Cloud busting - Kate Bush
Melody
Harmony
Tonality
Structure
Rhythm, metre, tempo
Violin hook uses sequences, repeated throughout, staccato with a rising 5th
WL: "Eleanor Rigby" the Beatles - uses a strong repetitive crotchet pulse with a string hook, staccato
shows classical influence on her music
Sonority
narrow range and low tessitura vocals
short phrases
typical of pop music- more catchy
ocassional vocalisations
typical of pop music
metre changes
chord stabs
alternating steady quavers
maintains an almost obsessive pulse- grounds the listener
C sharp minor with no modulations
mimic timelesness of dreams
fast harmonic rhythm
slash, extended and altered chords
modal chord sequence
many pop artists influenced by folk music
repetitive chords
typical of pop music
Violin countermelody (34) descending and scalic
experimental for pop music
syncopation, anacrusis
extended pop structure
use of samples
Bush is more experimental with music tech- farlight CMI
Military snare drum line
string sextet
steam engine sound covers the final chord at the end
Balalaika
WL: Suzanne Vega - "toms dinner" - uses synth strings held notes
WL: Suzanne vega "toms dinner" - repetitive 4 on the floor drum beat
WL: Suzanne Vega "Toms dinner" - also has a low tessitura and narrow vocals
WL: Suzanne Vega "toms dinner"
horn stabs are syncopated
WL: Suzanne Vega " toms dinner"
WL: Suzanne Vega uses a wordless vocal hook
WL: PJ Harvey "Uh huh her" - shows emotion
syllabic
typical of pop
PJ Harvey "Uh huh her"- uses lots of melismas
PJ Harvey: uses distortion
PJ Harvey
WL: Elvis Costello "Olivers Army" uses vocalisations
WL: "Olivers Army" uses a narrow vocal range
WL: Elvis Costello "Olivers Army" uses syncopated piano chord stabs