Here, there, and everywhere Flashcards
Beatles
Structure
AO4
AABA
(Used from “The great American songbook”)
It is about…
Living the moment
Composed by
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney was…
Experimenting and improvising
Instrumentation
Paul’s vocals are leading
Backing vocals
Guitar
Drums
The melody is
Diatonic
Drums
Play on the beat
Guitar (sonority and harmony)
Mainly plays tonic
Twang sound
Why does the guitar have a twang sound
Leslie cabinet speaker has been used
Melody in lead vocal
Falsetto
Speech-like
Disjunct
Rhythm
Soft syncopation due to the ties in the melody
Speech rhythms
Lombardic rhythms
Give an example of a lombardic rhythm in this piece
“And if (she’s beside me)”
Backing vocals
Main accompaniment
Close harmony (Barbershop)
Parallel shifting (ascending)
Vocalisation
The song is massively inspired by (W.L.)
Beach Boys : “God only knows”
Outro is…(Length)
5 bars long
What happens in section B in terms of instruments
No backing vocals
How long is section B
4 bars long - short
Why does the 2nd bar have irregular phrasing
To link easily with section B
Introduction is important because it…
Instantly gives context about the song
How long is the introduction
3 bars long
What is the tempo marking in the introduction
Rubato => freedom
The backing vocals are…
Multitracked
In the introduction, the time signatures are…
- 4
- 4
(Each one bar long)
What is strange about the introduction (apart from the fact that the time signature keeps changing)
There is a pause (//) in b. 2
In the line, “Nobody can deny that there’s something there” / “someone is speaking but doesn’t know he’s there” (harmony)
Backwards circle of 5ths progression
In the line, “Love never dies”, the melody in the 2nd voice of the 2 part singing, descends to end on an interval of a…which…
4ths
Evokes sadness and grief
In the 1st beat of “wave of her hand” and “nobody can deny”…(harmony)
There’s dissonance
Introduction (chords used)
G
Bm
Bb
Am
i.e. I, iii, FLATTENED 3rd (chromatic), ii
Winding on an interval of a 4th is a… influence (genre)
Baroque influence