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Like an actor’s script, a sheet of music instructs a musician on what to play (the pitch) and when to play it (the rhythm). Sheet music may look complicated, but once you’ve gotten the hang of a few simple elements like notes, bars and clefs, you’re ready to rock.
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LC MusicIntro:
- G major
- opens with 10secs of instrumental tuning and audience noises
- opens with 4 bars of rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass guitar and drums
- drum kit playing a variation of a standard drum backbeat
- rhythm guitar chord progression: A7, C7, G7
- bass guitar playing repeated quavers
Verse One:
- 8 bars long (AAB)
- Homophonic texture
- punctuated lead guitar chords on beats 2 and 4 (syncopation)
- rhythm guitar playing standard strummed pattern
- vocal melody is made up of repeated semiquavers and a flattened 7th (F natural). it features syncopation and is panned
Interlude One:
- F major modulation
- five bars of french... (More)
