AoS2: Beyoncé

Single Ladies: There are ​ (a)   on every ​ (b)   beat of the bar throughout the song.

• hand claps
• quaver
• snare hits
• kick drums
• crotchet
• minim
• clicks
• hi hats
• semiquaver

Single Ladies: there is dissonance created in the 2nd part of the chorus on the lyrics “should have put a ring” – there is a C natural in the bass whilst the vocal line is based on the E major scale. which two notes together creates a tritone?

• C and G#

• C and F#

• C and E#

• C and G

Single Ladies: The intro and first verse is N.C. and the only ‘instrument’ we hear to start with other than the hand claps is a...

• Alarm like flute synth

• Pizzicato violin played at the top of it's range

• Bass synth

• Cowbell

The verse melody is simple using only 4 notes;

E (the ​ (a)   ), ​ (b)   , G# and A

• tonic
• F#
• dominant
• subdominant
• leading note
• F
• B
• A#

Single Ladies: Chords enter in the second half of the chorus: B5, ​ (a)   , B5, ​ (b)   . The use of open fifth chords keeps the tonality ​ (c)   .​

• Caug
• A5
• ambiguous
• Csus4
• Cdim
• A6
• A7
• A9
• diatonic
• chromatic

Single Ladies: The call and response melody between the main vocal and backing vocals at the beginning of the song (‘All the single ladies, all the single ladies’) highlights which two notes?

• E and G#

• E and F#

• E and B

• E and A

Single Ladies: The vocal line primarily stays within the range of a ​ (a)   . E.g. The first three notes of the ‘oh, oh, oh’ chorus melody are a descending tonic ​ (b)   (B, G#, E), which then ascends and descends from the tonic to the 3rd (E, F#, G#, F#, E)

• 5th
• triad
• 4th
• 3rd
• scale
• sequence

Crazy in Love: The brass sample is taken from the song

• Are You My Woman - The Chi-Lites

• Are You My Man - The Chi-Brites

• Are You A Potato - The Chi-Bites

• Are You Mary Poppins - The Chi-Kites

CiL:  ‘Uh oh’s’ are based around only two notes: D and an A – tonic and dominant of Dm. Why does this work so well? Beyoncé is singing the....

• agogo part

• surdo part

• guitar part

• violin part from Psycho

CiL: The chorus vocal line is based only on 3 notes (​ (a)   ). It is also largely syncopated and in short notes values e.g. ​ (b)   , making it seem faster than it really is

• F, D and G
• semiquavers
• E, F# and G#
• D, F and A
• triplets
• quavers