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A Level Music (Edexcel) > Pop 'N' Jazz - Beatles, Bush, Pine > Flashcards

Pop 'N' Jazz - Beatles, Bush, Pine Flashcards

Includes "Revolver, "Cloudbusting" & "Back In The Day" + WL

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What is the context of “Revolver”?

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  • Psychedelic rock album
  • London
  • For showcasing blues & rhythm influences
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Eleanor Rigby - Melody

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  • diatonic + conjunct verses
  • distinctive 8ve leap in refrain
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Eleanor Rigby - Harmony

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  • Slow harmonic rate between C + Em
  • dissonance in descending viola
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Eleanor Rigby - Tonality

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Dorian modal lead vocals
Aeolian modal backing vocals

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Eleanor Rigby - Rhythm

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sus. semibreves
syncopated vocals

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Eleanor Rigby - Texture

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  • homophonic w/doubled parts
  • block chords
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Eleanor Rigby - Sonority

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Doubled stopped strings
Syllabic vocals

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HTaE - Melody

Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive

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disjunct vocals
Chromatic sequences

Descending chromaticism

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HTaE - Harmony

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  • 4-chord progressions
  • parallel root position
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HtaE - Tonality

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G maj w/ E min excursions
Bb maj mod.

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HtaE - Rhythm

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Free rhythm
syncopated vocals

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HTaE - Texture

Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

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  • American barbershop a vocals
  • Two part main vocals
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HTaE - Sonority

The Kinks - Lola vs. Powerman

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  • Spread guitar chords
  • Leslie cabinet produces mandolin style
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IWTTY - Melody

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Conjunct vocal scalic ideas w/melisma chant

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IWTTY - Harmony

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Alternating tonic/subdom chords
Diminished chords

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IWTTY - Tonality

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Flat 7 over pedal A
Dissonant key with min 9th

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IWTTY - Rhythm

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Swung rhythm
frequent syncopated vocals
Guitar triplets

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IWTTY - Texture

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Prominent drums
Textural fade in/out

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IWTTY - Sonority

David Bowie - Warszawa

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  • Close Harmony Vocals
  • Narrow range

Static harmony

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TNN - Melody

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  • Mixolydian melody
  • Pentatonic Scale
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TNN - Harmony

Beach Boys - God Only Knows

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  • Implied C chord throughout
  • Flat 7th Bb chord - unusual

non-functional progressions

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TNN - Tonality

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Myxolidian vocals
Blues scale

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TNN - Rhythm

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  • Continuous rock drum rhythm
  • Lombardic three vs two cross rhythm
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TNN - Texture

Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive

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tambura drone
double tracked vocals

long pedal notes resemble drone

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TNN - Sonority

THe Who

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  • distorted guitar solo
  • altered Leslie vocals

manipulated guitar produces noises

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What is the context of “Hounds Of Love”?

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  • Two sided concept album
  • Welling
  • Uillean pipes. vocals, CMI, bouzouki & whistles
  • For increasing production sales
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Cloudbusting - Melody

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Triadic vocals before rising fifths
Syncopated rubato notes

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Cloudbusting - Harmony

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Stepwise motion using 7ths & 9ths
B add 9

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Cloudbusting - Tonality

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Modal C# min with no key changes
Tonal but not straightforwardly functional

30
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Cloudbusting - Rhythm

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6/4 time signatures extend phrases
Anticipatory syncopation

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Cloudbusting - Texture

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before octave string
Polyphonic

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Cloudbusting - Sonority

Annie Lennox - Walking on Broken glass

A
  • Short Staccato Chords
  • Violin Countermelody + Riff

Prominent strings

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ADOS - Melody

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Two rising 5ths
oscillating min 3rds
Word painting vocals

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ADOS - Harmony

Tori Amos - Winter

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E maj conventional prog
over tonic pedal

Exploited Vocals

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ADOS - Tonality

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Verses in modal C# min
E maj refrain + bridge

36
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ADOS - Rhythm

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Syncopation with duple meters used to extend phrases
Lombardic triplets with ritardando

37
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ADOS - Texture

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Focuses on vocal line with piano sometimes doubling it
Mid range blocked chords with tonic pedal

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ADOS - Sonority

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Dominating voice/piano
decorative bouzouki

39
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Under Ice - Melody

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Staccato phrasing with sinking portamento
Quasi pentatonic shapes at 15 with stepwise notes

40
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Under Ice - Harmony

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A natural min chords with 3rds moving up and down
Occasional D major chords from 49

41
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Under Ice - Tonality

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Modal A min without modulations
Finishes on ambiguous A min sus2

42
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Under Ice - Rhythm

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Obsessive crotchet pulse w/accelerando

43
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Under Ice - Texture

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Bass pedal textures with open fifths
Homorhythmic at 19 before vocal dialogue from 50

44
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Under Ice - Sonority

Bjork - Vulnikura

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Low vocals limited to a perfect 5th with synths
High melisma before Mongolian throat singer

Lyrical Imagery on ending phrases

45
Q

What is the context of “Back In The Day”?

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  • Post-bop jazz album
  • London
  • Saxes, keyboards, bass, drums & turntables
  • For bringing modernistic cultures together
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LD+JC - Melody

A

short melodic riff in alto sax
chorus expands from minor 3rd to dim 5th

47
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LD+JC - Harmony

WC Handy - St. Louis Blues

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  • loose 12 bar blues in C
  • chromatic shifts

12-bar blues

48
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LD+JC Tonality

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Fm
Aug 5th = perf cadence

49
Q

LD+JC - rhythm

Jay Z - Bluprint 3

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syncopated hammond organ
double time drum + bass

50
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LD+JC - Texture

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Denser keyboard accompanying sax

51
Q

LD+JC - Sonority

Incognito - 100 degrees + rising

A

multi-tracked vocals
reverb on vocals + solo sax

Improvisation

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ISM - Melody

Miles Davis - So What

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four-note rising melodic motif in guitar
sax melody based on dorian mode

Identical Sax Motif

53
Q

ISM - Harmony

Alicia Keys - If I Aint Got You

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Based around Cm7 + Dm7
chord extensions

7th chords

54
Q

ISM - Tonality

Ldn Community Gospel Choir - Faith

A

Dorian modal saxophone
Guitar riff uses pentatonic scale

Pentatonic Guitar

55
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ISM - Rhythm

Jay-Z - Bluprint 3

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Cross rhythms + syncopation

syncopated rhythms

56
Q

ISM - Texture

Galliano - Twyford Down

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Constant Homophony

backing vocals in intro

57
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ISM - Sonority

Miles Davis - The doo bop song

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Improvisation - scatting
Sax trills + glissandis

Rap + repeated motifs

58
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L+A - Melody

Nina Simone - Feelin’ Good

A
  • Underlying memorable bass riff
  • blue vocal notes

Blues Notes

59
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L+A - Harmony

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Chords move in E, avoiding E
Descending chromatic harmonies

60
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L+A - Tonality

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  • EMaj
  • ends on 3-note tonic chord
61
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L+A - Rhythm

Jay-Z - Bluprint 3

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Free rock rhythm
occassional stop time bars
Off beat notes

Syncopated Rhythms

62
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L+A - Texture

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Interesting choice of bass clarinet
Distorted guitar sounds

A Level Music (Edexcel) (7 decks)

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