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Jimmy Cliff - You Can Get It If You Really Want

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A2 Level Music Btec Mind Map on Jimmy Cliff - You Can Get It If You Really Want, created by Jess Button on 07/05/2014.
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Jimmy Cliff - You Can Get It If You Really Want
  1. Period & Genre
    1. Transcripted
      1. Orally passed down
        1. Rare for anything other than British or American music to appear in the charts in the 1960s
          1. Rock Steady
            1. Early version of Reggae
            2. Lyrics allude to a struggle against poverty but set to irresistably tuneful dance music
            3. Instrumentation
              1. Lead Vocal
                1. Backing Vocals
                  1. Reeds/Brass (Trumpets)
                    1. Guitar 1
                      1. Guitar 2
                        1. Electric Organ
                          1. Typical of Jamacian Ska, Rock Steady and Reggae
                          2. Bass
                            1. Drums
                              1. Percussion
                              2. Harmony
                                1. Close harmony between all vocal parts
                                  1. 1950s doo-wop styler
                                  2. Mainly chords I & IV
                                    1. Harmonic surprise
                                      1. E Major
                                        1. 37
                                    2. Occassionally supplemented with other closely-related chords near the ends of verses and refrains
                                      1. Dominant 7th - Ab7
                                      2. Whole tone scale descending
                                        1. 39
                                      3. Tonality
                                        1. Db Major
                                          1. Chords I & IV
                                            1. Whole tone scale
                                              1. 39
                                              2. No modulations
                                                1. One unrelated chord
                                                  1. E Major
                                                    1. 37
                                                  2. Rhythm & Metre
                                                    1. Tight rhythms
                                                      1. Latin American feel
                                                      2. Picked semiquaver patterns
                                                        1. Calypso feel
                                                        2. Prominant backbeat on drums
                                                          1. Cross-stick creates 'click' on drum kit
                                                          2. Structure
                                                            1. Rock Steady
                                                              1. Verse-chorus
                                                                1. Intro Refrain Verse Refrain Instrumental Refrain Outtro Fade
                                                              2. Melody & Wordsetting
                                                                1. Lyrics about poverty set to irresistably tuneful dance music
                                                                  1. Mainly syllabic
                                                                    1. A few moments of melisma
                                                                    2. Melody based on a pentatonic scale
                                                                      1. High trumpet riffs - Cuba
                                                                        1. Lead vocal opens on a title hook
                                                                          1. Falsetto
                                                                            1. 25, 43 & 56
                                                                            2. Backing vocals have a narrow range
                                                                            3. Texture
                                                                              1. Heterophonic
                                                                                1. Moments of homophony
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