You Can Get It If You Really Want- Desmond Dekker and the Aces Flashcards
What are some of the characteristic features of You can get it if you really want?
Rock steady ‘on beat’ Bass, backbeat, syncopations in upper parts, triplets in focal parts and drum fills.
what is the metre of You can get it if you really want?
Quadruple (4/4)
You can get it if you really want is Jamaican with Latin-American influences. Where is this evident?
In the high trumpet part.
The structure of You can get it if you really want is verse and chorus, what is this exactly?
intro, chorus-verse 1, chorus-verse 2 chorus, instrumental, chorus and outro.
what are the forces of You can get it if you really want?
Lead vocals, Backing vocals in two parts, guitars, reeds and brass including trumpets, organ and drums
what is the texture of You can get it if you really want?
Melody dominated homophony.
What genre is You can get it if you really want?
Early reggae or rock steady
What is the tonality of You can get it if you really want?
it is Db throughout.
what is the harmony of You can get it if you really want?
Alternating chord I and IV with occasional V7, except for unrelated chords such as R at bar 37 and parallel chords at bar 40
What is the word setting of You can get it if you really want
Syllabic, except for wwww at end of phrases.
what is the structure of You can get it if you really want?
Verse and chorus.
what is the melody of You can get it if you really want?
Mainly conjunct, narrow in range but near the end it moves by 3rds into a higher register it is based on a major pentatonic scale
