Queen

13- Queen: Killer Queen (0.00-0.50)

1. What is the time signature of the extract? (1)

2. Suggest a suitable word to describe the texture of the extract. (1)

3. Describe how the piano part changes from the line Caviar and cigarettes. (3)

4. Describe how the vocal part changes during the first chorus, which begins with the line ‘She’s a killer queen’. (4)

5. What type of voice is heard at the beginning of the extract? (1)

6. Describe how the harmonic rhythm changes after the first six bars. (2)

7. Which word best describes the rhythm of the vocal melody? (1)

8. Which one of the following best describes the section heard at the end of the extract? (1)

9. Describe how the extract begins, before the entry of the lead vocals. (2)

10. What is the tonality of the first piano chord (repeated four time)? (1)

11. Describe how this piano sound was created and mixed in the studio. (2)

12. Identify a vocal technique used in the extract (1)

13. Identify the rhythmic feature that begins the chorus. (1)

14. Name the performing technique heard on the word ‘Queen’. (1)

14- Queen: Killer Queen (0.00-0.43) *2018 EXAM*

1. Name the accompanying instrument heard first at ‘Moët et Chandon in her pretty cabinet’. (1)

2. Describe the accompaniment played during this phrase. (2)

3. Identify two ways in which the backing vocals are different in the chorus. (2)

4. Above the vocal line, three chords have been omitted. Complete the chord sequence for bars three and four of the extract in the table below.(3) for this question you would need the score provided in the question

5. Name one studio effect heard only in the chorus. (1)

15-Queen: Killer Queen (0.50-1.24)

1. Name the technique heard in the drums at the beginning of the extract. (1)

2. Describes the bass guitar part in the opening two bars of the extract. (1)

3. Name the effect heard in when the word ‘laser beam’ is sung, and describe how this is an effective text-setting strategy. (3)

4. Describe how the texture changes in the extract. (3)

16-Queen: Killer Queen (1.21-2.00)

1. Describe the bass line at the beginning of the extract. (1)

2. List three guitar techniques that are used in the extract. (3)

3. Brian May was the only electric guitarist to record in the version heard in this extract. Explain why his part could not have been performed in a single take. (2)

4. Describe the rhythm of bass line at the end of the extract. (1)

5. Which one of the following best describes the section heard in the extract? (1)

17- Queen: Killer Queen (2.00-2.59)

1. Which one of the following techniques is heard in the guitar part at the beginning of the extract? (1)

2. The chorus opens with the following lines: She’s a killer queen, Gunpowder, gelatine, Dynamite with a laser beam. Guaranteed to blow your mind. Describe how the vocals of the last line differ from the first three. (2)

3. The chorus begins in the dominant key of Bb major. Which one of the following best describes the tonality of the chorus? (1)

1. A The music passes through various keys before returning to Bb major.

2. B The music modulates to the tonic key, Eb major.

3. C The music stays in the same key throughout.

4. Which one of the following best describes the texture at the end of the extract? (1)

5. Compare how the composer sets the last two lines of the song, wanna try? and you wanna try? to music. Give two differences and two similarities. (4)

6. Describe the use of vocals in this extract. (3)

7. Identify two characteristic musical features of the ‘glam rock’ style. (2)