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Graceland - Coggle Diagram
Graceland
Graceland
Instrumentation
Vocals
Guitar
Fretless bass
Drums
Percussion
Tonality
E major
Texture
Melody and Accompianment
Backing vocals added at second chorus
Metre and rhythm
4/4 metre
Constant rhythmic drive with bass
Helps show they are talking about travelling as constant
Free vocal rhythm
especially in comparison to driven bass
Structure
Verse chorus structure
Harmony
Verses
I-IV-vi-V-IV
harmonically simple
some chromaticism in the bass
progression <<V-IV-I>> is known as a blues turnaround
diatonic
Choruses
IV-V-IV-I
Blues turnaround
Followed by bVII-IV-I
Double plagal cadence
Melody
Verse 1
Each phrase starts with an anacrusis
Each phrase begins higher and ends lower
Overall range is small (major 6th)
Syllabic throughout
Choruses
based on 'im going to graceland hook'
vocal melody mostly disjunct and syllabic
repeating baseline riff is prevalent in american jazz and blues
Verses 2 and 3
Differs significantly from verse 1
'losing love' returns to more familiar melodic shape of verse 1
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