Pop Flashcards

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Beatles arguments

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P1: pop composition: texture, sonority, structure
P2: influential period (1960s)

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2
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Inner state of mind, Pine

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Nonsense, scat singing

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3
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here there and everywhere

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I II III IV rising chord progression - God only knows, beach boys

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4
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Rolling Stones, Out Of Time

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Sonority
Percussive; glockenspiel, clicks

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5
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New techniques of recording

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Beatles
Kate Buch - synth as low budget

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6
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Rolling Stones, Ruby Tuesday

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Orchestral sonority
Flute/bansouri
Cello
Much tambourine

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7
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“God only knows what id be without you”

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Rolling stones, Lady Jane opening guitar melody motif
Very similar melody (tone, movement, descending at end)
Beach boys as vocals
Stones as response/fill vocals

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8
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The Who, Pinball Wizard

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Opening melodramatic
Minor falling chord sequence with repeated same guitar note - clash and dissonance
Opening less joyful/fun than rest of song

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