AoS2: British Popular Music Analysis Help Money

Information in green should help you to fill in the attached sheet about Money. Use your score and listen to the track It is important that you can discuss the musical features of each song you study. This table will help you to understand the vocabulary you should be using.

Elements
Form and structure Harmony

Vocabulary
Strophic, through-composed How many verses? Diatonic (remember, this means major/minor!), chromatic, modal, (this is important) harmonic rhythm (how often does the harmony change?). Consonant (pleasant), dissonant (not so pleasant) Identification of chords, inversions, sevenths chords, added note chords, dischords, circle of fifths. Work out the if the music is using primary or secondary triads, or both. Tonic/dominant anywhere? Modal flavour? Instruments singly and in combinations. What instruments can you hear? Timbre, including the use of technology, synthesised and computer-generated sounds, sampling. Dynamics. Instrumental techniques including staccato, legato. Intervals, conjunct (walking), disjunct, triadic, blue notes. Diatonic, chromatic, pentatonic. Augmentation (stretching), diminution (narrowing), fragmentation, sequence, motivic development. Slide, glissando, portamento, ornamentation. Hook, Riff. Phrasing and articulation. Do any of the phrases repeat? If so, are they absolute repeats or are there any variations? Do they augment? (Stretch?) Pulse. Tempo. Beats in the bar Dotted rhythm, tempo, rubato, accentuation. Again, any repeats? Anything unusual about any of the rhythms maybe symmetry/asymmetry? Homophonic, contrapuntal, polyphonic. Imitative, layered. Unison, octaves, single melody line, melody with accompaniment. See which ones of these apply Major, minor, modal. What key are we in? Modulation. Does it modulate? If so, where and using what? Is it a temporary modulation? How do we know? Intention, use, purpose, stimulus. Patronage, commission. Technical, emotional demands.

Instrumentation and Timbre

Melody

Rhythm and Metre

Texture

Tonality

Composer, Performer and Audience

AoS2: British Popular Music Analysis Help Money

Amateur/Professional, performance practice, interactive media. Interpretation, improvisation. What is the song about? Who is the audience aim? Private/Public, media, concert, live/recorded, internet. Performing conventions and resources. Opportunities for hearing the music then and now, why is the music a product of its time? (Think about the whole concept of Prog Rock especially the time signature)

Occasion, Time and Place