I want to tell you Flashcards
Beatles
Composed and sung by
George Harrison
George Harrison was influenced by…
Eastern culture
What is interesting about the tempo marking
It says swung rhythms
Swung rhythms are an influence of…
Shuffle music (which was extremely popular during that time)
This song is about
The difficulty of explaining - problems of having an avalanche of thoughts
Texture
Melody dominated homophony
Structure of the piece
Verse bridge
Intro
Verse 1
Verse 2
Bridge
Verse
Bridge
Verse
Outro (fade out)
Key of the piece
A major
First chord of the piece
A7
What effect is used at the beginning and at the end
Fade in
Fade out
In the intro…(harmony)
Tonic pedal on A (guitar)
A tonic pedal in the intro is influence of..
Indian music (drone)
In the intro the guitar plays…
A riff
What are the Beatles a pioneer of
Leslie cabinet
What has been used on the guitar riff and why
Leslie cabinet - sounds like stuttering
At the end of the intro, the guitar plays what rhythm
Triplets
Why are trip,ets used
To represent the thoughts tripping over one another
The harmony is…because it is mainly based around…
Simple
Tonic and subdominant (A and D)
How long is the verse
11 bars long (odd)
The harmonic rhythm is…because…
Unusual
It highlights the unpredictability of thoughts.
Causes distress and urgency
The tesitura is…
Small (from e to d)
What do rests convey
Him trying to think of words to say
Which chord is used in “with things to say”
B7
What ornament is used throughout
Acciaccaturas
Acciaccaturas are a..influence
Indian or blues
There is a lot of…produced by the F and E playing at the same time in bar 10
Dissonance
The dissonance in bar 11 is because of the…
Minor 9th interval
What does the dissonance in bar 11 convey
The frustration one may have in not being able to express one’s thoughts clearly
There are…(rhythm)
Spoken rhythms
Spoken rhythms, triplets and swung tempo markings cause
Syncopation
The backing vocals are…and inspired by…
Triadic
Beach boys
The range in the bridge is of a…
4th (small)
In the bridge, the song modulates from A to…which is the…
B minor (super tonic of A)
In the line “but if I seem to act unkind / sometimes I wish I knew you well”, what chord is playing
B diminished 7th chord
What happens to the harmonic rhythm in the bridge compared to the verses and intro
It becomes more steady and regular
Melodic device (rhythm) in bridge
Appoggiatura feel
“It’s only me” / “then I could” produces…
Cross rhythms
At the end of the bridge section, the rhythmic device used is…which is…(genre and AO4)
Repeated triplets - common in pop music to introduce final point
Towards the end of the coda there is…(harmony)
Pedal note on A
Describe the melody at the end of the piece
Sounds like a melismatic chant (Indian influence) -almost as if the vocals were a citar
In the bridge, the accompaniment is playing…
Pedal notes in octaves
