Sams+analysis+of+Beat+It

In the song 'Beat It' by Michael Jackson the instruments used were guitar, bass guitar, drums, piano and keyboard. 'Beat It' was one of the hit singles on the album 'Thriller'.

This song consists of a 1st and 2nd verse, chorus, 3rd and 4 verse and then repeating the chorus after the 4th verse six times with one chores after the 2nd verse. There is a guitar solo after the 2nd time around chorus is played, this is when the chorus is played 6 times.

At the very beginning of 'Beat It' we hear a moderately loud start. Staying at a moderately loud sound Jackson starts singing the first verse, as he sings the 2nd verse, which is before the chorus Jackson stays on the same sound level. As we go into the chorus we hear a louder sound, this is where the riff is played. Going back into the third and fourth verse the level of noise goes back to moderately loud. After the third and fourth verses are finished the song goes back into the chorus, the chorus is repeated five times after the first chorus is sung. When the guitar has a solo we have a riff in the background but the guitar is the main sound we hear. The dynamics build as the chorus is played. The song is in 4/4 time signature. While singing the song Jackson also used the drum case beater. The song is played in the key of E flat at a moderately loud tempo.

The riff is a very catching tune that gets stuck in your head making you just love the song, because the riff is so catchy Jackson used the chorus multiple times.

At the start of the video clip below, the song doesn't start playing straight away. We first see men walking out of a restaurant, this makes us get a feel of what the video clip is about. Unexpectedly we hear the song, starting at a moderately sound. The song ends with the sound fading away.

The chords change slightly in the verse's and pre-chorus' to the chorus'. In the verses and pre-chrorus it goes Em, D, Em, D, C and D but in the chorus it goes Em, D, Em, D, Em and D.

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1st verse 2nd verse Chorus 3rd verse 4 verse Chorus Chorus Solo (guitar) Chorus Chorus Chorus Chorus
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