Inner state of mind

Question 1

What is the style of the drums

Answer 1

Jazz and Hip hop fusion

Question 2

What key is the piece

Answer 2

C Dorian mode (flattened 3rd and 5th)

Question 3

What does DJ Pogo do in terms of effects

Answer 3

Turn table effects

Question 4

Rappers names

Answer 4

Black Twang and McMello

Question 5

The rappers are made of…

Answer 5

Samples

Question 6

Texture

Answer 6

Homophonic

Question 7

The saxophone part is…

Answer 7

Improvised

Question 8

The song is based on

Answer 8

Summertime and So What

Question 9

First bar (harmony)

Answer 9

No chord

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

Question 10

Chords in the first bar then…(effect used)

Answer 10

Fade out

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Esta Mtungwezi

Multitracked

Question 12

The electric piano has setting of

Answer 12

An organ

Question 13

Guitar plays

Answer 13

Distortion to sound like a vinyl -> OLD TO NEW

Question 14

One guitar contrasts the other because

Answer 14

It is syncopated

Question 15

Hook of the song

Answer 15

Inner state of mind

Question 16

The test creates a

Answer 16

Chaotic and frantic feel

Question 17

An influence from miles Davis’s So What is…

Answer 17

Parallel motion - playing the root in the left hand

Question 18

Melody in saxophone is ornamented with

Answer 18

Acciaccatura

Scoops / pitch bends

Question 19

What effect is used in the saxophone part

Answer 19

Turn table

Question 20

Samples of the word

Answer 20

“Mind” appear regularly with EQ effect

Question 21

In bar 4, the parallel motion is

Answer 21

Displaced so the start of the bar is unclear

HYPE FEEL

Question 22

Drum’s high hat accentuates

Answer 22

Beat 2 and 4 causing syncopated feel (Jazz)

Question 23

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

Answer 23

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

Question 24

In the vocal section (texture)

Answer 24

2 part

But also melody dominated homophony

Question 25

Performance techniques horn section plays in the vocal section

Answer 25

Accents and staccato

Question 26

Between the horn section and vocals…

Answer 26

Call and response feel

Question 27

The baseline in the vocal section is

Answer 27

Chromatic

Question 28

LH of piano plays a

Answer 28

2 bar riff

Question 29

Vocals feel…

Answer 29

Syncopated

Question 30

Trombone plays a

Answer 30

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

Question 31

“Knowledge is power” (harmony)

Answer 31

New blues idea - more chances to improvise

Question 32

“Knowledge is power” (bass riff)

Answer 32

Stops to accentuate the change in harmony and the trombone

Question 33

Rap section is about

Answer 33

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

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Distortion

Question 35

Rap section (trombone)

Answer 35

Interjection of slides

Question 36

Differences found between vocal section 2 and 1

Answer 36

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

Question 37

Before scatt section in vocal part you can hear

Answer 37

Blues notes

Question 38

MOST IMPORTANT BIT (harmony)

Answer 38

TRITONE SUBSTITUTION

Question 39

Esos sings …as an Ella Fitzgerald influence

Answer 39

Scatt

Question 40

Turn around section chords

Answer 40

C7#9 Eb9 Fm/D Db7

Question 41

Keyboard plays…during the scatt section

Answer 41

Little fills

Question 42

Who does the rap first and second?

Answer 42

1st - Black Twang 2nd - McMello

Question 43

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

Answer 43

Flute improvisation

Question 44

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

Answer 44

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

Question 45

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

Answer 45

It develops because more syncopation?

Question 46

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

Answer 46

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

Question 47

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

Answer 47

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

Question 48

The instrumental section is…

Answer 48

Improvised - reminiscent to Miles’ style

Question 49

What rhythms are heard in the instrumental section

Answer 49

Quintuplets Sextuplets Scotch snaps

Question 50

In terms of melody, what happens in the instrumental section

Answer 50

Highly conjunct and Scalic

Question 51

How does the piece end

Answer 51

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