2- Killer Queen - Queen Flashcards
Killer Queen Context
written by Freddie Mercury
Released Nov 1974
Queen band formed in London
First single form that album
“sheer heart attack”
When was it written
1974
Melody Killer Queen
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
Slides defintion
Sliding from note to the other
Slides defintion
Sliding from note to the other
Bends definition
A musical note that is varied in pitch
Pull offs Defintion
A string is plucked by “pulling” the string off the fingerboard with finger used to fret the note
Vibrato Definition
A rapid, slight variation in pitch in singing that produces a stronger or richer sound
Syllabic Definition
When singing, each syllable has a note
Vocables Defintion
Use of syllables that have no meaning
Conjunct Definition
Where a melody moves by steps and not by leaps.
Anacrusis Defintion
An upbeat
Portamento Defintion
A slide from one note to another, especially in singing
Articulation Killer Queen
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Falsetto Definition
Spoken text in vocals