Revolver - The Beatles

Question 1

When was the Beatles formed

Answer 1

1960

Question 2

When was revolver released?

Answer 2

August 1966

Question 3

Who was their producer?

Answer 3

George Martin (classically-trained so often arranged music)

Question 4

What are the lyrics of Eleanor Rigby about?

Answer 4

Loneliness and ageing

Question 5

What is the instrumentation of Eleanor rigby?

Answer 5

String ensemble

Question 6

Which line does the cello double the voice on in ER?

Answer 6

‘wiping the dirt from his hands’

Question 7

what do the violas play in the refrain of ER?

Answer 7

A semibreve four-bar descending chromatic phrase

Question 8

What is the overall strucutre of ER?

Answer 8

Verse-refrain

Question 9

How long are the verse in ER?

Answer 9

10 bars (4+1 phrases)

Question 10

How long are the refrains in ER?

Answer 10

8 bars

Question 11

What two parts of ER are combined in the outro?

Answer 11

Intro and refrain

Question 12

Which two chords are used throughout ER?

Answer 12

Em and C (only Em in refrain)

Question 13

What is the harmonic rhythm of ER?

Answer 13

slow

Question 14

What ornament is used to add mild dissonance in the voice of ER?

Answer 14

Appoggiatura

Question 15

What mode is used in the voice of ER?

Answer 15

Dorian

Question 16

What mode is used in the backing vocals of ER?

Answer 16

Aeolian

Question 17

Which two leaps are used in the refrain of ER?

Answer 17

Octave and 10th

Question 18

What technique is used on the string repeated crotchets in ER?

Answer 18

Downbow

Question 19

What rhythmic device is used in the voice of ER?

Answer 19

Syncopation, to follow the natural rhythm of speech

Question 20

What technique does Paul McCartney use on vocals in HTAE?

Answer 20

Falsetto with high tessitura

Question 21

What are the backing vocals of HTAE like?

Answer 21

Close harmony using vocalisation in a barbershop style, with some portamento

Question 22

What recording technique is used in the B section of HTAE?

Answer 22

Leslie Cabinet in chromatic guitar phrase to produce a mandolin sound

Question 23

What is the key of the A section of HTAE?

Answer 23

G major (with passing modulations to Em Bars 9-10)

Question 24

What is the key of the B section of HTAE?

Answer 24

Bb major

Question 25

How long is the intro of HTAE?

Answer 25

3 bars, with a caesura at the end

Question 26

How many bars in the A section of HTAE?

Answer 26

10 bars

Question 27

How many bars is the B section of HTAE?

Answer 27

4 bars (3+1 phrases)

Question 28

What is the overall structure of HTAE?

Answer 28

Altered version of 32-bar song form (AABA) in 28 bars because of shortened B section

Question 29

What are the chords in Section A of HTAE like?

Answer 29

Root position and ascend in parallel stepwise motion

Question 30

What is the purpose of the Cm chord in HTAE?

Answer 30

A pivot chord as it is in both Gm and Bb major

Question 31

What key are Bars 14-15 of HTAE?

Answer 31

G (tonic) minor as a perfect cadence idea is created between D7 and Gm chords

Question 32

What is the metre of HTAE?

Answer 32

4/4 (except for 7/8 Bar 2 to accommodate lyrics)

Question 33

What is the melisma at the end of IWTTY similar to?

Answer 33

A call to prayer, reflecting the Indian influence

Question 34

What recording techniques are used in IWTTY?

Answer 34

Fade in and fade out

Question 35

What is the range of the voice in IWTTY?

Answer 35

Narrow - normally a fourth (A to D)

Question 36

What is the tonality of IWTTY?

Answer 36

A major

Question 37

Which two chords are used in the opening of IWTTY?

Answer 37

A and D

Question 38

What is the key in the bridge of IWTTY?

Answer 38

B minor (supertonic)

Question 39

What harmonic device is used in the outro of IWTTY?

Answer 39

Tonic pedal

Question 40

What Indian instruments are used in TNK?

Answer 40

Sitar and tambura drone

Question 41

What is done to the guitar solo in TNK?

Answer 41

Played in reverse

Question 42

What recording technique is used on the vocals in TNK?

Answer 42

Artificial double tracking - "100 Tibetan monks chanting"

Question 43

What is the structure of TNK?

Answer 43

Strophic

Question 44

What mode is the vocal music of TNK in?

Answer 44

Mixolydian

Question 45

What scale does the guitar solo of TNK use?

Answer 45

Blues (variation on pentatonic scale)

Question 46

What rhythm is used continuously on the drums of TNK?

Answer 46

Rock

Question 47

What rhythms are used in the voice in the coda of TNK?

Answer 47

Triplets to create cross-rhythms

Question 48

What rhythmic feature are heard in TNK's guitar solo?

Answer 48

Syncopation and Lombardic rhythms

Question 49

What chord is implied throughout TNK?

Answer 49

C with flattened 7th Bb on organ