Question

In the song "This Boy" by the Beatles, an unusual musical technique occurs at the end of the bridge as the word "cry" is sung, where...

A. an electric guitar double the melody line up an octave

B. the drums go into a double-time feel

C. the music accelerates, getting increasingly faster as the song ends

D. the voices drop out and the orchestra commands the melody

E. Paul plays one of his few electric bass solos

F. the music stops and the vocal is sung alone

G. none of the above

Answer 1

The Beatles were a rock band from England that were very popular in the 1960s.

In February 1964, The Beatles arrived to the United States and they brought with them the song "This Boy". This particular song was intriguing and complex and it used musical techniques that helped transform it into a great song to perform on stage.

"This Boy" had a sheer liberation of the bridge. The song, written in D major, and resembling a doo-wop sequence in 12/8 time before moving to the difficult middle eight, and back again for the final verse and finally fading out.