Structural Analysis

Question 1

Pickup (Not a complete measure)
Intro (4 measures, boogie woogie piano)
Verse (Saxs, Rift #1, backbeat in snare drum)
Verse (12 measures, Rift #1)
Verse (12 measure, rift #2, Call and response)
Chorus (12 measures)
Baritone, Sax Solo (1, 2, Lots of improv)
Verse (12 measures, Rift #1)
Chorus (12 measures)
Verse (12, Rift #2)
Chorus (12 measures)

Answer 1

Shake, Rattle & Roll - Big Joe Turner (Baritone & Sax Solo - improv, boogie woogie piano)

Question 2

Pickup
Intro (4 measures)
Verse (12 measures, rift #1)
Chorus (12 measure, backbeat with clap)
Verse (12, Rift #2)
Chorus (12 measure, backbeat with clap)
Tenor Sax solo (call & response, not improvised)
Verse (12, Rift #1)
Verse (12, Rift #2)
Chorus (12 measure, backbeat with clap)
Tag (2 measures)

Answer 2

Shake, Rattle, & Roll - Bill Haley and his Comets (Backbeat with clap (x3), tenor sax)

Question 3

Pickup (incomplete measure)
Chorus (13 measures, call and response throughout)
Verse (13 measures)
Chorus (12 measures)
Guitar solo (36 measures - 12, 12, 12; strong backbeat & blue notes… scooping and flattening notes like in blues)
Verse (12 ½ measures)
Chorus (12 measures)
Tag (1 measure)

Answer 3

Hound Dog - Big Mama Thorton (Guitar solo with blue notes scooping, call & response throughout)

Question 4

Pickup
Chorus (12 measures, Rifts 1 & 2 throughout; call and response in measure 6; 12=8+4… 2+2)
Verse (12 measures)
Chorus (12)
Guitar solo (12 measures, “ahh” backup)
Verse (12 measures)
Guitar solo (12, “ahh” backup)
Verse (12)
Chorus (12)
Tag (1)

Answer 4

Hound Dog - Elvis Presley (Call & response throughout, “ahh” backup)

Question 5

Clap Riff

Answer 5

I Wanna Hold Your Hand - The Beatles (clap riff)

Question 6

Solo Verse Repetition

Answer 6

The Times are a Changin’ - Bob Dylan (Solo to Verse to Solo repetition)

Question 7

Intro (4 measure, 2 [“baion rhythm”]+2 [harmony])
Verse (16 measures, 8+8)
Chorus (8 measures, C+R between lead vocalist & backup)
Verse (16 measures, 8+8 - “ooh” + “aah”)
Chorus (8 measures, C+)
Strings (8 measures)
Chorus (8 measures with countermelody)
Drums (2 measures, “baion rhythm”)
Chorus/Fade: (14+ measures, strong backbeat & drum fills)

Answer 7

Be My Baby - The Ronettes (baion rhythm, harmony, radio-friendly)

Question 8

Organ Build up
Intro (8 measures, 4+4 - in 2nd 4, high microphone and low end bass)
||: Verse (16 measures, 12+4 - refrain), Chorus (12 measures, 8+4 - refrain) :||
Verse (8 Measures)
Chorus/Fade (8+ Measures)

Answer 8

Stop! In the Name of Love - The Supremes (||: :||, organ build up)

Question 9

Intro (8 measures; 4 guitar solo/backbeat + 4 bass & horns)
Verse (8 measures, horns sustained notes)
Chorus (8 measures, call and response, vocals, and guitar)
Verse (8 measures; horn, ‘shots’, 1+2+3+4+)
Chorus (8 measures, call and response “play it steve”
Verse (8 measures, horn ‘shots’ ‘listen now’)
Chorus (8 measures, backbeat)
Bridge
Chorus/Fade (8+ measures)

Answer 9

Soul Man - Sam & Dave (horns sustained notes, playful - “play it steve”)

Question 10

Intro (8 measures)
Chorus (16 measures)
Verse (18 measures)
Chorus (16 measures)
Verse (18 measures)
Chorus (16 measures)
Verse (18 measures)
T (16 measures)

