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Kate Bush (melody (limited range (low), violin riff in dream of sheep,…
Kate Bush
melody
limited range
low
violin riff in dream of sheep
piano
deam of sheep has traidic arpeggio shapes
chorus is built up of 5ths like heroic
vocal slide - portmanteau
mainly syllabic
under ice has a melisma
word painting
spoken word in dream of sheep
instrument
vocals
kate
sings in small ranges
only a 5th in under ice
cloudbusting 10th
under ice is very low
backing vocals
her own
nonsense syllables
brother Paddy
balalaika
violin
Bauzouki
dream of sheep
folk influences
string sextet in cloudbusting
staccato chords similar to Eleanor RIgby
irish whistle
guitar
bass
drums
piano
fairlight CMI
samples
actual steam engine
like different trains by steve reich
sequencer
treated samples
Context
pop
Hounds of Love album
British female artist
produced herself
cloudbusting - rainmaker and trauma
under ice - she sees herself under the ice
and dream of sheep - drifting away at sea, awaiting rescue
songs are literary or historically based
Texture
mainly homophonic
very thin at start of and dream of sheep
cloudbusting there is a slightly polyphonic feel
homorhythmic stuff
silence for impact
under ice there is a dialogue between backing vocals and main vocals
same interval over and over again - open 5th texture in under ice
like the beatles
structure
strophic
almost through composed as it moves with the story
cloud busting
verse 1, bridge, chorus, bridge, chorus, instrumental ,chorus, outro
and dream of sheep - verse, bridge, verse, bridge, outro
under ice - intro, verse, refrain, verse, verse, refrain, verse, refrain, outro
Harmony and Tonality
cloudbusting
sus chords
C#minor modal
no modulations
verse - C#min7, Badd9, A6/9, Badd9
chorus - C#min7, Badd9, F#7, Badd9
under ice
modal version of Aminor
ends on an ambiguous Asus2 chord which sounds unfinished
and dream of sheep
Anatural minor kinda mode
tonic pedal
rhythm, metre and tempo
anddream of sheep
4/4
triplets
anacrusis
rits
tied notes
cloudbusting
syncopated hook
meduim tempo
4/4
srrong sense of pulse
occasionally changes time sig
random 6/ 3/4 or /24 bar
under ice
starts slow speeds up
10 bar rhythmic cycle