Kate Bush
Hamony/Tonality
Melody
Texture
Structure
Rhythm/Tempo/Metre
Context
Instrumentation
British Female Artist
Songs based on literary or historical sources
And Dream of Sheep
Drifting in the sea awaiting rescue
Under Ice
Dream like she is under the ice
Cloudbusting
Making a rain maker and that whole story
Bass
She produced the album too
Guitar
Drums
Female Vocals
Kate
Fairlight CMI
Sampler/sequencer type thing
Brother Paddy
Violin
Balalaika
Harmony voals
Cutting edge music technology
Classical String sextet (Cloudbusting)
Cloudbusting-no bass, electric guitar and restrained drums
Short staccato chords in Cloudbusting
Eleanor Rigby
Violin Riff (Cloudbusting) at start of each chorus
Violin Countermelody (Cloudbusting) in verse 2
Treated vocal sample-backing ostinato in bridge (Cloudbusting)
Sampled steam engine sounds (Cloudbusting)
Vocal Range of a 10th (Cloudbusting)
Cloudbusting is syllabic throughout
Nonesense syllables
Bar 8-9 of Cloudbusting
Bouzouki
I Dream of Sheep
Folk influences
Cappercaillie
Irish whistle
Piano
Spoken Vocal Sample
Pink Floyd's The Wall
Low pitch throughout (Under Ice)
Word Painting
Deeper and deeper (And dream of sheep)
Vocal range perfect 5th (Under Ice)
Mellisma in Under Ice
Cloudbusting
Verse 1, Bridge, Chorus, Verse 2, Bridge 2, Chorus, Instrumental, Chorus, Outro
And Dream of Sheep
Verse, Bridge, Verse 2, Bridge 2, Outro
Under Ice
Through composed with little clarity of structure
Intro, Verse 1, Refrain, Verse 2, Verse 3, Refrain, Verse 4, Refrain, Outro
Melody dominated homophony in all
Homorhythmic string chords in Cloud busting
String countermelody doubled in octaves in verse 2 (Cloudbusting)
Polyphonic feel in chorus of Cloudbusting
Silence used for impact in Cloudbusting
Tonic pedal in And Dream of Sheep
Articulated bass pedal in Under Ice
Open 5th textures in Under Ice
Dilogue between lead and backing vocals in Under Ice
Cloudbusting
Modal C# minor
No changes of key
And Dream of Sheep
Verse in modal C# minor
Chorus and ends in E major
Under Ice
Modal A minor
No key changes
Under Ice ends on an ambiguos Asus2 chord
Cloudbusting
Verse: C#m7-Badd9-A6/9-Badd9
Chorus: C#m7-Badd9-F#7(sus4)-Badd9
And Dream of Sheep
Verse: I-IVb-bVII
Chorus: I-II-V-I
Under Ice: Fmaj7#4-Dm9-Asus2-Am/C
Under Ice based on A Natural minor
Cloudbusting uses triadic shape at start
Cloudbusting chorus hook has rising 5th and repearted notes
Syncopated hook in Cloudbusting
Under Ice uses Quasi-pentatonic shapes
Portamento and small range in all
Cloudbusting 4/4
The odd 6/4 thrown in
Bridge 3/2
Cloudbusting-medium tempo with strong sense of pulse
And Dream of Sheep- slow ballad
And Dream of Sheep- 4/4 metre
The odd 2/4 bar thrown in
And dream of sheep uses an annacrusis, triplets, ties, lombardic rhythms and rit.
Under Ice starts very slow but gets faster. Last 4 bars slow down again
Under ice uses 10 bar rhythmic unit repeated