Pop - Beatles - Eleanor Rigby - TEXTURE

Question 1

What is the predominant texture of Eleanor Rigby?

Answer 1

• Homophonic
• repeated staccato chords frequently offset by sustained notes
  e.g. at the opening
  from bar 19 ( descending chromatic line in viola
  and pedal in cello

Question 2

What variations to the predominant texture of Eleanor Rigby are there?

Answer 2

Verse 2
- additional rising scale in qvrs in cello (bar 30)
- sustained syncopated viola line, 6th below vocal line
(bar 33)

Refrain
- crotchets rising by step violin I (bar 40)

Verse 3
- sustained, syncopated violin II line, 3rd below vocal
line (bar 54)
- cello doubles vocal line (bar 59)

Last refrain
- contrapuntal combination of upper backing vocals from Intro plus refrain