Beatles wider listening

Question 1

God only knows

Answer 1

Beach boys

Question 2

Which piece did the Beatle’s compose from inspiration of “god only knows”

Answer 2

Here, there, everywhere

Question 3

Performance technique in “god only knows” (singer)

Answer 3

Falsetto

Question 4

Rhythms in “god only knows”

Answer 4

Speech like rhythms

Question 5

Harmony in “god only knows” (backing vocals)

Answer 5

Close harmony
Barbershop influence

Question 6

Accompaniment in “god only knows”

Answer 6

Block chords

Question 7

Strawberry fields forever

Answer 7

Beatles

Question 8

Effects created in “god only knows”

Answer 8

Mellotron
Backmasking guitar solos

Question 9

Thriller

Answer 9

Michael Jackson

Question 10

Structure in Thriller

Answer 10

Verse chorus (Eleanor rugby)

Question 11

Thriller is meant to be…

Answer 11

Cinematic experience

Question 12

Genre Thriller

Answer 12

Disco, pop, funk

Question 13

Baseline in Thriller

Answer 13

Ostinato baseline

Question 14

Mouth Mantra (album: vulnicura)

Answer 14

Bjork

Question 15

Accompaniment in Mouth mantra

Answer 15

Strings play Ostinato

Question 16

Effects in Bjork’s Mouth mantra

Answer 16

Tape loops
Electronic sounds with the human voice
Immersive soundscape

Question 17

Rhythms in Bjork’s Mouth mantra

Answer 17

Unpredictable rhythms

Question 18

Time of the season

Answer 18

The zombie

Question 19

Tonality in “time of the season”

Answer 19

E minor - (Eleanor rigby)

Question 20

Rhythm in time of the season

Answer 20

Syncopated

Question 21

Interstellar overdrive

Answer 21

Pink floyd

Question 22

Guitar in Interstellar overdrive

Answer 22

Dissonant guitar riffs
Improvisational feel
Slide technique

Question 23

Waterloo sunset

Answer 23

The Kinks

Question 24

Backing vocals in Waterloo sunset

Answer 24

Close harmony
Vocalisation
Occasionally replies to the main singer

Question 25

Acoustic and electric guitars in Waterloo sunset (harmony)

Answer 25

Riff of the main melody towards the end, repeats the same chord Repeated tonic pedal note in the beginning

Question 26

Lyrics in Waterloo sunset

Answer 26

2 lovers and the solace they find in shared experience

Question 27

Alone Again Or

Answer 27

Love

Question 28

Scales in Another Again Or

Answer 28

Spanish Middle East Flamenco inspired

Question 29

Melody in Alone Again Or

Answer 29

Simple Upward leaps

Question 30

Instrumentation in Alone Again Or

Answer 30

Mariachi style brass Acoustic guitar