Paul Simon Graceland (single)

What is a single in music?

• An individual song from an album that is on sale to the public

• a collection of audio recordings

• An unmarried singer or musician

What is Graceland?

• An imaginary place where nothing bad happens

• The Memphis home of singer Elvis Presley

• Where Paul Simon stayed in South Africa

What made Elvis Presley stand out in American Society of the 1950s? (tick all that apply)

• Trademark dance moves which shocked older generations

• use of blues chord progressions which crossed racial boundaries

• use of chromatic harmony in his songs

which of the following are HARMONIC features in Graceland? (tick all that apply)

• Repetition

• many phrases start on an anacrusis

• mostly using primary chords

• In the key of E major

• Diatonic

which of the following are features of TEMPO in Graceland? (tick all that apply)

• Moderato

• range of an octave

• word setting is mostly syllabic

• mostly legato

• 118 bpm

which of the following are features of ARTICULATION in Graceland? (tick all that apply)

• Moderato

• range of an octave

• word setting is mostly syllabic

• mostly legato

• 118 bpm

which of the following are features of TONALITY in Graceland? (tick all that apply)

• No modulation

• many phrases start on an anacrusis

• mostly using primary chords

• In the key of E major

• Diatonic

How is the key of E major established in Graceland?

• The first 12 bars are based on an E major chord

• The first note is an E

• It just uses chord IV and V

What is in the key signature of E major?

• 4 flats

• 4 sharps

• 3 sharps

• 3 flats

• 1 sharp

which of the following are MELODIC features in Graceland? (tick all that apply)

• Repetition

• many phrases start on an anacrusis

• mostly using primary chords

• In the key of E major

• Diatonic