The Beatles - when I'm 64

Question 1

form

Answer 1

intro-verse-bridge 1-verse- bridge 2- verse- coda

each verse ends with the same refrain

Question 2

instrumentation

Answer 2

2 clarinets,bass clarinet, drum kit,piano,chimes, bass guitar, electric guitar, (towards the end)

Question 3

style

Answer 3

a mixture of jazz and rock/pop

Question 4

jazz features

Answer 4

instrumentation, brushes used on snare drum, chromatic melody, syncopation , vamping (ragtime)

Question 5

pop features

Answer 5

form (nearly verse/chorus), standard backbeat

Question 6

recording techniques/features

Answer 6

panning, reverberation, the vocal track was recorded in C major and then sped up to sound in D flat major

Question 7

word painting

Answer 7

Bars 34 and 81 - the chimes mimic wedding bells

Question 8

intro

Answer 8

d flat major
6 bars long
clarinets in imitation/harmony
bass guitar and bass clarinet play vamping bass line

Question 9

verse 1

Answer 9

D flat major

chromatic and syncopated vocal line
accomp on clarinets and bass clarinet and bass guitar playing sustained chords with fils at the end of some phrases.
piano vamping
clarinet fills at end of phrase
piano block chords in middle
clarinet in thirds
snare drums played with brush

Question 10

bridge 1

Answer 10

a flat minor- d flat major
soloist and backing vocals (polyphonic)
clarinets play in thirds
clarinet slide on high note (glissando)

Question 11

verse 2

Answer 11

d flat major

similar to verse 1

Question 12

bridge 2

Answer 12

a flat minor - d flat major

similar to bridge 1

Question 13

verse 3

Answer 13

d flat major
the shortest verse
clarinet plays in thirds and sixths in harmony with the voice, electric guitar joins in

‘will you still need me, will you still feed me’
features dotted rhythm, syncopation, triadic movement and a flattened 3rd

Question 14

coda

Answer 14

d flat major
similar to intro
ends on perfect cadence