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1
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What two styles does she use?

A

Pop and Irish folk

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What type of album is Hounds of Love?

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concept

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What does the title ‘cloudbusting’ refer to?

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Reichs attempt to make rain

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(cloudbusting) what is the instrumentation?

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strings
balalaika
vocals
drums
CMI fairlight
whistle effects
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5
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(cloubusting) how is it reminiscent of Eleanor Rigby?

A

prominent string detached chords

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(cloudbusting) what is the texture?

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mel-dom-hom

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(cloudbusting) name the layers added

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

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(cloudbusting) what is the tempo?

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112 crotchet bpm

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(cloudbusting) what 3 time sigs are used?

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

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(cloudbusting) how is the accompaniment characterised?

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audible backbeat
steady crotchet drum beats
even quavers (balalaika)
sudden pauses
syncopation
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11
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(cloudbusting) how is the lead vocal defined?

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longer note lengths in opening

speech-rhythm pattern

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(cloudbusting) what is the key?

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Modal Csharp minor

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(cloudbusting) is the melody mostly syllabic or melismatic?

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syllabic

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(cloudbusting) how is the melody characterised?

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leaps of a 3rds, 4ths and 5ths

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15
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(cloudbusting) describe the violin range

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very narrow

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(cloudbusting) what type of chords are used?

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dissonant

add note

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17
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(cloudbusting) what 3 main chords are used?

A

csharp minor
B
A6

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18
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(cloudbusting) does the harmonic rhythm change?

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yes

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19
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(cloudbusting) what is the general song structure?

A 
verse
bridge
chorus
verse
bridge
chorus
instrumental
chorus
instrumental
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(and dream) what is the instrumentation?

A 
vocals
piano
bazouki
whistles
dubbed voices
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21
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(and dream) what is the texture?

A

mel-dom-hom

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22
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(and dream) what is the accompaniment?

A

broken chords

addditional bouzouki figurations

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(and dream) what is the tempo?

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80 cbpm

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(an dream) what time sigs are used?

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

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25
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(and dream) what do the changing time signatures create?

A

fluid feel

26
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(and dream) name 3 characteristic patterns

A

dotted rhythms
triplets
scotch snaps

27
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(and dream) what is the vocal range?

A

major 9th

28
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(and dream) what is the main word setting?

A

syllabic

29
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(and dream) name 4 characteristics of the melody

A

destructive leaps
repeated notes
low tesitura at close
repeated 3rds

30
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(and dream) what are the four main chords the give functional effect

A

i
iib
v
vi7

31
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(and dream) what harmonic devise is used in the chorus?

A

tonic pedal

32
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(and dream) what is the key?

A

E major

33
Q

(and dream) what is the overall structure?

A 
verse
chorus
link 1
verse
chorus
link 2
coda
34
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(under ice) describe the vocal range

A

low at the start

35
Q

(under ice) what is the instrumentation?

A

vocals
synth strings
dubbed voices
synth effects

36
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(under ice) what is the tempo effected by?

A

insistent bass notes

37
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(under ice) what is the metre?

A

starts and ends quadruple but frequently alternates with triple time

38
Q

(under ice) name 3 rhythmic features

A

scotch snaps
triplets
longer phrase lengths

39
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(under ice) what is the vocal range?

A

10th

40
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(under ice) what is the tesitura?

A

low

41
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(under ice) how is the lead vocal characterised?

A

stacccato/stepwise figure
short lyrical section
mainly syllabic

42
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(under ice) what is the overall structure?

A 
introduction
motif 1
motif 2
motif 1
motif 2
motif 1
motif 2
motif 1
coda
43
Q

(under ice) what is the primary key?

A

modal Am

44
Q

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

A

Mongolian throat singing

45
Q

(Cloudbusting) What’s the main chord sequence?

A

Csharpm7, Badd9, A6/9, Badd9

46
Q

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

A

Fsharp7 sus4

47
Q

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

A

Csharpm7, Fsharp/A, B

48
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(And Dream of Sheep) Whats the bridge chord sequence?

A

E, E6, Fsharp/E, B/E

49
Q

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

A

Unresolved dominant

50
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(Under Ice) What chord does the song start and end on?

A

Asus2

51
Q

(under ice) How does it open?

A

Portentous sounding synth strings repeating octaves

52
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And dream of sheep) what does the harmony revolve around?

A

I, IIb, V, VI7

53
Q

Bohemian rhapsody

A 
queen
1975
opera
Falsetto
Freely evolving
elaborate performer
54
Q

Lilac Wine

A 
Ellie Brooks
1978
ballard feel
piano and vocals
low tesitura
55
Q

I need a hero

A 
Bonnie Tyler
80s
backing vocals in thirds
low, powerful voice
power ballad 
verse-chorus
synth
56
Q

Pink Floyd, the wall

A 
concept album
album about a boy who died in ww2
use of voice dubbing e.g screaming
backing vocals
guitar riffs
57
Q

Sweet dreams (are made of this)

A 
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
58
Q

Grace

A 
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
59
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Bush context

A

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

60
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Hounds of love context

A

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

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