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Kate Bush (Conclusion (Very unusual for 1980s, Highly original sound.,…

- - - - Synth strings give bleak, cold tone, conveys minimum movement in the cold., unlike warm timbre of conventional instruments.
      - Moving filter frequency to emulate vocal harmonics of Mongolian throat singers.
      - Submarine sonar effects.
  - - - Arpeggios from B flat to G and disjunct melody of rising minor 6th.
      - Guitar, bass, drum kit, piano, Clare Torry, dubbed voices.
      - Instruments in middle of range except Clare Torry.
    - - Bush's distinctive voice.
      - String quartet.
      - Use of celesta and harp in introduction.
- - - - Vocal line and word setting dominant throughout.
      - Major arpeggio repeated throughout.
      - High tessitura.
      - Occasional rising octave leap "I Hated You, I Loved You Too".
      - Melodic decoration of 2 dsqs in piano.
    - - Intro- right hand of piano with dubbed voices "I am not afraid of dying".
      - Clare Torry enters with high tessitura singing high-pitched vocables. No lyrics. Include leaps of 6th, rising and falling arpeggiated pattern.
- - - - B minor, F major, B flat major, G minor 7.
      - Plagal cadence at end.
      - Chords in LH verse.
- - - - Evokes skater picking up speed, then slowing down as she sinks.
    - - 2 quaver crotchet pattern in strings and voice
      - Long sustained synth pad(starts b.2).
      - Scotch snaps(b.27).
      - Triplets(b.27).
  - - - Starts at 50 cbpm, up to 66 cpm.
    - - 60bpm.
- - - - Dream Of Sheep- drowning girl awaiting rescue.
      - Cloudbusting- based on novel by son of Wilhelm Reich- cloud busting machine.
      - Under Ice- skater who falls beneath ice.
      - Quirky, individual style.