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Pop 'N' Jazz - Beatles, Bush, Pine Flashcards

Includes "Revolver, "Cloudbusting" & "Back In The Day" + WL (62 cards)

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What is the context of “Revolver”?

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  • Psychedelic rock album
  • London
  • For showcasing blues & rhythm influences
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Eleanor Rigby - Melody

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  • diatonic + conjunct verses
  • distinctive 8ve leap in refrain
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Eleanor Rigby - Harmony

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  • Slow harmonic rate between C + Em
  • dissonance in descending viola
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Eleanor Rigby - Tonality

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Dorian modal lead vocals
Aeolian modal backing vocals

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Eleanor Rigby - Rhythm

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sus. semibreves
syncopated vocals

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Eleanor Rigby - Texture

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  • homophonic w/doubled parts
  • block chords
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Eleanor Rigby - Sonority

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Doubled stopped strings
Syllabic vocals

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HTaE - Melody

Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive

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disjunct vocals
Chromatic sequences

Descending chromaticism

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HTaE - Harmony

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  • 4-chord progressions
  • parallel root position
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HtaE - Tonality

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G maj w/ E min excursions
Bb maj mod.

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HtaE - Rhythm

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Free rhythm
syncopated vocals

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HTaE - Texture

Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

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  • American barbershop a vocals
  • Two part main vocals
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HTaE - Sonority

The Kinks - Lola vs. Powerman

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  • Spread guitar chords
  • Leslie cabinet produces mandolin style
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IWTTY - Melody

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Conjunct vocal scalic ideas w/melisma chant

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IWTTY - Harmony

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Alternating tonic/subdom chords
Diminished chords

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IWTTY - Tonality

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Flat 7 over pedal A
Dissonant key with min 9th

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IWTTY - Rhythm

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Swung rhythm
frequent syncopated vocals
Guitar triplets

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IWTTY - Texture

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Prominent drums
Textural fade in/out

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IWTTY - Sonority

David Bowie - Warszawa

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  • Close Harmony Vocals
  • Narrow range

Static harmony

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TNN - Melody

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  • Mixolydian melody
  • Pentatonic Scale
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TNN - Harmony

Beach Boys - God Only Knows

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  • Implied C chord throughout
  • Flat 7th Bb chord - unusual

non-functional progressions

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TNN - Tonality

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Myxolidian vocals
Blues scale

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TNN - Rhythm

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  • Continuous rock drum rhythm
  • Lombardic three vs two cross rhythm
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TNN - Texture

Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive

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tambura drone
double tracked vocals

long pedal notes resemble drone

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TNN - Sonority | THe Who
- distorted guitar solo - altered Leslie vocals | manipulated guitar produces noises
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What is the context of "Hounds Of Love"?
- Two sided concept album - Welling - Uillean pipes. vocals, CMI, bouzouki & whistles - For increasing production sales
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Cloudbusting - Melody
Triadic vocals before rising fifths Syncopated rubato notes
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Cloudbusting - Harmony
Stepwise motion using 7ths & 9ths B add 9
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Cloudbusting - Tonality
Modal C# min with no key changes Tonal but not straightforwardly functional
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Cloudbusting - Rhythm
6/4 time signatures extend phrases Anticipatory syncopation
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Cloudbusting - Texture
before octave string Polyphonic
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Cloudbusting - Sonority | Annie Lennox - Walking on Broken glass
- Short Staccato Chords - Violin Countermelody + Riff | Prominent strings
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ADOS - Melody
Two rising 5ths oscillating min 3rds Word painting vocals
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ADOS - Harmony | Tori Amos - Winter
E maj conventional prog over tonic pedal | Exploited Vocals
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ADOS - Tonality
Verses in modal C# min E maj refrain + bridge
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ADOS - Rhythm
Syncopation with duple meters used to extend phrases Lombardic triplets with ritardando
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ADOS - Texture
Focuses on vocal line with piano sometimes doubling it Mid range blocked chords with tonic pedal
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ADOS - Sonority
Dominating voice/piano decorative bouzouki
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Under Ice - Melody
Staccato phrasing with sinking portamento Quasi pentatonic shapes at 15 with stepwise notes
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Under Ice - Harmony
A natural min chords with 3rds moving up and down Occasional D major chords from 49
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Under Ice - Tonality
Modal A min without modulations Finishes on ambiguous A min sus2
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Under Ice - Rhythm
Obsessive crotchet pulse w/accelerando
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Under Ice - Texture
Bass pedal textures with open fifths Homorhythmic at 19 before vocal dialogue from 50
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Under Ice - Sonority | Bjork - Vulnikura
Low vocals limited to a perfect 5th with synths High melisma before Mongolian throat singer | Lyrical Imagery on ending phrases
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What is the context of "Back In The Day"?
- Post-bop jazz album - London - Saxes, keyboards, bass, drums & turntables - For bringing modernistic cultures together
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LD+JC - Melody
short melodic riff in alto sax chorus expands from minor 3rd to dim 5th
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LD+JC - Harmony | WC Handy - St. Louis Blues
- loose 12 bar blues in C - chromatic shifts | 12-bar blues
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LD+JC Tonality
Fm Aug 5th = perf cadence
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LD+JC - rhythm | Jay Z - Bluprint 3
syncopated hammond organ double time drum + bass
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LD+JC - Texture
Denser keyboard accompanying sax
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LD+JC - Sonority | Incognito - 100 degrees + rising
multi-tracked vocals reverb on vocals + solo sax | Improvisation
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ISM - Melody | Miles Davis - So What
four-note rising melodic motif in guitar sax melody based on dorian mode | Identical Sax Motif
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ISM - Harmony | Alicia Keys - If I Aint Got You
Based around Cm7 + Dm7 chord extensions | 7th chords
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ISM - Tonality | Ldn Community Gospel Choir - Faith
Dorian modal saxophone Guitar riff uses pentatonic scale | Pentatonic Guitar
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ISM - Rhythm | Jay-Z - Bluprint 3
Cross rhythms + syncopation | syncopated rhythms
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ISM - Texture | Galliano - Twyford Down
Constant Homophony | backing vocals in intro
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ISM - Sonority | Miles Davis - The doo bop song
Improvisation - scatting Sax trills + glissandis | Rap + repeated motifs
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L+A - Melody | Nina Simone - Feelin' Good
- Underlying memorable bass riff - blue vocal notes | Blues Notes
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L+A - Harmony
Chords move in E, avoiding E Descending chromatic harmonies
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L+A - Tonality
- EMaj - ends on 3-note tonic chord
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L+A - Rhythm | Jay-Z - Bluprint 3
Free rock rhythm occassional stop time bars Off beat notes | Syncopated Rhythms
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L+A - Texture
Interesting choice of bass clarinet Distorted guitar sounds

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