The Beatles - A-Level Music edexcel

Question 1

What type of backing vocals are common in 'Here, There, and Everywhere'?

Accepted Answer

Close Barbershop

Question 2

What would describe the range of the backing singers in 'Here, There, and Everywhere'?

Accepted Answer

High Tessitura

Question 3

What is the four chord progression in the B section of 'Here, There, and Everywhere'?

Accepted Answer

I-vi-ii-III7

Question 4

'Here, There and Everywhere' is a fast paced with a continuous rock rhythm.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

There is no chord sequence in 'Tomorrow Never Knows'

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

The Beatles were influenced by Blues music

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

What is a rhythmic feature of the refrain in 'Eleanor Rigby'

Accepted Answer

Sustained semibreves

Question 8

What does the pivot chord in G minor (Here, There, and Everywhere) achieve?

Accepted Answer

Perfect cadence to following bar

Question 9

What is special about the string quartet in 'Eleanor Rigby'?

Accepted Answer

Parts are doubled

Question 10

What best describes the range of George Harrison's vocals in 'I Want to Tell You'

Accepted Answer

Narrow

Question 11

'I Want To Tell You' has no dissonance

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

'Here, There, and Everywhere' is typical of a standard pop song

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

The melody of 'Eleanor Rigby' is...

Accepted Answer

Diatonic

Question 14

What drug (allegedly) influenced 'Tomorrow Never Knows'

Accepted Answer

Acid

Question 15

There is a flat 6th over pedal A in 'I Want to Tell You'

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

What is the structure of 'Tomorrow Never Knows'?

Accepted Answer

Strophic

Question 17

How many 5 bar phrases are there in Eleanor Rigby?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 18

What is unusual about the guitar solo in 'Tomorrow Never Knows'?

Accepted Answer

It is pre recorded then played backwards

Question 19

How does 'I Want to Tell You' end?

Accepted Answer

Melizmatic chant

Question 20

What genre were the Beatles?

Accepted Answer

Rock

Questions 20