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Queen: Killer Queen Context - Sheer Heart Attack 1974 - Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara - Tenor voice - Lead, backing vocals, piano, overdubbed with honky-tonk, piano, electric guitars, bass guitar, drum kit - Guitar techniques: slides, bends, pull-offs, vibrato - Recording techniques and effects: multi-tracking, EQ, flanger, distortion, reverb, wah-wah, panning and overdubbing Texture - Homophonic, three-part texture (guitar solo) - Panning, antiphonal - Imitation, layering Structure : verse-chorus-instrumental-verse-chorus-guitar solo-verse-chorus-outro Tonality and Harmony - Eb major - C minor, close on Eb chord (passing modulations) - Some use of dissonance, seventh chords, circle of fifths (b.20-21) - Altered and extended chords - Pedal notes used Melody - Syllabic text setting - Backing vocals use vocalisations - Melody mostly conjunct (leaps of 3rd/4th) Rhythm, Tempo and Metre - Moderato (dotted crotchet pulse) 112 bpm - 12/8 : compound quadruple time - Swung feel, triplets, syncopation - Occasional irregular bar length - Every verse and chorus start with anacrusis