Good Golly Miss Molly- Little Richard (1958)

Good Golly Miss Molly- Little Richard (1958)

1. Instrumentation

   • Saxophone
     • Scoop
   • Piano
     • Solo
     • Improvisation
   • Drum
     • Steady beat
     • Gets louder in piano solo
   • Electric guitar
   • Double bass
     • Walking bass

2. Melody

   • 12 bar blues
   • Blues note
   • Improvisation

3. Harmony

   • Blues note
   • Major

4. Rhythm

   • Fast tempo
     • Easy to dance to

5. Music Tech

   • Poor quality
   • No panning
   • Recorded onto tape

6. Structure

   • Repetition of 'Good golly miss Molly'
   • Improvisation
   • Verse-chorus-verse structure

7. Dynamics

   • Loud the whole way through
   • Louder in the solo

8. Texture

   • Stays nearly constant the whole way through
   • Quite thick
   • Saxophones playing homophonic