Kate Bush Flashcards by Tilly Farrands

What two styles does she use?

Pop and Irish folk

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What type of album is Hounds of Love?

concept

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What does the title ‘cloudbusting’ refer to?

Reichs attempt to make rain

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(cloudbusting) what is the instrumentation?

strings
balalaika
vocals
drums
CMI fairlight
whistle effects

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(cloubusting) how is it reminiscent of Eleanor Rigby?

prominent string detached chords

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(cloudbusting) what is the texture?

mel-dom-hom

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(cloudbusting) name the layers added

quaver figuration of the Balalaika
treated vocal sample
three quaver pattern and countermelody in violins

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(cloudbusting) what is the tempo?

112 crotchet bpm

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(cloudbusting) what 3 time sigs are used?

mainly 4/4, 2/4 and 6/4

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(cloudbusting) how is the accompaniment characterised?

audible backbeat
steady crotchet drum beats
even quavers (balalaika)
sudden pauses
syncopation

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(cloudbusting) how is the lead vocal defined?

longer note lengths in opening

speech-rhythm pattern

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(cloudbusting) what is the key?

Modal Csharp minor

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(cloudbusting) is the melody mostly syllabic or melismatic?

syllabic

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(cloudbusting) how is the melody characterised?

leaps of a 3rds, 4ths and 5ths

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(cloudbusting) describe the violin range

very narrow

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(cloudbusting) what type of chords are used?

dissonant

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(cloudbusting) what 3 main chords are used?

csharp minor
B
A6

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(cloudbusting) does the harmonic rhythm change?

yes

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(cloudbusting) what is the general song structure?

verse
bridge
chorus
verse
bridge
chorus
instrumental
chorus
instrumental

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(and dream) what is the instrumentation?

vocals
piano
bazouki
whistles
dubbed voices

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(and dream) what is the texture?

mel-dom-hom

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(and dream) what is the accompaniment?

broken chords

addditional bouzouki figurations

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(and dream) what is the tempo?

80 cbpm

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(an dream) what time sigs are used?

mainly 4/4, 2/4, 3/4 and 5/4

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(and dream) what do the changing time signatures create?

fluid feel

(and dream) name 3 characteristic patterns

dotted rhythms triplets scotch snaps

(and dream) what is the vocal range?

major 9th

(and dream) what is the main word setting?

syllabic

(and dream) name 4 characteristics of the melody

destructive leaps repeated notes low tesitura at close repeated 3rds

(and dream) what are the four main chords the give functional effect

i iib v vi7

(and dream) what harmonic devise is used in the chorus?

tonic pedal

(and dream) what is the key?

E major

(and dream) what is the overall structure?

``` verse chorus link 1 verse chorus link 2 coda ```

(under ice) describe the vocal range

low at the start

(under ice) what is the instrumentation?

vocals synth strings dubbed voices synth effects

(under ice) what is the tempo effected by?

insistent bass notes

(under ice) what is the metre?

starts and ends quadruple but frequently alternates with triple time

(under ice) name 3 rhythmic features

scotch snaps triplets longer phrase lengths

(under ice) what is the vocal range?

10th

(under ice) what is the tesitura?

low

(under ice) how is the lead vocal characterised?

stacccato/stepwise figure short lyrical section mainly syllabic

(under ice) what is the overall structure?

``` introduction motif 1 motif 2 motif 1 motif 2 motif 1 motif 2 motif 1 coda ```

(under ice) what is the primary key?

modal Am

(under ice) what is the final chord supposed to sound like?

Mongolian throat singing

(Cloudbusting) What's the main chord sequence?

Csharpm7, Badd9, A6/9, Badd9

(cloudbusting) What new chord is added in the chorus?

Fsharp7 sus4

(And Dream of Sheep) What's the opening chord sequence?

Csharpm7, Fsharp/A, B

(And Dream of Sheep) Whats the bridge chord sequence?

E, E6, Fsharp/E, B/E

(And Dream of Sheep) What chord does the song end on?

Unresolved dominant

(Under Ice) What chord does the song start and end on?

Asus2

(under ice) How does it open?

Portentous sounding synth strings repeating octaves

And dream of sheep) what does the harmony revolve around?

I, IIb, V, VI7

Bohemian rhapsody

``` queen 1975 opera Falsetto Freely evolving elaborate performer ```

Lilac Wine

``` Ellie Brooks 1978 ballard feel piano and vocals low tesitura ```

I need a hero

``` Bonnie Tyler 80s backing vocals in thirds low, powerful voice power ballad verse-chorus synth ```

Pink Floyd, the wall

``` concept album album about a boy who died in ww2 use of voice dubbing e.g screaming backing vocals guitar riffs ```

Sweet dreams (are made of this)

``` Eurythmics 1983 synth plus live e.g keyboard and drums typical 1980s: synth, keyboard, electronic ground bass - regular repeated pattern (classical devise) - powerful and rhythmically interesting harmonically simple Dm Low timbre and narrow range Conjunct Syncopated ```

Grace

``` Jeff Buckley 1994 folk fusion 12/8 Em fast guitars plucked and strummed melisma, falsetto and falling patterns verse-chorus EQ homophonic word painting ornamentation and word painting e.g falling melismas ```

Bush context

born 1958 heard at 16 by Pink Floyd guitarist Dave Gilmour - EMI released first album 'kick inside' in 1978 at 19 - 'Wuthering Heights' = v successful trained as a dancer and mime artist

Hounds of love context

1985 private studio = full control hounds of love features cloudbusting = based off Peter Reich's 'a book of dreams' 'The Ninth Wave' - concept album about a person lost at sea

Kate Bush Flashcards

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