AOS 2 - Vocal Music

Question 1

Name the two peices in AOS1

Answer 1

Henry purcell. Music for a while

Queen. Killer Queen

Question 2

What key signiture is killer queen in?

Answer 2

Eb major

Question 3

What key is Henry purcell. Music for a while in

Answer 3

A minor

Question 4

What is the tonality in Music for a while

Answer 4

Ground bass
Dissonance
Suspensions in bar 13

Question 5

Tonality in killer Queen

Answer 5

The tonic key of Killer Queen is E♭ major - however, the verses start in the relative minor of C and the choruses move to the dominant B♭ major. Both of these keys are the closest relations to E♭ major.

Not all of the chords used belong to the tonic key. For example, bar 18 has the chords G7, F7/A, G7/B and C. If all the accidentals in the key signature were used, these chords would actually be Gm7, Fm7/A♭, Gm7/B♭ and Cm. However, they have been altered to chords that don’t belong to the tonic key.

Question 6

Melody in killer queen

Answer 6

After six introductory clicks in 12/8, Killer Queen begins with a vocal anacrusis. The small phrases within the melody mostly move by step. However, there are leaps found between the end note of one phrase and beginning note of the next phrase.

A sequence is found in both the verse and chorus. In the example below, bar 13 is a third higher than bar 12. Another sequence follows in bar 21 as the vocal melody is repeated from bar 20, but is step lower.

Word setting is almost totally syllabic. Nonsense syllables, such as ‘oohs’ and ‘bahs’ are used throughout the song. This technique is called vocables.