Paul Simons Flashcards
Graceland Instrumentation
-Fretless bass accompanies the opening with a glissando onto the tonal pedle and held fro two bars
-African pedlesteel guitar plays off beat syncopation triadic patterns
Graceland Melody
-Each phrase begins with an anarusis
-Overall verse range
-Chorus vocal melody is mainly disjunct and sylabic
-Word painting
Graceland Rhythm, Tempo and Metre
-4/4
-Free vocal rhythm contrasts the bass guitar
-‘I’m going to Graceland’ interacts with the bass
-Guitar riffs mbaqongo
-Verse 2 and 3 have increased use of triplets
Graceland Texture
-Melody and Accompaniment
-Question and answer between vocals and pedlesteel guitar
c2 backing vocals
Graceland Structure
-Strophic form
-Verse 2+3 are double Verse 1
-1st half different, 2nd half more closely linked to verse 1
Graceland Tonality and Harmony
-F major
-Blues turn around to chord progression continues
- I-IV-VI-V-IV
Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes Instrumentation
-Isicathamiya style into
-Soft acappela singing layered parts
-Guitar bass and drums
-First three bars contain horns
Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes Melody
-Initial leap of minor 3rd in verse 1
-Mostly sylabic and conjunct
-Chorus begins in high vocal tessiture
Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes Rhythm, Tempo and Metre
-Starts with an anacrusis
-Driven quavers in bass line
-Triplet rhythm heard in chords
-Coda- bass copies of vocals
-South African music
Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes Texture
-Homophonic intro vocals in Zulu language
-Polyphonic with Paul Simons
-Melody and accompaniment
Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes Tonality, Harmony
-Starts E major
-Modulates to F when Paul Simon sings
-Faster rate of harmonic change from instruments
You can call me Al Instrumentation
-Begins with synths and synth guitars
-Verses vocal delay
-Pennywhistle solo
-Second half mirrors the first
You can call me Al Melody
-Mostly Conjunct and descending
-Chorus riffs from the intro
-Bridge glissandos cut down to minimal, only really heard in the last verse
You can call me Al Rhythm, Tempo and Metre
-Moderate tempo 128 bpm
-Chorus begins 2nd beatof each bar
-Most phrases are syncopated
-Some alliteration to match the lyrics
-Call and Response
You can call me Al Texture
-Melody and Accompaniment
You can call me Al Structure
-Chorus 2 different
-Coda begins with a vamp section
You can call me Al Tonality and Harmony
-F major
-Repeating 2 bar progression as riff ( F-C-Bb-F-FC)
-Change to harmonic pace
