amy winehouse - rehab track analysis

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Amy Winehouse:Back To Black

(2006) Track Analysis: Rehab



STRUCTURE &

MELODY O The basic structure of the track is as follows:

| Chorus | Verse 1 | Bridge | Chorus | Verse 2 |Bridge | Chorus | Verse 3 | Chorus |

O The ocals enter !rst" followe# imme#iately by thebass an# $ercussion% there is no intro#uction&

O The secon# line of the bri#'e $assa'e is an

au'mente# ersion of the chorus line But if mya##y*+&

O The thir# chorus is abri#'e#" with only half thelyrics use#&

O The track en#s without an outro or fa#e out ,en#in' as su##enly as it be'an&



HARMONY &

TONALTY O The harmonic lan'ua'e of the !rst chorusis base# u$on rhythm an# blues+ usin'chor#s -" -. an# . with a number of a##e#/ths&

O .erse uses a less conentional chor#$ro'ression: 1m" Am" /" Ab an# this isre$eate# twice in a cycle&



TE!TURE & TMBREO 3nusual instruments4soun#s use# in this track inclu#e:

5 an#cla$s" ar$ an# Wurlit7er

O The beat of the !rst 8horus" with its synco$ate#rhythms" #rum5!lls an# o95beat han#cla$s is otown5ins$ire#&

O -n .erse " there is a $rominent use of the baritonesa;o$hone which $roi#es an o95beat ri9&

O The te;ture is thickene# with more bass instruments$layin' lon' crescen#o notes&

O There are a##itional #ialo'ue e9ects in .erse 2 from the

horns&O <ome a##itional #rum !lls are a##e# in the thir# 8horus&

O A##itional instrumental e9ects are inclu#e#" mostnotably a re$eate# ri9 on the keyboar#&

O The track inclu#es a full com$liment of strin's an# aswell as horns&



NTER"RETN# THE

CONTENT O$ THE LYRCSO Amy Winehouse ha# an instantly

reco'nisable oice that communicate# themeanin' of her lyrics with incre#ible

emotion& The lyrics of Rehab #escribe thenarrator+s a##ictie #rinkin' an# refusal toenter a rehabilitation clinic& -t almostcertainly has a stron' autobio'ra$hicalelement&

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