Queen: Killer Queen (From The Album 'Sheer Heart Attack')

Question 1

What is does a strophic structure imply?

Answer 1

Sections keep coming back / repeating

Question 2

What is the overall structure of Killer Queen?

Answer 2

Verse-chorus and Strophic

Question 3

What is multi-tracking?

Answer 3

Recording multiple parts separately and then editing them together to play at the same time

Question 4

Name all the guitar techniques.

Answer 4

String bend
Slide
Vibrato
Pull-off

Question 5

Describe the string bend on the guitar.

Answer 5

Strike the note and bend up, then release back to the original note, so only the first note is struck

Question 6

Describe the slide in the guitar.

Answer 6

Strike the first note and then slide the same fret-hand finger up or down to the second note, which should not be struck

Question 7

Describe the pull-off on the guitar.

Answer 7

Bend the note and then strike it

Question 8

Describe the vibrato of the guitar.

Answer 8

The string is vibrated by rapidly bending and releasing the note with the fretting hand

Question 9

What is the time signature of Killer Queen?

Answer 9

12/8

Question 10

What does the time signature of Killer Queen sound like?

Answer 10

4/4 but in triplets

Question 11

What does the 6 click intro of the song create?

Answer 11

Metric ambiguity

Question 12

What is syncopation?

Answer 12

When notes are played off the beat

Question 13

What is a Honky Tonk and what does it represent?

Answer 13

It is a slightly out of tune piano which represents Vaudeville

Question 14

Who was the vocalist of Queen?

Answer 14

Freddie Mercury

Question 15

In what year was Killer Queen released?

Answer 15

1974

Question 16

What instruments are used in Killer Queen?

Answer 16

Vocals, piano, electric guitars and drums

Question 17

What is a large tessitura?

Answer 17

A large range of vocal pitches that can be sung

Question 18

What volume is the piece played at throughout?

Answer 18

Mezzaforte

Question 19

What is the texture of the song?

Answer 19

Melody-dominated homophony

Question 20

What chords does the accompaniment mostly play?

Answer 20

Block chords

Question 21

What is the tempo of the song?

Answer 21

112bpm

Question 22

What is the tonic key of Killer Queen?

Answer 22

E flat major

Question 23

What key do the verses in Killer Queen start in?

Answer 23

C minor (relative minor)

Question 24

What key do the choruses in Killer Queen start in?

Answer 24

B flat Major (dominant)

Question 25

What effect is used on ‘like a laser beam’?

Answer 25

Flanging

Question 26

What is word painting?

Answer 26

When the lyric used represents the sound made in the music

Question 27

What is the pitch of Mercury’s voice when he says ‘Queen’ leading into the chorus?

Answer 27

B flat (dominant)

Question 28

How often are the percussion instruments used?

Answer 28

Once

Question 29

What bars are the introduction?

Answer 29

Bars 1-2

Question 30

What bars are verse 1?

Answer 30

Bars 2-14

Question 31

What bars are chorus 1?

Answer 31

Bars 15-22

Question 32

What bars are the instrumental link?

Answer 32

Bars 23-26

Question 33

What bars are verse 2?

Answer 33

Bars 27-38

Question 34

What bars are chorus 2?

Answer 34

Bars 39-43

Question 35

What bars are the guitar solo?

Answer 35

Bars 44-61

Question 36

What bars are verse 3?

Answer 36

Bars 62-69

Question 37

What bars are chorus 3.

Answer 37

Bars 70-78

Question 38

From what bar onwards is the outro?

Answer 38

7”

Question 39

What genre was Killer Queen?

Answer 39

Glam Rock