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Killer Queen- Queen (STRUCTURE (Intro, Verse 1, Chorus, Instrumental,…
Killer Queen- Queen
STRUCTURE
Intro
Verse 1
Chorus
Instrumental
Verse 2
Chorus 2
Guitar solo
Verse 3
Chorus 3
Outro
RHYTHM, TEMPO+METRE
Moderate tempo
Dotted crochet pulse of 112 beats per min
12/8 time signature
Triplets used
Swung feel because of compound time
Syncopation is frequently used
TEXTURE
Chordal accompaniment creates MDH
Chorus often sing in homophony
Use of imitation
Antiphonal
Polyphonic texture during the guitar solo
CONTEXT
Composed by Freddie Mecury
Killer Queen was the first single from the album Sheer heart attack
About an upper class prostitute
Freddie was born in Tanzania
INSTRUMENTATION AND SONORITY
Vocal part is tenor
Uses various recording techniques
Main instruments are vocals, backing vocals
Piano is overdubbed with a honky tonk
Four electric guitars, bass guitars and drums
Guitar techniques used such as (slides, bends, vibrato)
Recording techniques are (flanger, reverb, panning, wah-wah)
MELODY
Mostly conjunct with small leaps of thirds
Altered descending sequence
Leaps often feature a rising minor sixth
There are some large leaps
EXPRESSION+DYNAMICS
Not much dynamic range
Most dynamics formed by changing the instrumentation
Very expressive lead vocalist
HARMONY+TONALITY
Eb major
Opens in C major and closes on a Eb major chord
Tonality is sometimes ambiguous
Some passing modulations