Bohemian Rhapsody

Operatic Section
Musical Feature
Key / Tonality
Tempo

Texture
Instrumentation
Recording Techniques
Singing Style
Melodic Features

Harmony
Rhythmic Features
Word Painting
Structure

Description
The Key changes of A Major (note 3 sharps) - use of Enharmonic Note at end of guitar solo
Changes Key at Bar 68 - E
Listesso Tempo = Same Tempo (The Beat remains constant when the meter changes) the
Quaver beat now equals a crotchet and therefore the music sounds faster. = 76, becomes
=144
a mixture of Homophonic and Antiphonal Singing (call and response)
Begins with Piano only 2 Bars of staccato chords in A major
Uses motif from Bar 7 at Bar 74
Drums enter at words thunderbolt and lightening
Overdubbing multi-tracking on vocal harmonies
Panning on Galileo Bars 63-67
layering on co of magnifico
Solo voice alternates with multi-tracked vocal harmonies
falsetto singing Galileo, + last note of section
chromatic movement
repeated Notes
bars 75-76 like bars 68-69 up 1 octave
use of s-d-s on Scaramouche and Bismilah
contrast between high and low pitches
4-4 time with 2-4 Bar at Bar 66
Thunderbolt and lighting drums enter
Word NO at bar 86-87
2+2+2+5
6 Bars repeated + Link Bar
2 Bars
10 Bars
2 Bars rising stabbing chords

8 Bars