defying gravity edexcel GCSE
- Created by: 16wrighte
- Created on: 25-04-19 18:20
View mindmap
- Defying Gravity - Stephen Schwarz
- Technology
- synths used in bar 88
- overdrive and distortion
- synths used in bar 88
- Dynamaics
- verses usually return to piano after build
- Dynamics vary, many crescendo's and diminuendo's
- chorus builds
- mainly forte and fortissimo
- Rhythm/tempo/metre
- many tempo changes (bar 49: allergro, bar 111 andante)
- many ralls and rits at end of sections
- each phrase starts on an off beat
- many ralls and rits at end of sections
- metre changes
- 3/2 2/2 4/4
- syncopated
- dotted notes, triplets
- pauses and rests
- many tempo changes (bar 49: allergro, bar 111 andante)
- Structure
- Verse-chorus form
- Intro- bar 1 repeated at bar 115
- interlude bar 23/90
- verse- bar 34/63/135
- chorus- bar 50/79/103/ 151
- coda bar 162
- chorus- bar 50/79/103/ 151
- verse- bar 34/63/135
- interlude bar 23/90
- Intro- bar 1 repeated at bar 115
- Verse-chorus form
- Melody
- syllabic
- vocalisation
- starts conjunct but is mostly disjunct
- ascending sequences bar 6-7
- perfect 5th leaps (bar 34)
- Instrumentation
- large orchestra
- woodwind
- brass
- strings
- large percussion
- 3 keyboards
- electric guitars
- synths
- large orchestra
- Texture
- sparse at beginning (bar 3)
- verses are melody dominated homophony
- some unison bar 101
- homophonic chordal moments
- contrapuntal at end (168)
- Harmony
- many key changes
- chromatic movement and ambiguous in opening
- D Major
- chords in root, no progression
- dissonance bar 30
- pedal point bar 168
- Technology
Comments
No comments have yet been made