killer queen set work revision Flashcards
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who was the main singer of queen
Freddie mercury
who was the drummer
Roger Taylor
who was the guitarist
Brian may
who was the bassist
John deacon
what is the into of the song consisting of
6 finger clicks
what is the name of the special type of piano played in the song
honky-tonk piano
where the piano chords staccato or legato
staccato
what is the name of the vocal technique Freddie uses in high parts of the song
falsetto
when is the first short guitar solo
bar 23.
what is the vocal style
syllabic
when is the 2 parts of the main guitar solo
part 1- 44-51
part 2- 52-61
when was the song released
1974
what makes the lyrics special
the lyrics were written before the actual music and the lyrics are suggestive and vague to be left open for the listeners interpretation
what did Freddie mercury bring to queen
an immense sense of creativity and an element of drama and theatre.
name name the 5 instruments playing
multi tracked vocals
jangle piano
electric guitar
bass guitar
drumkit and percussion
what was queens use of synthesisers like in killer queen
queen used no synthesizers across the entire album sheer heart attack and was very proud of this
what is the time signature
12/8
what is the bpm/tempo
112bpm
what is multi tracking
recording a performance on separate tracks so that each track can be edited individually
what is overdubbing
recording in another instrumental or vocal part over previously recorded music
define word painting
when the music matches what is being said in the lyrics. eg in killer queen ‘Lazar beam’ in the chorus sounds like a Lazar beam
give some advantages of music technology
easy to save and delete tracks
efficient and fast
allows them to add technique such as flanger, etc
ability to edit tracks
what does a vibrato look like on the guitar music
squiggly line
what does a bend look like on the guitar music
curved up and down line.
what does a slide look link in guitar music
a downward facing line
what does a palm mute look like on the guitar music
P.M
what was a staple of queen guitar parts
multi-tracked electric guitars
what did Brian may play with instead of a plectrum
a sixpence coin
what was the texture
homophonic (melody and accompaniment)
remember!
backing vocals were used throught the piece, they were all multi tracked
what was a part of the song where panning was used a lot
the backing vocals
what music technology made a swooshing sound across the piece and was used heavily on words such as Lazar beam
flanger
name an effect used on the guitar
distortion
remember!
lots of use of reverb ( echo effect)
what was something special about the instrumentation of the piece
it had more instruments than the standard rock song
