Starman
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This document provides a musical analysis of the David Bowie song "Starman" in 3 sentences or less: It describes the song structure as having an intro, verses, choruses, guitar solos, and fading out sections. The harmony is outlined showing the chords used in each section that stay primarily in the key of Bb. The instrumentation, melody, rhythm, and tonality are analyzed briefly.
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Starman
- 1. Starman David Bowie
- 2. Form Intro 8 bars Verse 13 bars Chorus 11 bars Guitar solo 7 bars Verse 13 bars Chorus 22 bars Guitar solo (till fade)
- 3. Harmony Intro chords with moving bass notes verse chords are; Gm (VI), F (V dominant), C/G (II/VI), C7 (IIb7), F, Ab (VII), Bb (I) Chorus chords are; F, Dm (iv), Am (IV), Am7/G(IV7/VI), C/G, C7
- 4. Instrumentation +Timbre Guitar 1 (acoustic) Guitar 2 (electric) Strings Drums Bass Keyboard Vocals
- 5. Melody Melody is in the vocals. That is the only thing I can really find
- 6. Rhythm + Metre 4/4 with a tempo of 92bpm Syncopated melody (fa-a-ade)
- 7. Tonality Stays in the key of Bb throughout.
- 8. Composer, Performer, Audience & Occasion To be honest I couldn’t find anything special. Oooh its on the album
- 9. Activity ! A cappella version of the chorus lyrics Chords x2 Bass Drums (beatbox) Strings x2