Queen-questions Flashcards
features of rock style
rock instruments - electric guitar and drum kit
harsh vocals in verse 2
distortion, bends and power chords in guitar interlude
guitar lick in the instrumental interlude
guitar riff
features of pop/ballad style
range of an 8ve
harmony typically falling in 3rds
piano broken chord acocompaniment
lyrical melody
syncopation and 4/4 in v1
features of the operatic section
instrumentation - piano, voice, chorus
compositional techniques
chromatic melody
Italian referneces
operatic references
similarities between v1 and v2
Bb -Eb is the main tonality of both verses
glissando used on bass guitar
differences between v1 and v2
rock style in v2, ballad style in v1
perfect cadence in v2, plagal cadence in v1
backing vocals added in v2, not used at all in v1
