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Killer Queen - Coggle Diagram
Killer Queen
Harmony and tonality
Seventh chord
Root position chords
Eb major
Starts in Cminor but sounds ambiguous
Some inverted chords
Circle of fifths
Some altered and extended chords
Pedal notes
Tempo, rhythm and metre
Recording techniques
Triplets
Each verse & chorus starts on an anacrusis
Swung feet
Moderate tempo
12/8 - compound quadruple time
Some bars 6/8
Stucture
Intro
Verses
Intrumental
Outro
Guitar solo
Choruses
Instruments (performing forces)
Male lead vocals
Drum kit
Four electric guitars
Vibrato
Pull-offs
Slides
Bends
Backing vocals
Overdubbed with honky tonk piano
Recording techniques
Uses panning
Wah-wah
Overdubbing
EQ
Distortion
Reverb
Flangers
Texture
Panning
Layering
Homophonic
Imitation
Three-part texture in guitar solo
Melody
Octave leap in bar 62
Starts conjunct
Syllabic
Vocalisations
Descending sequence in bar 7-8
Context
About an upper class prostitute
From the album 'Sheer Heart attack'
Written by Freddie Mercury
Released in 1974