queen

• background info

  glam rock

  1974
• instrumentation

  freddie mercury- high tenor voice

  piano, electric guitar, bass, drum kit

  jangle piano recorded on top of piano line

  guitar uses slides, bends, pull offs, vibrato
• studio effects

  EQ

  flanger

  wah wah

  distortion

  reverb

  panning
• dynamics

  generally loud

  chorus is loudest part of piece
• structure

  verse chorus structure

  including instrumentals and guitar solos
• texture

  homophonic - mainly melody dominated homophony

  guitar solo uses imitation

  antiphonal feel- panning in backing vocals
• melody

  mainly syllabic

  wide vocal range (vocalisation)

  often conjunct (some wide leaps, intervals of 6th or octave)

  falsetto

  slide upwards

  word painting 'drive you wild' 'laserbeam'
• harmony

  adventurous chords

  extended chords

  perfect cadences

  faster harmonic rhythm 'guaranteed to blow your mind'
• tonality

  main tonality - Eb major (hard to play on guitar)

  chorus - Bb major
• rhythm

  syncopation

  verse and chorus both start with anacrusis

  some use of triplets
• tempo/metre

  steady tempo

  12/8 swung feel