Big Yellow Taxi

Melody and Texture

Harmony and Tonality

Tempo, Metre and Rhythm

Instrumentation, Timbre and Articulation

Dynamics and Structure

Strummed acoustic guitar

IV IV6 V V6 I5 I6 Ib7 I6

Verse - Chorus

Syncopated Semiquavers on triangle - implies double time

Mostly balanced Phrasing

Diatonic vocals, conjunct within tessitura

Backing vox in unison

Word painting "please" up octave

Melisma used when leaps - otherwise syllabic

Textural drop 3rd phrase of verse

E major, tonic pedal

Primary Chords

Open D tuning, capo 2

Double Chorus to end

Guitar drops bars 5 + 6 of verse

Semiquaver strumming rhythm

1 bar pause

4/4

Allegro?

Vox and backing vox both Joni

Triangle

Bongo