Pop Flashcards
Beatles arguments
P1: pop composition: texture, sonority, structure
P2: influential period (1960s)
Inner state of mind, Pine
Nonsense, scat singing
here there and everywhere
I II III IV rising chord progression - God only knows, beach boys
Rolling Stones, Out Of Time
Sonority
Percussive; glockenspiel, clicks
New techniques of recording
Beatles
Kate Buch - synth as low budget
Rolling Stones, Ruby Tuesday
Orchestral sonority
Flute/bansouri
Cello
Much tambourine
“God only knows what id be without you”
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
The Who, Pinball Wizard
Opening melodramatic
Minor falling chord sequence with repeated same guitar note - clash and dissonance
Opening less joyful/fun than rest of song