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Beatles

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1
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Structure
AO4

A

AABA
(Used from “The great American songbook”)

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It is about…

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Living the moment

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Composed by

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Paul McCartney

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4
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Paul McCartney was…

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Experimenting and improvising

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5
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Instrumentation

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Paul’s vocals are leading

Backing vocals

Guitar

Drums

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6
Q

The melody is

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Diatonic

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Drums

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Play on the beat

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Guitar (sonority and harmony)

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Mainly plays tonic

Twang sound

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9
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Why does the guitar have a twang sound

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Leslie cabinet speaker has been used

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Melody in lead vocal

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Falsetto
Speech-like
Disjunct

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Rhythm

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Soft syncopation due to the ties in the melody
Speech rhythms
Lombardic rhythms

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12
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Give an example of a lombardic rhythm in this piece

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“And if (she’s beside me)”

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Backing vocals

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Main accompaniment

Close harmony (Barbershop)
Parallel shifting (ascending)
Vocalisation

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14
Q

The song is massively inspired by (W.L.)

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Beach Boys : “God only knows”

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15
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Outro is…(Length)

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5 bars long

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16
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What happens in section B in terms of instruments

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No backing vocals

17
Q

How long is section B

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4 bars long - short

18
Q

Why does the 2nd bar have irregular phrasing

A

To link easily with section B

19
Q

Introduction is important because it…

A

Instantly gives context about the song

20
Q

How long is the introduction

A

3 bars long

21
Q

What is the tempo marking in the introduction

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Rubato => freedom

22
Q

The backing vocals are…

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Multitracked

23
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In the introduction, the time signatures are…

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    1. 4
    1. 4

(Each one bar long)

24
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What is strange about the introduction (apart from the fact that the time signature keeps changing)

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There is a pause (//) in b. 2

25
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In the line, “Nobody can deny that there’s something there” / “someone is speaking but doesn’t know he’s there” (harmony)

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Backwards circle of 5ths progression

26
Q

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…

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4ths
Evokes sadness and grief

27
Q

In the 1st beat of “wave of her hand” and “nobody can deny”…(harmony)

A

There’s dissonance

28
Q

Introduction (chords used)

A

G
Bm
Bb
Am

i.e. I, iii, FLATTENED 3rd (chromatic), ii

29
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Winding on an interval of a 4th is a… influence (genre)

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Baroque influence