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Characteristics of Pop (4)

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  1. Appeals to a general audience, rather than artistic audience
  2. Focuses of craftsmanship’s rather than artistic quality
  3. Recording, production and technology is favoured over live performance
  4. Encourages dancing with dance style rhythms
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Changes to technology between 60’s and 80’s (1-2 for each)

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60’s Synthesiser and multi-track recording. Microphones allowed intimate singing style
70’s Grandmaster Flash invented ‘cutting’ and DJ technique between songs.
80’s development of computers and sampling

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A day in the life artist, album, year and label

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Beatles
Sgt. Pepper’s and the Lonely-Hearts Club Band
1967
EMI Studios

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A day in the life: Melodic Elements

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  1. Circle of Fifths progression in Dream Interlude
  2. Flat7 goes against tonality
  3. Trill-like vocal melisma
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A day in the life: Rhythmic Elements

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  1. Rhythmic drum fills transition
  2. Odd phrase lengths
  3. Varying tempos
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A day in the life: lyrical content and other information

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Inspired by 2 unrelated news stories

Experimental
The final E chord was produced by 3 grand pianos and represents the ‘end of the world.’

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Billie Jean artist, album, year and label

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Michael Jackson
Thriller
1982
EPIC

QUINCY JONES PRODUCER

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Billie Jean: Melodic Elements

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  1. Aeolian mode with maj6
  2. Strings play counter-melody
  3. Funk infused guitar octaves
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Billie Jean: Rhythmic Elements

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  1. Repetitive bassline ostinato played in majority of song

2. Synth stabs are syncopated

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Billie Jean: Lyrical content and other information

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Theme of predatory and obsessive women

Michael was influential on Pop genre with MTV rotation, recieving global acceptance
Michael overdubbed his own vocals

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Hungry like the Wolf artist, album, year and label

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Duran Duran
Rio
1982
EMI Records

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Hungry like the wolf: Melodic Elements

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  1. Flat7 goes against tonality
  2. Key change to Cmaj (unnotated)
  3. Minor bridge section
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Hungry like the Wolf: Rhythmic Elements

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  1. Syncopated riff guitar
  2. Drum fills before chorus
  3. Arpeggiator common through whole song except bridge = effective
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Hungry like the wolf: Lyrical content and other information

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Song is rampant with animalistic sexual undertones

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Applause artist, album, year and label

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Lady Gaga
ARTPOP
2013
Interscope

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Applause: Melodic Elements

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  1. Multi-part harmonies
  2. Vocal melisma ‘hooh’
  3. Call and response, heavy backing vocals
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Applause: Rhythmic Elements

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  1. 4 bar accelerating drums
  2. ‘4 to the floor’ typical of dance music
  3. Hand claps and sfx

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