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