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