Eleanor Rigby Flashcards
Beatles
They wanted this to be…
An experience
Instrumentation
Octet
ONLY STRINGS
Violin 2s…
Divisi and double stopping
Accents and staccato
AO4 for accents and staccato
Angry sound
“Waits at the window” (rhythm)
Accompaniment becomes syncopated
“Where do (they all come from?)” interval and rhythm
Octave leap
Syncopated
“Where do (they all belong?)” interval
Compound minor 3rd
Cello plays…which is the…
Just before he sings “No one comes near” In Verse 2
C - lowest note it can play
What is significant about playing a C in the cello in Verse 2
It is the first note of its rising, conjuct C Lydian scale
What is the viola doing in the line about his socks
AO4
Plays tenuto- mimicking Father sowing the holes in his socks
What is the rhythm in the viola part in the sock line
Metric displacement causing syncopation
The viola plays
Bare 5ths throughout = sparcity
In b. 58, “nobody came, Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt…”, the cello is…
Mimicking and doubling the voice
Describe the ending
Abrupt / sudden
Tenuto markings
Descending sequences in all the instruments
Structure
Intro
Verse
Refrain
Verse 2
Refrain
Bridge (intro)
Verse 3
Outro
How many bars do each of the sections consist of
Usually 8, except the verses which are 10 bars long. However, it doesn’t sound like 10 bars long because of the 2 5 bar phrases (Odd)
The intro is in which key
C Lydian mode sounding but it is not definite because it keeps moving from Em to C
What is strange about the first chord of the piece
It starts on chord 6
Verse 1 harmony
Moves through E Dorian mode
Verse 2 harmony
C Lydian
Verse 3 harmony
Inverted pedal note on E
Goes to A minor at the end of the pedal note
Texture at the end
Polyphonic
Refrain harmony
Pedal note on E (in cello)
Descends chromatically (Viola part)
Overall, the harmony is…AO4
Monotonous to represent how boring life is
