Amy Winehouse About the piece Back to Black is a piece written by the late Amy Winehouse The song is about how her husband Blake FielderCivil has been cheating on her He always would go back to her meaning the girl he was cheating on Amy with and Amy would go back to black mean ID: 419110
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Back to black-Amy WinehouseSlide2
About the pieceBack to Black is a piece written by the late Amy Winehouse. The song is about how her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, has been cheating on her. He always would “go back to her” meaning the girl he was cheating on Amy with, and Amy would go “back to black” meaning she would resort to drugs to get her through the tough times. She was saying that it’s killing her that he cheats on her, but she always goes back to Blake. They do have differences in drug preferences, though.Slide3
Listening guide
Time
Text
Musical Elements
Instrumentation
0:00-0:15
N/A
Introduction: 8 measures,
piano chords (high and low)
Drums, Piano
(upper), piano (bass line), tambourine every 4
th
beat of each measure
0:16-0:29
He left no time to regret,
Kept his **** ***,
With his same old safe bet,
Verse 1: 8 measures, piano chords (high and low), chimes play descending scale, sings in a mid-range
Vocals
enter, piano (upper), piano (bass line), tambourine every 4
th
beat of each measure
0:30-0:46
Me and my head high,
And my tears dry,
Get on without my guy
Verse 1: 8 measures,
piano chords (high and low),
chimes play descending scale, voice is intentionally behind the beat, same notes
as 0:16-:0:29
Chimes enterSlide4
Listening guide
Time
Text
Musical Elements
Instrumentation
0:47-1:01
You went back to what you knew
,
So far removed ,
From all that we went through,
Verse 1: 8 measures, piano chords (high and low), same notes as
0:16-:0:29
Background vocals enter singing chords (3 notes and artists own voice), main vocals, piano (upper), piano (bass line), tambourine
every 4
th
beat of each measure
1:02-1:17
And I tread a troubled track,
My odds are stacked,
I go back to black
Verse 1: 8 measures, piano chords (high and low),
bass guitar plays descending scale mimicking the chimes from 0:30-0:46,
delayed before saying the word ‘to’ in “I go back
to
black”, work painting with the
word “back” like she’s falling back
Background vocals end, marimba/vibraphone enters and improvises Slide5
Listening guide
Time
Text
Musical Elements
Instrumentation
1:18-1:25
We
only said goodbye with words,
I’ve died a hundred times,
Chorus: 8 measures, piano
chords (high and low), singer does larger jumps, chimes play descending scale, larger jumps and sings higher
Violins
enter, Lead guitar enters, chimes enter, backup vocals end,
Piano
(upper), piano (bass line), tambourine every 4
th
beat of each measure
1:26-1:39
You go back to her,
And I go back to…
I go back to
us
Intentionally behind
beat, almost seems to slow down a bit
1:40-1:50
I love you much,
It’s not enough,
You love blow, and I love puff
Verse 2:
9 measures,
piano chords (high and low), harmonies in vocals (artists own voice), intentionally behind beat,
same notes
as 0:16-:0:29
Violins end, piano
(upper), piano (bass line), tambourine every 4
th
beat of each measureSlide6
Listening guide
Time
Text
Musical Elements
Instrumentation
1:51-2:07
And life, is
like a pipe,
And I’m a tiny penny rolling up the walls inside
Verse 2:
9 measures, piano chords (high and low), harmonies in vocals
(artists own voice),
same notes
as 0:16-:0:29
Piano (upper),
piano (bass line), tambourine every 4
th
beat of each measure
2:08-2:39
We
only said goodbye with words,
I’ve died a hundred times,
You go back to her,
And I go back to…
(2x)
Chorus(2x): 16
measures, piano
chords (high and low), chorus is slightly altered with rhythm, lead guitar improvise, violins descending minor scale
Violins
enter, lead guitar enters, chimes enter mimicking voices, backup vocals end,
Piano
(upper), piano (bass line), tambourine every 4
th
beat of each measureSlide7
Listening guide
Time
Text
Musical Elements
Instrumentation
2:40-3:21
Black, black, black, black, black, black, black,
I go back to,
I go back to
Bridge: 20 measures, backup
vocals sing minor chords
Everything ends save drums,
vocals, chimes, backup vocals, violins, piano, and tambourine every 4
th
beat of each measure
3:22-4:01
We
only said goodbye with words,
I’ve died a hundred times,
You go back to her,
And I go back to…
(2x)
Black
Chorus(2x): 17
measures, piano
chords (high and low), altered rhythm,
Violins
enter, Lead guitar enters, chimes enter, backup vocals end,
Piano
(upper), piano (bass line), tambourine every 4
th
beat of each measure, baritone saxophone plays final chord