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Queen - 'Killer Queen' (Harmony & Tonality :musical_score: (Eb…
Queen - 'Killer Queen'
Context
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From the album 'Sheer Heart Attack'
Written by Freddie Mercury
About an upper-class prostitute
Released in 1974
Performing Forces
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Male lead vocals - tenor
Uses falsetto
Backing vocals
Piano
Overdubbed with honky-tonk piano
Four electric guitars
Slides
Bends
Pull-offs
Vibrato
Bass guitar
Drum kit
Recording techniques
Multi-tracking
EQ
Flangers
Distortion
Reverb
Wah-wah
Panning
Overdubbing
Melody
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Syllabic
Vocalisations
Starts conjunct
Descending sequence (bar 7-8)
Octave leap in bar 62
Structure
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Verses
Intro
Choruses
Instrumental
Guitar solo
Outro
Texture
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Homophonic
Imitation
Layering
Three-part texture in guitar solo
Panning
Harmony & Tonality
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Eb major
Start in C minor but sounds ambiguous
Root position chords
Some inverted chords
Seventh chords
Circle of fifths
Some altered & extended chords
Pedal notes
Tempo, Metre & Rhythm
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Moderate tempo
12/8 - compound quadruple time
Swung feel
Some bars of 6/8
Each verse & chorus starts on an anacrusis
Triplets