killer queen set work revision

Question 1

who was the main singer of queen

Answer 1

Freddie mercury

Question 2

who was the drummer

Answer 2

Roger Taylor

Question 3

who was the guitarist

Answer 3

Brian may

Question 4

who was the bassist

Answer 4

John deacon

Question 5

what is the into of the song consisting of

Answer 5

6 finger clicks

Question 6

what is the name of the special type of piano played in the song

Answer 6

honky-tonk piano

Question 7

where the piano chords staccato or legato

Answer 7

staccato

Question 8

what is the name of the vocal technique Freddie uses in high parts of the song

Answer 8

falsetto

Question 9

when is the first short guitar solo

Answer 9

bar 23.

Question 10

what is the vocal style

Answer 10

syllabic

Question 11

when is the 2 parts of the main guitar solo

Answer 11

part 1- 44-51
part 2- 52-61

Question 12

when was the song released

Answer 12

1974

Question 13

what makes the lyrics special

Answer 13

the lyrics were written before the actual music and the lyrics are suggestive and vague to be left open for the listeners interpretation

Question 14

what did Freddie mercury bring to queen

Answer 14

an immense sense of creativity and an element of drama and theatre.

Question 15

name name the 5 instruments playing

Answer 15

multi tracked vocals
jangle piano
electric guitar
bass guitar
drumkit and percussion

Question 16

what was queens use of synthesisers like in killer queen

Answer 16

queen used no synthesizers across the entire album sheer heart attack and was very proud of this

Question 17

what is the time signature

Answer 17

12/8

Question 18

what is the bpm/tempo

Answer 18

112bpm

Question 19

what is multi tracking

Answer 19

recording a performance on separate tracks so that each track can be edited individually

Question 20

what is overdubbing

Answer 20

recording in another instrumental or vocal part over previously recorded music

Question 21

define word painting

Answer 21

when the music matches what is being said in the lyrics. eg in killer queen ‘Lazar beam’ in the chorus sounds like a Lazar beam

Question 22

give some advantages of music technology

Answer 22

easy to save and delete tracks
efficient and fast
allows them to add technique such as flanger, etc
ability to edit tracks

Question 23

what does a vibrato look like on the guitar music

Answer 23

squiggly line

Question 24

what does a bend look like on the guitar music

Answer 24

curved up and down line.

Question 25

what does a slide look link in guitar music

Answer 25

a downward facing line

Question 26

what does a palm mute look like on the guitar music

Answer 26

P.M

Question 27

what was a staple of queen guitar parts

Answer 27

multi-tracked electric guitars

Question 28

what did Brian may play with instead of a plectrum

Answer 28

a sixpence coin

Question 29

what was the texture

Answer 29

homophonic (melody and accompaniment)

Question 30

remember!

Answer 30

backing vocals were used throught the piece, they were all multi tracked

Question 31

what was a part of the song where panning was used a lot

Answer 31

the backing vocals

Question 32

what music technology made a swooshing sound across the piece and was used heavily on words such as Lazar beam

Answer 32

flanger

Question 33

name an effect used on the guitar

Answer 33

distortion

Question 34

remember!

Answer 34

lots of use of reverb ( echo effect)

Question 35

what was something special about the instrumentation of the piece

Answer 35

it had more instruments than the standard rock song