Pop 'N' Jazz - Beatles, Bush, Pine Flashcards
Includes "Revolver, "Cloudbusting" & "Back In The Day" + WL
What is the context of “Revolver”?
- Psychedelic rock album
- London
- For showcasing blues & rhythm influences
Eleanor Rigby - Melody
- diatonic + conjunct verses
- distinctive 8ve leap in refrain
Eleanor Rigby - Harmony
- Slow harmonic rate between C + Em
- dissonance in descending viola
Eleanor Rigby - Tonality
Dorian modal lead vocals
Aeolian modal backing vocals
Eleanor Rigby - Rhythm
sus. semibreves
syncopated vocals
Eleanor Rigby - Texture
- homophonic w/doubled parts
- block chords
Eleanor Rigby - Sonority
Doubled stopped strings
Syllabic vocals
HTaE - Melody
Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive
disjunct vocals
Chromatic sequences
Descending chromaticism
HTaE - Harmony
- 4-chord progressions
- parallel root position
HtaE - Tonality
G maj w/ E min excursions
Bb maj mod.
HtaE - Rhythm
Free rhythm
syncopated vocals
HTaE - Texture
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
- American barbershop a vocals
- Two part main vocals
HTaE - Sonority
The Kinks - Lola vs. Powerman
- Spread guitar chords
- Leslie cabinet produces mandolin style
IWTTY - Melody
Conjunct vocal scalic ideas w/melisma chant
IWTTY - Harmony
Alternating tonic/subdom chords
Diminished chords
IWTTY - Tonality
Flat 7 over pedal A
Dissonant key with min 9th
IWTTY - Rhythm
Swung rhythm
frequent syncopated vocals
Guitar triplets
IWTTY - Texture
Prominent drums
Textural fade in/out
IWTTY - Sonority
David Bowie - Warszawa
- Close Harmony Vocals
- Narrow range
Static harmony
TNN - Melody
- Mixolydian melody
- Pentatonic Scale
TNN - Harmony
Beach Boys - God Only Knows
- Implied C chord throughout
- Flat 7th Bb chord - unusual
non-functional progressions
TNN - Tonality
Myxolidian vocals
Blues scale
TNN - Rhythm
- Continuous rock drum rhythm
- Lombardic three vs two cross rhythm
TNN - Texture
Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive
tambura drone
double tracked vocals
long pedal notes resemble drone
TNN - Sonority
THe Who
- distorted guitar solo
- altered Leslie vocals
manipulated guitar produces noises
What is the context of “Hounds Of Love”?
- Two sided concept album
- Welling
- Uillean pipes. vocals, CMI, bouzouki & whistles
- For increasing production sales
Cloudbusting - Melody
Triadic vocals before rising fifths
Syncopated rubato notes
Cloudbusting - Harmony
Stepwise motion using 7ths & 9ths
B add 9
Cloudbusting - Tonality
Modal C# min with no key changes
Tonal but not straightforwardly functional
Cloudbusting - Rhythm
6/4 time signatures extend phrases
Anticipatory syncopation
Cloudbusting - Texture
before octave string
Polyphonic
Cloudbusting - Sonority
Annie Lennox - Walking on Broken glass
- Short Staccato Chords
- Violin Countermelody + Riff
Prominent strings
ADOS - Melody
Two rising 5ths
oscillating min 3rds
Word painting vocals
ADOS - Harmony
Tori Amos - Winter
E maj conventional prog
over tonic pedal
Exploited Vocals
ADOS - Tonality
Verses in modal C# min
E maj refrain + bridge
ADOS - Rhythm
Syncopation with duple meters used to extend phrases
Lombardic triplets with ritardando
ADOS - Texture
Focuses on vocal line with piano sometimes doubling it
Mid range blocked chords with tonic pedal
ADOS - Sonority
Dominating voice/piano
decorative bouzouki
Under Ice - Melody
Staccato phrasing with sinking portamento
Quasi pentatonic shapes at 15 with stepwise notes
Under Ice - Harmony
A natural min chords with 3rds moving up and down
Occasional D major chords from 49
Under Ice - Tonality
Modal A min without modulations
Finishes on ambiguous A min sus2
Under Ice - Rhythm
Obsessive crotchet pulse w/accelerando
Under Ice - Texture
Bass pedal textures with open fifths
Homorhythmic at 19 before vocal dialogue from 50
Under Ice - Sonority
Bjork - Vulnikura
Low vocals limited to a perfect 5th with synths
High melisma before Mongolian throat singer
Lyrical Imagery on ending phrases
What is the context of “Back In The Day”?
- Post-bop jazz album
- London
- Saxes, keyboards, bass, drums & turntables
- For bringing modernistic cultures together
LD+JC - Melody
short melodic riff in alto sax
chorus expands from minor 3rd to dim 5th
LD+JC - Harmony
WC Handy - St. Louis Blues
- loose 12 bar blues in C
- chromatic shifts
12-bar blues
LD+JC Tonality
Fm
Aug 5th = perf cadence
LD+JC - rhythm
Jay Z - Bluprint 3
syncopated hammond organ
double time drum + bass
LD+JC - Texture
Denser keyboard accompanying sax
LD+JC - Sonority
Incognito - 100 degrees + rising
multi-tracked vocals
reverb on vocals + solo sax
Improvisation
ISM - Melody
Miles Davis - So What
four-note rising melodic motif in guitar
sax melody based on dorian mode
Identical Sax Motif
ISM - Harmony
Alicia Keys - If I Aint Got You
Based around Cm7 + Dm7
chord extensions
7th chords
ISM - Tonality
Ldn Community Gospel Choir - Faith
Dorian modal saxophone
Guitar riff uses pentatonic scale
Pentatonic Guitar
ISM - Rhythm
Jay-Z - Bluprint 3
Cross rhythms + syncopation
syncopated rhythms
ISM - Texture
Galliano - Twyford Down
Constant Homophony
backing vocals in intro
ISM - Sonority
Miles Davis - The doo bop song
Improvisation - scatting
Sax trills + glissandis
Rap + repeated motifs
L+A - Melody
Nina Simone - Feelin’ Good
- Underlying memorable bass riff
- blue vocal notes
Blues Notes
L+A - Harmony
Chords move in E, avoiding E
Descending chromatic harmonies
L+A - Tonality
- EMaj
- ends on 3-note tonic chord
L+A - Rhythm
Jay-Z - Bluprint 3
Free rock rhythm
occassional stop time bars
Off beat notes
Syncopated Rhythms
L+A - Texture
Interesting choice of bass clarinet
Distorted guitar sounds
