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Describe the tempo of Cloudbusting

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Fast medium tempo (112BPM), with a strong sense of pulse.

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What are the performing forces in this CloudBusting?

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Lead/Backing Vocals
Drums
String Sextet
Balalaika
Fairlight CMI

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The prominent use of detached chords in CloudBusting is reminiscent of the string quartet sonorities of which set work by the Beatles?

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Eleanor Rigby

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What is the texture like in Cloudbusting?

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Mel-Dom-Hom, with strings at first providing block chord accompaniment to the lead vocal line.

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What time signatures are used in CloudBusting?

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Mostly 4/4 with occasional use of 6/4 and 2/4

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What key is CloudBusting in?

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C# Minor

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CloudBusting is based on the constant rotation of what 3 chords?
What other 2 chords are occasionally used?

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The main 3 chords used are:
C#m7
B add9
A 6/9

The 2 occasional chords are:
G#m (sus4)
F#7 (sus4)

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How does the piano play chords for most of ADOS?

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Broken chords/Arpeggios

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