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Pop and Jazz - Kate Bush (Sonority (Kate sings, plays piano and Fairlight…
Pop and Jazz - Kate Bush
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Sonority
Kate sings, plays piano and Fairlight CMI (cutting edge tech) and acts as composer, producer, and performer. Her brother plays violin , Balaika,a fun sings harmony in Under Ice
Songs lack conventional pop instrument use like bass guitar, electric guitar, and features a restrained drum set. (CB)
Focuses on voice and piano, with use of bouzouki (Irish instrument)
Under Ice - all accompaniment is synthesised/sampled through CMI. Vocal range uses low tessitura, limited to perfect fifth, vocals are mainly syllabic
Tonality
Musical language is tonal, but not straightforwardly diatonic or functional. It is always clear but often morally inflected
CB - modal C# minor with no changes
ADOS - verses in modal C# minor, chorus and bridge in E major
UI - modal A minor, no key changes, finishes on ambiguous Asus2 chord
Structure
Cloudbusting - extended conventional song structure, nearly five minutes long, but lacks an intro and has a long coda.
ADOS - relatively short, no intro
Under Ice - feels through-composed, little clarity of verse and chorus, least conventional in structure
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Texture
CB - homorhythmic string chords articulate a pulse, string countrrmelody doubled in octakes, more polyphonic feel in chorus
ADOS - focus on vocal line, piano is more active in verses, refrain and bridge accompanied by plainer, midrange block chords, tonic bass pedal in several sections
UI - articulated bass pedal, ostinato open fifths, dialogue between main and backing vocals, homorhythmic during refrain
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