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Defying Gravity Flashcards

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Intro dynamics

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Sf and accented but used crescendo showing increasing anger

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Intro rhythm

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  • 3/2 which shows they are not on same wavelength and not aligned
  • Heavy syncopation to show unstableness with metric shift to 22 at B2 na back to 32 in B8
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Intro context / studio techniques

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Guitars playing with overdrive on b11 such as wah wah effect

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4
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Intro structure

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Intro…

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Intro melody

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  • many spoken not sung
  • text is mainly syllabic
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Intro instrumentation

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  • vocals
  • brass
  • winds
  • keyboard
  • drum kit
  • guitar
  • tubular bells
  • synth
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7
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Intro texture

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Mainly MDH but usés ‘colla voce’ to follow the voice

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8
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Intro key sig

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D major as it was transposed from Db major

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Intro harmony

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  • short snappy chords that shift down semitone tone to create chromatic and dissonance as if they arguing
  • use of augmented chords
  • perfect cadence to end intro
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10
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L1 Middle

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  • homophonic (almost full fanfare)
  • change into andante
  • key sig of B major and B notes to complement
  • motif used throughout
  • quieter with use of flute and clarinet
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L1 (sad and melancholic) dynamics

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  • quieter with many crescendos and dims
  • fermentas
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L1 rhythm

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  • syncopated
  • motif
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L1 Mélody

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  • conjunct with few angular leaps (the disjunct and rising melody is more in chorus)
  • few leaps to show the inclination to subvert stereotypes
  • legato and melancholic
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L1 instruments

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  • bass clarinet b28
  • b30 with guitar and strings to show dissonance and bass guitar
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15
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L1 texture

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Homophonic choral opening which is legato and conjunct

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16
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L1 Harmony

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  • key sig of F major with reinforced f notes in bass
  • rising perfect 5ths
  • d resolves to c to create suspension and dissonance
17
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Verse 1 dynamics

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  • a tempo
  • dims to start ‘something has changed within me..’
  • pause before ‘leap’
18
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V1 rhythm

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-syncopation
- main theme

19
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V1 context

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  • guitar and overdrive at b45
20
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V1 melody

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  • usually conjunct with few angular leaps
  • uses word painting
21
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V1 instrument

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-strings play tremolo
- synth to play main theme
- guitar

22
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V1 texture

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MDH

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V1 harmony

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  • back into d major then g major
  • along with tremolo of strings, G sus chord played with A to create dissonance
  • c sus chords with extended chords
24
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V1 harmony change

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Pitch change into G F# D A which shows a lift in mood

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Chorus 1 dynamics

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  • allegro
  • crescendo to show growing confidence
26
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C1 rhythm

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  • motif
  • short repeated pattern of ostinato creating cross rhythm over bars
  • dotted rhythm
  • syncopation
27
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C1 Melody

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  • high tessitura and range
  • scaling arpeggiated pattern
  • word painting of ‘pull me down’
  • high conjunct with angular leaps
28
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C1 instrumentation

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  • orchestra has dramatic effect
  • brass plays homophonic choral music to create fanfare manner
  • tremolo to add tension
  • cymbal roll for excitement and hi hat for rhythm
    -full band (tutti) to give grand feel
29
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C1 harmony

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  • b6
  • g4
  • a5
30
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Section 2 rhythm and harmony

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  • motif continues
  • syncopation
  • triplets
  • short cycle of 5ths = D G C
31
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C2

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  • not clashing anymore
  • interrupted cadence
  • high tessitura
  • synth and glockenspiel used for a high magical and celestial sound with repeated quaver accompaniment
  • harmony = B6, G5, A4
32
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End of c2 to transition

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  • harmony and key sig chnages into G major for ‘down’ where it is bitonal
  • the c plays the g in bass
  • time sim changes from 22 to 44
33
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Transition ‘unlimited’

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  • leitmotif based on over a rainbow with contrasting sections in g major
  • unlimited differences - g g8 f d, together were ‘e f g a’, b b8 a d
  • metric shift at b101 to 34 and back after a bar
34
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C3

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  • allegro
  • returns to d major with string piano accomp in 5,4,3 sung by both characters
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Build/L2

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  • homophonic chordal
  • sus chords
  • B115 into 22 and returns to chromatic melody of opening
  • cymbal roll to add excitement
  • sing in 3rds and united feel with warmth
36
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REPRISE

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  • loud dynamics and full orchestra
  • homophonic chords
  • EVEYRONE = compound perfect 5th jump
  • tubular bells giving sense of ethereal
37
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C4

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  • higher register and chest vogue
  • build up finale with tutti in Bm
  • flattened submediant of Dmajor
38
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End

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  • played ‘maestoso’ = majestically
  • contrapuntal texture with different music ideas
  • harmonic tonic pedal of D but B168 was Bm
  • vocalisation to end ahhhh
  • fermenta
  • end in d major
  • polytonic chords of all tones and semis

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