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Kate Bush: Hounds Of Love Flashcards

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1
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What is ‘The Ninth Wave’?
What is it about?
What set songs are in this part?

A

2nd part of Hounds Of Love
Thoughts of a person drifting alone at sea at night, battling to stay awake and slipping in and out of consciousness
And Dream Of Sheep
Under Ice

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What is the central instrument of the album?
What was it?

What is a comparison you can make about Bush’s use of this instrument

A

Fairlight CMI (computer musical instrument)
Latest synthesiser tech (sequencing, synthesising, sampling)

Earliest uses is cello part in ‘Army Dreamers’ (1980)

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What is the instrumentation of the album?

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Fairlight
Folk instruments:
Bouzouki
Balalaika
Didgeridoo
Uilleann pipes

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What we’re the lyrics to ‘Cloudbusting’ inspired by?
What about this is prevalent in the song?

A

A Book Of Dreams by Peter Reich
Reich’s father (arrested then died) a theorist;
Believed could engineer changes in the weather, invented device ‘cloudbuster’

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What is ‘Cloudbusting’ scored for?
What is the instrument only used in two bars?
When?

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Vocals
Backing vocals
Strings (by The Medici Sextet)
Keyboard
Synthesisers
Percussion
Drums

Balalaika
Played by brother
Towards end of first verse

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What is the structure of ‘Cloudbusting’?

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Verse and chorus form

Verse
No.1 Bridge
Chorus
Verse
No.2 Bridge
Chorus
Instrumental
Chorus
Outro (extended)

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What is the key of ‘Cloudbusting’?
What 2 chords does it mostly revolve around?

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C# minor

C#minor7
Badd9

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How does ‘Cloudbusting’ open?

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Staccato quaver chords playing on each beat of the bar

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What are two musical ideas in ‘Cloudbusting’ AND ‘Under Ice’?

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Staccato quaver chords in each beat of the bar
Changing time signatures

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What happens at bar 3 of ‘Cloudbusting’?

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Quaver riff appears
Heard at irregular intervals throughout

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Describe the outro in ‘Cloudbusting’
What does the outro section feature?

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Long
Backing vocals singing in counterpoint (contrasting/complimenting) with the solo vocals

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What type of song is ‘And Dream Of Sheep’?
What is it played on?
What are other instruments used?

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Lullaby
Piano

Bouzouki
Whistles

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What is ‘And Dream Of Sheep’ about?

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Narrator trying to stay awake in water and awaits rescue
But taken deeper and deeper
Struggle for consciousness proves futile

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What is the vocal range of ‘And Dream Of Sheep’?
Where do most of the notes lie?

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9th
Middle of the stave

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What is the structure of ‘And Dream Of Sheep’?

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Intro
Verse
Bridge
Verse
Bridge 2
Outro/Coda

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What key does ‘And Dream Of Sheep’ open in?
Wha this this the same as?
What is most of the song in?

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C# minor
Cloudbusting
E, the relative major

17
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What type of chords are used in ‘And Dream Of Sheep’?

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Slash cords
Sus chords
Add chords
9th chords
7th chords

18
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What makes the improv feel of ‘And Dream Of Sheep’?

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Many melismas
Free rhythms
Several time sig changes

19
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Wha this the intro of ‘And Dream Of Sheep’ dominated by?

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Interval of a perfect 5th
In piano and vocals

20
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What does the first bridge sample in ‘And Dream Of Sheep’?
How is the pedal used?

A

Recording of a shipping forecast
E pedal note

21
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What does the 2nd bridge use in ‘And Dream Of Sheep’?

A

Bouzouki
Whistles

22
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What does the ‘And Dream Of Sheep’ outro use variations of?
How are the vocals ornamented?
Where does the vocal descend and lead to?
What is this an example of?

A

Descending vocal line ending in words ‘they take me deeper and deeper’
Melismas
Lower register to next song ‘Under Ice’
Word-painting

23
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What is ‘Under Ice’ about?

A

Water of dream world turned to ice
Narrator dragged under into claustrophobic world
trying to escape

24
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What does ‘Under Ice’ open with? (Sound, instrument, note, intervals)
Wha this the opening similar to?

A

Portentous-sounding (solemn) synth strings
Repeating note A in octaves

Opening of ‘Cloudbusting’

25
Q

What enters in bar 2 of ‘Under Ice’?
How long does this last for?

A

Atmospheric synth pad with a sustained chord
Throughout

26
Q

What note does the voice enter on in ‘Under Ice’?
What it the range of the vocal?

A

Low A
Low tessitura, narrow range of a 5th

27
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How is ‘Under Ice’ unusual for a pop song?

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Through-composed:
No discernible verses or choruses
Doesn’t fall into sections but changes throughout

28
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What acts as a unifying factor in because of it being thorough-composed in ‘Under Ice’?

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Permitted by a quaver-quaver-crotchet motif
Along with:
Th repeated synth string octaves on each beat

29
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When is the ‘Under Ice’ motif first and then heard?
What is it similar to?

A

Strings in bar 3
Vocals in bar 9

Semiquaver-semiquaver-quaver figure in ‘And Dream Of Sheep’

A-level Music Edexcel (13 decks)

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