Cosmic Love

Question 1

Melody

Answer 1

Feeling of free improv around a few main pitches/intervals within the aeolian mode. Scotch snap and syncopation

Question 2

Harmony

Answer 2

Mostly based on 3rd triads, dissonance created as the melody always clashes with underlying harmony

Question 3

Tonality

Answer 3

A minor but sounds modal

Question 4

Time signature

Answer 4

2/2

Question 5

Riff

Answer 5

Repetition of the F,C,Am chord pattern unifies the song

Question 6

Is cosmic love strophic?

Answer 6

Yes, both verses are set to the same music with some variation of the melody and additional vocal harmony

Question 7

Vocalisation

Answer 7

Vocal part is sung to ooh without words

Question 8

Outro

Answer 8

Instrumental play out or a coda at the end of a song

Question 9

Who is a part of Florence and The Machine?

Answer 9

Florence Welsh: lead vocals
Isabella Summers: keyboards, percussion
Tom Monger: harp

Question 10

When was cosmic love released?

Answer 10

2010

Question 11

INTRO

Answer 11

Short snatch of synthesised sound effects

Question 12

VERSE 1

Answer 12

4 bar chordal riff F,C,Am,Am played in repeated piano quavers. Modal vocal melody, descending scale, syncopation and scotch snap clashes with harmony. Rising and harmony arpeggios at end of first vocal phrase. Maracas on voice’s second phrase

Question 13

CHORUS 1

Answer 13

4 quavers on drums. Louder dynamics, ends with discord

Question 14

VERSE 2

Answer 14

Vocals differ from verse 1 as it improvs freely around main pitches. Multitracked vocal harmony is added and new harp ostinato

Question 15

CHORUS 2

Answer 15

Melody freely decorated eg upper auxiliary note (higher decoration note) on “moon” harmonies using multitracking return. Ends with tonic (Am) chord

Question 16

VOCALISE

Answer 16

Same harmonies but with E added to F major chord. Descending semiquaver arpeggios on harp, all beginning on E - inverted pedal point. Echo effect on vocals

Question 17

INTERLUDE/BRIDGE

Answer 17

Contrast due to new 4 bar chord pattern, triplet crotchets in accompanying harp arpeggios, softer dynamics, new melody centred on G, heartbeat effect on “I heard your heart beating”, blue note (Eb) on “darkness”

Question 18

CHORUS 3

Answer 18

Roll on suspended cymbal beats into reprise of chorus, ends on rising scale on “heart”

Question 19

CHORUS 4

Answer 19

Repeated chorus finishing on sustained C

Question 20

OUTRO

Answer 20

Play out based on F,C,Am chords featuring harp arpeggios, increased reverberation, synthesised ‘shots’, sevenths gradually added to Am, diminuendo leads to the final pause on the tonic

Question 21

What genre is cosmic love?

Answer 21

Indie rock