Tomorrow never knows Flashcards
Beatles
Key
C mixolydian but in the intro it is based around G major
This is the last…
Song in their album
Basses play…
Riffs in octaves throughout
The piece begins…
(Texture)
Monophonic (2 bars), then polyphonic
The piece is about…
The idea of the afterlife
There is …. In the bass parts to drive the music forward
(B. 3)
Syncopation / push rhythms
At the beginning, in terms of harmony, you can hear….
A drone on C
Which is an Indian influence
Structure
Strophic form : idea of meditative continuation
i.e. verse, verse, verse….
Singer enters with…
An anacrusis
Melody
Triadic
Double tracked vocals
“It is not” causes…
Cross rhythms
Studio techniques used
Verispeed
And in the instrumental solo : back masking (meaning it’s played backwards)
Fade out
The …. is used on the vocals
Leslie cabinet
What is caused by back masking
Lombardi rhythms
They wanted to…
Create a sound mash
In the guitar solo (section B)
He plays a blues pentatonic scale
The track piano which is heard at the end of the piece, sounds like… and plays….
A honky tonk, (out of tune piano) - produces a jangley sound
Syncopation
The outro sounds…
Improvised
Loop 1
Seagull sounds (Paul McCartney laughing)
Loop 2
Mellotron with flute setting
Loop 3
Mellotron with string setting
Loop 4
Rising sitar phrase
Loop 5
Sustained orchestral chord
Which loop comes in “that love is all and love is everyone”
Loop 4