Beatles wider listening Flashcards
God only knows
Beach boys
Which piece did the Beatle’s compose from inspiration of “god only knows”
Here, there, everywhere
Performance technique in “god only knows” (singer)
Falsetto
Rhythms in “god only knows”
Speech like rhythms
Harmony in “god only knows” (backing vocals)
Close harmony
Barbershop influence
Accompaniment in “god only knows”
Block chords
Strawberry fields forever
Beatles
Effects created in “god only knows”
Mellotron
Backmasking guitar solos
Thriller
Michael Jackson
Structure in Thriller
Verse chorus (Eleanor rugby)
Thriller is meant to be…
Cinematic experience
Genre Thriller
Disco, pop, funk
Baseline in Thriller
Ostinato baseline
Mouth Mantra (album: vulnicura)
Bjork
Accompaniment in Mouth mantra
Strings play Ostinato
Effects in Bjork’s Mouth mantra
Tape loops
Electronic sounds with the human voice
Immersive soundscape
Rhythms in Bjork’s Mouth mantra
Unpredictable rhythms
Time of the season
The zombie
Tonality in “time of the season”
E minor - (Eleanor rigby)
Rhythm in time of the season
Syncopated
Interstellar overdrive
Pink floyd
Guitar in Interstellar overdrive
Dissonant guitar riffs
Improvisational feel
Slide technique
Waterloo sunset
The Kinks
Backing vocals in Waterloo sunset
Close harmony
Vocalisation
Occasionally replies to the main singer
Acoustic and electric guitars in Waterloo sunset (harmony)
Riff of the main melody towards the end, repeats the same chord
Repeated tonic pedal note in the beginning
Lyrics in Waterloo sunset
2 lovers and the solace they find in shared experience
Alone Again Or
Love
Scales in Another Again Or
Spanish
Middle East
Flamenco inspired
Melody in Alone Again Or
Simple
Upward leaps
Instrumentation in Alone Again Or
Mariachi style brass
Acoustic guitar
