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Inner state of mind Flashcards

Courtney pine

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1
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What is the style of the drums

A

Jazz and Hip hop fusion

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2
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What key is the piece

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C Dorian mode (flattened 3rd and 5th)

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3
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What does DJ Pogo do in terms of effects

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Turn table effects

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4
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Rappers names

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Black Twang and McMello

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5
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The rappers are made of…

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Samples

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6
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Texture

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Homophonic

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7
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The saxophone part is…

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Improvised

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8
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The song is based on

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Summertime and So What

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9
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First bar (harmony)

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No chord

Octave: medical
Min 3rd: baroque and classical
4th: quartal harmony relating to the 21st century

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10
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Chords in the first bar then…(effect used)

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Fade out

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11
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The singer is…and she is…(studio technique)

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Esta Mtungwezi

Multitracked

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12
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The electric piano has setting of

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An organ

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13
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Guitar plays

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Distortion to sound like a vinyl -> OLD TO NEW

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14
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One guitar contrasts the other because

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It is syncopated

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15
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Hook of the song

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Inner state of mind

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16
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The test creates a

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Chaotic and frantic feel

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17
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An influence from miles Davis’s So What is…

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Parallel motion - playing the root in the left hand

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18
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Melody in saxophone is ornamented with

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Acciaccatura

Scoops / pitch bends

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19
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What effect is used in the saxophone part

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Turn table

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20
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Samples of the word

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“Mind” appear regularly with EQ effect

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21
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In bar 4, the parallel motion is

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Displaced so the start of the bar is unclear

HYPE FEEL

22
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Drum’s high hat accentuates

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Beat 2 and 4 causing syncopated feel (Jazz)

23
Q

When “inner state of mind” is heard in the vocal section it starts on…

A

G to link with “summertime” and to be similar to the improvisation at the beginning of the piece (same outline but more decorated)

24
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In the vocal section (texture)

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2 part

But also melody dominated homophony

25
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Performance techniques horn section plays in the vocal section

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Accents and staccato

26
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Between the horn section and vocals…

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Call and response feel

27
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The baseline in the vocal section is

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Chromatic

28
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LH of piano plays a

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2 bar riff

29
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Vocals feel…

A

Syncopated

30
Q

Trombone plays a

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Slide of a minor 2nd which touches upon the Phrygian mode - sounds lost

31
Q

“Knowledge is power” (harmony)

A

New blues idea - more chances to improvise

32
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“Knowledge is power” (bass riff)

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Stops to accentuate the change in harmony and the trombone

32
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A
33
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Rap section is about

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Finding power and solace in knowing who you are and finding yourself

34
Q

In rap section the…is heard again similar to the beginning

A

Distortion

35
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Rap section (trombone)

A

Interjection of slides

36
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Differences found between vocal section 2 and 1

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Perfect 4ths in 2
Range extended in 2
Perfect 5ths in 2
More melisma tic in 2
Switches between registers in 2
Monophonic bar in2

37
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Before scatt section in vocal part you can hear

A

Blues notes

38
Q

MOST IMPORTANT BIT (harmony)

A

TRITONE SUBSTITUTION

39
Q

Esos sings …as an Ella Fitzgerald influence

A

Scatt

40
Q

Turn around section chords

A

C7#9
Eb9
Fm/D
Db7

41
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Keyboard plays…during the scatt section

A

Little fills

42
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Who does the rap first and second?

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1st - Black Twang
2nd - McMello

43
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In the second rap section you can hear another instrument. What is it and what is it doing?

A

Flute improvisation

44
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At the end of the 2nd rap section (before the final vocal section), something occurs in the texture, harmony and scale. What is happening

A

All the parts play a hexatonic scale, (meaning that no A is being played)
Quartal harmony is produced creating dissonance and harmonic interest

45
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In the final vocal section, when the dynamics go to mp, what happens to the melody

A

It develops because more syncopation?

46
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In the final section where there is mp marking, what happens to the bass

A

It changes and is now off beat - similar to b.17

47
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Towards the end of final vocal section (close to the start of the instrumental section) what does the saxophone do

A

It virtuosically plays a pitch bend. Similar to “Rhapsody in Blue”

48
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The instrumental section is…

A

Improvised - reminiscent to Miles’ style

49
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What rhythms are heard in the instrumental section

A

Quintuplets
Sextuplets
Scotch snaps

50
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In terms of melody, what happens in the instrumental section

A

Highly conjunct and Scalic

51
Q

How does the piece end

A

With an inverted pedal note on the 2nd causing discomfort as we do not think that the piece has ended.

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