Answer 10

Satisfaction - Rolling Stones (16 & 18 measure chorus vers repetition)

Question 11

Intro (4 measures)
A (10 measures, “I read”)
A (9 measures, drum fills & “he blew his mind”)
A (9 measures, “I saw”)
B (10 measures, “love to”, crescendo - louder, orchestra, synthesizer - keyboard, traffic sounds)
Cut Time (2x as fast)
Intro (4 measures)
A (10 measures)
A (9 measures)
First tempo (10 measures, “dream”)
A (9 measures)
B (10 measures, “Love to”)
Final chord

Answer 11

A Day in the Life - The Beatles (words, traffic sounds, cut time)

Question 12

Drum Pickup
Intro (8 measures)
Verse (22 measures, 8+14 [bells & refrain)
Bridge (8 measures)
Verse (22 measures, 8+14 [bells & organ)
Bridge ( 8 measures)
Tenor sax Solo (12 measures)
Bridge (16 measures)
Guitar solo (14 measures & pause)
Verse (30 measures, 8+14[bells]+8[refrain])
Tag (17 measures)

Answer 12

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen (Tensor sax and guitar solos)

Question 13

Pickup in bass
Intro (16 measures, 8 [maracas, bells, vibraphone, bass drum - additive texture: when instruments are added in]+8 [horns])
A (16 measures, 8 flute + 8 strings)
B (10 measures, flugelhorn “lush)
A ( 21 measures, 9 strings + 12 opening)
A (16 measures - very busy)
B (10 measure - flugelhorn)
A/Fade (16 measures)

Answer 13

The Hustle - Van McCoy (flugelhorn & maracas)

Question 14

I A A B A A A B A
12 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
hi-hat cymbals hi-hat Cymbals to end
Guitar solo A C C C T
9 8 8 8 8 2
“no future”

Answer 14

God Save the Queen - The Sex Pistols (guitar solo, a b and c)

Question 15

Pick up
Intro (6 measures)
A (11 measures)
Chorus (10 measures)
Bridge (4 measures)
A (12 measures)
B (8 measures)
A (11 measures
Chorus (5 measures)
Organ solo (20 measures)
A (11 measures
Chorus/Fade (20 measure)

Answer 15

You Need Love - Muddy Waters (Organ Solo)

Question 16

Pickup
Intro 4 - 2, guitar and 2 bass
Verse 1 - 13 measures. 8 coolin and 5 refrain with call and response
Verse 2 (14 measures, 4 [learnin’] +6 [refrain])
Solos (38 measures - percussion, distortion, vocals)
Guitar solos (6 measures, stop time)
Verse (15 measures, 11 [coolin’] + 4 [refrain])
Vocal cadenza (improvised solo for virtuosic display)
Tag/Fade (23+ measures)

Answer 16

Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin (Vocal Cadenza)

Question 17

Pickup - Descending synthesizer
Intro (10 measures, 2 [bass hihat] + 4 [drums + guitar] +4)
Verse (8 measures)
Chorus (8 measures)
Verse (8 measures)
Chorus (8 measures)
Guitar solo (4 measure, modal)
Bridge (4 measures)
Verse (8 measures)
Chorus (8 measures)
Guitar Solo ( 4 measures, modal)
Chorus (8 measures)
Tag (2 measures)

Answer 17

Running with the Devil - Van Halen (descending synthesizer, modal)

Question 18

Intro (6 chords, out of time, & then 16 measures, drum machine & synthesizer)
Verse (16 measures, 8 + 8)
Chorus (8 measures, call and response)
Bridge 4 measures
Verse (16 measures, 8 + 8)
Chorus (8 measures) x2
Bridge to solo (16 measures)
Guitar solo (16 measures, Eddie Van Halen)
Chorus ( 8 measures) x3
Chorus & Fade (8+ measures)

Answer 18

Beat It - Michael Jackson (Intro = 6 chords, out of time, & then 16 measures, drum machine & synthesizer)