AOS 3: GRACE -

JEFF BUCKLEY
General

Features
Rock Music
Albumn realeased in 1994

Lyrics are linked to death
Time signature - 12/8

Tempo - 64 dotted crotchet bpm

Key Words
Power chords guitar chord with root note & fifth
Drone note repeated or sustained across chord changes
EQ electronically cutting or boosting certain frequencies
Flanger studio eect creating a subtle or more intense
swirling eect
Delay Repetition of a sound after a period of time (often
quieter)
Pizzicato when string instruments are plucked

Instruments:
Electric/Acoustic guitars
Bass guitar
Drum kit
Strings - added for eect/
Synths - to raise the tension/ Lead/Backing vocal vary the texture
Guitar techniques used:
Guitar whisper-playing notes with the volume down then turning it up
quickly (lots of reverb and delay is also applied)
Strumming sweeping action to play chords
Picking/plucking Playing one note at a time
Palm muting dampening/muting the sound by using the palm
Mandolin eect eect to make it sound like a mandolin
Slide sliding finger from one note to another
Knocking guitar making a percussive sound by knocking the guitar

Structure- 4 large
sections
1.

Intro- Verse 1- Pre-chorusChorus

2. Link A&B- Verse 2- Prechorus- Chorus

3. Middle 8/Bridge (11 bars)
4. Link A&B- Verse 3- Outro

Link A&B = same as intro

Verse - uses power chords (open
5ths) and drone strings
Middle 8 - based on pre-chorus
chords

Development of the Piece

Intro- A: Key not clear/ ripple of notes on clean elec guitar sound/ background guitar whisper/ Ends with loud unison
chord of Em
B: Full band play- D Major- chord pattern is semi-strummed on elec guitar/ 3rd elec guitar playing a C# clashes
with pedal D (bass guitar)
V1Tonality= Modal/ Vocals enter/guitar whispers return/drums focus on toms/acoustic guitar prominent/elec
guitar plays broken chords
Pre-Chorus- Mostly in E minor/ Vocal range gets higher/elec & acoustic guitar play same rhythm
Chorus- Tonality=Modal/Backing vocs enter/ Strings in background- sound eect/straight drum pattern
Link A&B- Same as intro but with a mandolin eect added on the acoustic guitar
V2Same as v1 but added sound eects- descending slide/trill on strings
Pre-Chorus 2- Same as PC1 but strings more prominent (build texture)/ pizzicato strings added
Chorus- Same as Chorus 1- drum roll leads to Middle 8
Middle 8- Intense section- strings play sustained notes to fill out chords/multi-tracked vocal harmonies in counterpoint
(polyphonic texture)/ snare play toms rhythm from before = greater intensity
Link A&B- Same but extra percussive sounds from acoustic guitar
V3Backing similar but more cymbal from drum-kit/ vocal part higher, more forceful= intense/More special eects
added
Outro- Strings very evident/Vocal improvisation in very high vocal range (top G) = virtuosic/Elec guitar added with
flanger eect= EVEN MORE INTENSE/ song finishes with a short, unaccompanied modal phrase in the vocalshows the influence of qawwali music