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Kate Bush- "And dream of sheep" - Coggle Diagram
Kate Bush- "And dream of sheep"
Sonority
Dominated by the voice and piano textures
reminiscent of ballads from early in Bush’s career
Bouzouki
experimental composer
Irish whistle is multi-tracked during the outro/coda
Bush's interest in music technology
piano is more dramatic and ‘involved’ during the verse, using a wider range of the keyboard
WL: Elvis Costello - "Olivers army"- piano accompiament is more complex and involved- often uses counter melodies or scalic phrases
inspired by classical music
‘Vamped’ chords during the bridge
spoken vocal sample is used, in the style of the radio shipping forecast
WL: similar to some
of the sound sonic objects in Pink Floyd’s The Wall (bar 15).
Structure
lacks an intro
Texture
Focus very much on the vocal line
Piano is more active/involved in verses – wider ranging arpeggios and some doubling of the
vocals
WL: "Why" Annie Lennox uses broken chords in piano accompiament
Tonic bass pedal (E) appears in several sections
Tonality
Verses in modal C♯ minor
Refrain and bridge in E major
Ends (a little inconclusively) in E major
Harmony
opens with a modal sequence
inspired by folk music like the Beatles
refrain uses a conventional I–II–V–I progression
typical of pop music
helps define structure
tonic base pedal
Melody
Verse opens with two rising fifths
Refrain features oscillating minor third
Rising major sixth from the lower dominant in refrain
Word-painting used on the final phrase ‘they take me deeper’
Song finishes on an ‘unresolved’ dominant note
Rhythm, tempo,metre
Slow ballad tempo
Mostly Simple quadruple metre
syncopation
anacrusis
triplets, ties and Lombardic rhythms in the last five bars
WL: Elvis Costello "Oliver's army"- uses triplets in piano part
Ends with a ritardando
WL: "Why" Annie Lennox uses tempo changes