Love and Affection Flashcards
Courtney Pine
Singer
Keli le Roc
Structure
Section 1
Further development of Section 1
Middle 8
Refrain
Saxophone solo
Refrain
Outro
In terms of chords there are NO….
Extended chords because in the original, there weren’t any. Primarily uses primary chords
Instrumentation
Singer
Backup Singers
Synthesised strings
Distortion on electric guitar
Pine plays Bass Clarinet and Saxophone
The beginning in terms of tempo is…
Free time
1st 5 chords in the beginning
Starts on C#m
F#
A
Bm -> E. (V-I)
Texture in the beginning
Melody dominated Homophony
In bar 5 (“East or West”) (chords)
A G#m F#
PARALLEL DESCENDING CHORDS
Generally the piece moves from…in terms of chords
C#m and E
Melody (rhythm)
Speech rhythms
And 3/4 of the way through S.1, cross rhythms are heard
When the bass clarinet comes in in bar 13, what happens
Becomes more chromatic
When the drums come in, a bar after the clarinet, what happens to the harmony
(“Thank youuuuuuuuu”)
No chord because it is a linking section
New chord sequence heard half way through S.1
E
E/G#
A
Bsus4
Describe the bass riff in the line “I could really dance, really dance etc.”
Short, catchy, highly repetitive
Allows singer to show off
What scale is the line, “I could really dance, really dance” composed of
Pentatonic scale
(Makes it easy for the singer to transition between ranges)
“I could really dance, really dance”
Small range of a 5th - because she is riffing on top of the accompaniment
In the “Thank youuu”, what does the clarinet do to introduce the you
Ascend chromatically (short, fast semiquavers)
What happens in “and the rain on my face” in terms of chords
The parallel descending chords return from b.5
(A add 9
G#m
F#)
And the accompaniment plays octaves on the tonic
The back up singers (males and females) are singing in…
Octaves
5 bars before the middle 8 section, the range…and this is noticed because of these two things….
Increases
Sings a G (low)
Sings an octave leap (from B to B)
To introduce the middle 8 section the power chord…emphasises…which is heard throughout one of the bars of the middle 8
B add 4
A
(SUBDOMINANT MODULATION)
In the Middle 8 section, what is added to the melody in terms of notes, and which performative technique does she use
Blues notes (G natural)
Slides - (soul influence). Causes clashes but adds additional interest to the harmony
What is the accompaniment doing in the middle 8 section
Strings go up in parallel movement to increase the tension and build climax for the refrain
(Plays an ascending scale)
What notes are heard the bar before the refrain and what do they produce
G against A in the lower parts
Causes dissonance
What is heard as an introductory to the Refrain
Power chords (meaning that the 3rd isn’t heard - in this case, the D#)
What is the effect of the power chords
To powerfully resolve to E
String synths lead up beat into…
The refrain 1
When refrain 1 is heard, the bass..
Riff comes back
Backing vocals and lead…
Call and response - blues feature
In bar 62, chords…
(“Give me love, give me love”)
Descend chromatically
G
F#add4 (adds dissonance)
There is a 4 bar linking section into
The saxophone solo
In the 4 bar linking section into the sax solo, the vocals…
Are highly virtuosic, with fast Melismatic runs
(Improvisational)
2 bars before the saxophone solo there is…(harmony)
Tritone substitution to add harmonic interest and create tension
[Fmaj7(#4). E]
In the saxophone there are (harmony)
Added chords
BEGINS THE SECTION WITH A TONIC PEDAL NOTE ON E!
The melody in the saxophone solo has
Grace notes and blues notes (G)
Portamento
Scoops
Diminished leap of a 7ths
In the 2nd refrain, the interval between the 1st two notes the singer sings is..
(Just make)
Major 6ths
In the 2nd refrain, “-fection” interval is…
Minor 3rd
“Love song” interval in 2nd refrain
Perfect 5th
In the 2nd refrain, the saxophone and the singer
Dialogue
What is the texture like in the 2nd Refrain and why
Polyphonic because the synth strings come in
The outro is (texture)
Polyphonic
The synth strings play a…which contains…in the scale…
Ostinato / riff
Blues notes
E / Pentatonic scale
