killer queen (1974)

killer queen (1974)

1. guitar techniques

   • pull-offs
   • vibrato
   • bends
   • slides

2. texture

   • layering
   • mainly homophonic
   • 3 part texture during guitar solo
     • bar 44
   • antiphony
     • alternate or responsive singing such as in bar 48-49, 62-63
   • panning
   • imitation

3. recording techniques

   • panning
     • sound moving from left to right
   • wah wah
     • modifies sound
   • overdubbing
     • recording new part over the top of existing material.
   • reverb
   • distortion
   • flanger
     • "jet plane" sound
   • equalisation
     • changes relative balance
   • multi tracking
     • thicker harmony

4. 12/8 time

   • unusual as most rock songs are in simple time

5. Eb major

   • unusual as most rock songs aren't in keys with a lot of flats

6. consonant

   • mostly consonant but some parts of dissonance. bar 20-21: cycle of 5ths bar 30: seventh chords

7. falsetto

8. anthemic

9. strophic structure

   • verse chorus structure