MUSC 121 Flashcards
Pickup (Not a complete measure)
Intro (4 measures, boogie woogie piano)
Verse (Saxs, Rift #1, backbeat in snare drum)
Verse (12 measures, Rift #1)
Verse (12 measure, rift #2, Call and response)
Chorus (12 measures)
Baritone, Sax Solo (1, 2, Lots of improv)
Verse (12 measures, Rift #1)
Chorus (12 measures)
Verse (12, Rift #2)
Chorus (12 measures)
Shake, Rattle & Roll - Big Joe Turner (Baritone & Sax Solo - improv, boogie woogie piano)
Pickup
Intro (4 measures)
Verse (12 measures, rift #1)
Chorus (12 measure, backbeat with clap)
Verse (12, Rift #2)
Chorus (12 measure, backbeat with clap)
Tenor Sax solo (call & response, not improvised)
Verse (12, Rift #1)
Verse (12, Rift #2)
Chorus (12 measure, backbeat with clap)
Tag (2 measures)
Shake, Rattle, & Roll - Bill Haley and his Comets (Backbeat with clap (x3), tenor sax)
Pickup (incomplete measure)
Chorus (13 measures, call and response throughout)
Verse (13 measures)
Chorus (12 measures)
Guitar solo (36 measures - 12, 12, 12; strong backbeat & blue notes… scooping and flattening notes like in blues)
Verse (12 ½ measures)
Chorus (12 measures)
Tag (1 measure)
Hound Dog - Big Mama Thorton (Guitar solo with blue notes scooping, call & response throughout)
Pickup
Chorus (12 measures, Rifts 1 & 2 throughout; call and response in measure 6; 12=8+4… 2+2)
Verse (12 measures)
Chorus (12)
Guitar solo (12 measures, “ahh” backup)
Verse (12 measures)
Guitar solo (12, “ahh” backup)
Verse (12)
Chorus (12)
Tag (1)
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley (Call & response throughout, “ahh” backup)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand - The Beatles (clap riff)
The Times are a Changin’ - Bob Dylan (Solo to Verse to Solo repetition)
Intro (4 measure, 2 [“baion rhythm”]+2 [harmony])
Verse (16 measures, 8+8)
Chorus (8 measures, C+R between lead vocalist & backup)
Verse (16 measures, 8+8 - “ooh” + “aah”)
Chorus (8 measures, C+)
Strings (8 measures)
Chorus (8 measures with countermelody)
Drums (2 measures, “baion rhythm”)
Chorus/Fade: (14+ measures, strong backbeat & drum fills)
Be My Baby - The Ronettes (baion rhythm, harmony, radio-friendly)
Organ Build up
Intro (8 measures, 4+4 - in 2nd 4, high microphone and low end bass)
||: Verse (16 measures, 12+4 - refrain), Chorus (12 measures, 8+4 - refrain) :||
Verse (8 Measures)
Chorus/Fade (8+ Measures)
Stop! In the Name of Love - The Supremes (||: :||, organ build up)
Intro (8 measures; 4 guitar solo/backbeat + 4 bass & horns)
Verse (8 measures, horns sustained notes)
Chorus (8 measures, call and response, vocals, and guitar)
Verse (8 measures; horn, ‘shots’, 1+2+3+4+)
Chorus (8 measures, call and response “play it steve”
Verse (8 measures, horn ‘shots’ ‘listen now’)
Chorus (8 measures, backbeat)
Bridge
Chorus/Fade (8+ measures)
Soul Man - Sam & Dave (horns sustained notes, playful - “play it steve”)
Intro (8 measures)
Chorus (16 measures)
Verse (18 measures)
Chorus (16 measures)
Verse (18 measures)
Chorus (16 measures)
Verse (18 measures)
T (16 measures)
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones (16 & 18 measure chorus vers repetition)
Intro (4 measures)
A (10 measures, “I read”)
A (9 measures, drum fills & “he blew his mind”)
A (9 measures, “I saw”)
B (10 measures, “love to”, crescendo - louder, orchestra, synthesizer - keyboard, traffic sounds)
Cut Time (2x as fast)
Intro (4 measures)
A (10 measures)
A (9 measures)
First tempo (10 measures, “dream”)
A (9 measures)
B (10 measures, “Love to”)
Final chord
A Day in the Life - The Beatles (words, traffic sounds, cut time)
Drum Pickup
Intro (8 measures)
Verse (22 measures, 8+14 [bells & refrain)
Bridge (8 measures)
Verse (22 measures, 8+14 [bells & organ)
Bridge ( 8 measures)
Tenor sax Solo (12 measures)
Bridge (16 measures; sounds like state fair music)
Guitar solo (14 measures & pause)
Verse (30 measures, 8+14[bells]+8[refrain])
Tag (17 measures)
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen (Tensor sax and guitar solos)
Pickup in bass
Intro (16 measures, 8 [maracas, bells, vibraphone, bass drum - additive texture: when instruments are added in]+8 [horns])
A (16 measures, 8 flute + 8 strings)
B (10 measures, flugelhorn “lush)
A ( 21 measures, 9 strings + 12 opening)
A (16 measures - very busy)
B (10 measure - flugelhorn)
A/Fade (16 measures)
The Hustle - Van McCoy (flugelhorn & maracas)
I A A B A A A B A
12 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
hi-hat cymbals hi-hat Cymbals to end
Guitar solo A C C C T
9 8 8 8 8 2
“no future”
God Save the Queen - The Sex Pistols (guitar solo, a b and c)
Pick up
Intro (6 measures)
A (11 measures)
Chorus (10 measures, “love”)
Bridge (4 measures)
A (12 measures, “good)
B (8 measures, “nice”)
A (11 measures, “frettin”)
Chorus (5 measures, “Love”)
Organ solo (20 measures)
A (11 measures, “foolin’”)
Chorus/Fade (20 measures, “love”)
You Need Love - Muddy Waters (Organ Solo)
