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Queen 3
5th Yr Music
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define rock style? | When drums and guitars are the driving force, loud and forceful with much use of distortion |
| Define ballad style? | Telling a story, gentle and uncluttered, simple accomp- piano |
| Define classical style? | Tight harmonic progressions, dramatic operatic techniques, no standard drum beats used for effect and word painting. |
| What is the difference between lick and riff? | riff is non improvised, lick is improvised. |
| Define riff. | A short receptive non improv instrumental section which recurs, usually rhythmic |
| Define lick | An improvised section, usually within a riff |
| Name some features of Queens style evident in Boheamian Rhapsody? | Romantic piano accomp, vast dynamic changes, rich vocal harmonies, operatic fanfares, antiphonal and acapella vocals, hard driving rock, frequent modulations, chromatic chords |
| Name the key and time sig of rock section? | E flat major, 12/8 |
| Name the metre of rock section? | 4 (divide 3 into top number, ie quavers grouped in 3's) |
| Is 12/8 compound or simple time? | Compound, quavers grouped in 3's. |
| Whats a sextuplet? | 6 notes played in time of 5 |
| How many bars are in guitar riff? | 4 |
| Name a rhythmic feature of this section? | Strong syncopation |
| Name some features of vocal melody? | triplets, syncopation, repeated notes |
| Does the time sig change? | Yes in bar 103 to 6/8, change of metre to 2, for just one bar. Also uses unexpected chord of d flat, not part of the key. |
| What accomp technique does the bass guitar play when voals come in? | Pedal notes, dominant b flat |
| Name some diff keys it moves through? | g flat, c flat, a flat, b flat |
| What happens to tempo at end of this section? | Rit, ritardando, slow down gradually |
| What does time sig change to at end of section? | 4/4 |
| in the recap and coda what do the backing vocals recall from main song? | ' ooh' |
| What recording techniques used? | Overdubbed panned guitars (play rising arpeggios) |
| Define rubato? | ' Robbed time' free rhythm ( we hear it at bar 128) |
| What order do the instruments drop out? | drums, bass , guitar |
| What is the final chord heard on piano? | f |
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