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