrato Definition

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A rapid, slight variation in pitch in singing that produces a stronger or richer sound

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Syllabic Definition

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When singing, each syllable has a note

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Vocables Defintion

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Use of syllables that have no meaning

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Conjunct Definition

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Where a melody moves by steps and not by leaps.

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Anacrusis Defintion

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An upbeat

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Portamento Defintion

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A slide from one note to another, especially in singing

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Articulation Killer Queen

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Falsetto Definition

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Spoken text in vocals

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Dynamics Killer Queen

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Mf

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Texture Killer Queen

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Homophonic
Use of imitation
use of layering
three- part texture during guitar solo
Use of panning (e.g. bR 42-43 - backing vocals)
Antiphonal - e.g. bar 67-68

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Antiphony Defintion

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Swapping between different musical groups.

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Hocketting Defintion

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An effect produced by dividing a melody between two parts, where notes in one part coinciding with rests in the other.

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Structure Killer Queen

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Verse Chorus Structure

Verse 1 - start with 6 finger clicks
- first phrase is four bars in length

Chorus 1 - chorus 8 bars in length

Instrumental - Guitar 1 and 3 play in thirds using slides and vibrato

Verse 2 - 4 part basking vocals, drum enters early with drum roll with guitar 2 -

Bar 31- 33 has an inner chromatic descending pattern - main vocals spoken text for dramatic effect bar 38

Chorus 2 - shorter - first 5 bar phrase

Guitar solo - starts mimicking the lead part

Verse3 - 7 1/2 bar longs-

Chorus 3 - added guitar solo

Outro - music fades over a Eb major

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Guitar solo

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starts
mimicking the lead part of the chorus
expand into a three part guitar solo
descending pattern of chord sequence
guitar uses imitation
three part texture
hocketting effect
harmony extended with a repeated imperfect cadence for two bars

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Harmony and tonality Killer Queen

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Eb major
Opening - C minor - closed o nan Eb major chord
tonality ambiguous at times
many passing modulations
strengthen by perfect cadences by often followed by parallel shifts moving to a new key
most chords in root position
first and second inversions in chords
Seventh chords - bar 4
Altered and extending chords bar 47
pedal - bar 27
Extended chords
Circle fo fifths - bar 20

22
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Circle of 5th definition

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The relationship between notes where the tonality or chords jump by a 5th each time

23
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Chromatic scale defintion

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A scale using all semitones

24
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Pedal defintion

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A note which is sustained or repeated while chords change, often resulting In dissonance.

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Instruments Killer Queen

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  • Piano, electric guitar and drums
    • Electric guitar–> distortion, reverb, panning, multi-tracking, Wah- whah ( bar 63), overdubbing backing vocals e.g. bar 23, panning,
    • 4 part guitar - overdubbing creates a rich texture
    • Guitar plays slides, bends, pull- offs and vibrato
    • Jungle piano
    • emphasised backbeat - keeps time
    • Snare drum rolls bar 28
    • Snare drum semi-quavers to build excitement bar 67
    • Open hi-hat cymbal rolls bar 26
    • Falsetto - artificial high voice bar 22
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Rhythm, tempo, metre

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Moderate tempo
Dotten crotchets
pulse of 112 bpm
12/8 time signature- compound quadruple time
Swung feel
occasional 6/8 bar - effect of extending phrase length
Verse and Chorus starts with anacrusis
Syncopation frequent bar 44
Triplets bar 18

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Tonality Killer Queen

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E major
Modulates to Bb major at chorus

Music GCSE 2023 (10 decks)

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