What key is Killer Queen by Queen in?

The tonic key of Killer Queen is E♭ major - however, the verses start in the relative minor of C and the choruses move to the dominant B♭ major.

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Texture The texture is melody-dominated homophony . There is a clear melody line and the accompaniment mostly plays block chords on each beat. There is imitation between the voice and the electric guitar at points in the song, e.g. following the 'willing as' the guitar repeats the same notes in imitation bar 62 on beat 4. Metre, rhythm and tempo The time signature is 12/8, which means that there are four groups of three quavers in a bar; this is a type of compound time signature. Many of the rhythms are dotted crotchet to quaver, which gives the song a swung feel. The tempo is at a steady 112 bpm . Syncopation is found at various points in the melody, which helps create the upbeat feel. Each new section begins with an anacrusis. Harmony and tonality The tonic key of Killer Queen is E♭ major - however, the verses start in the relative minor of C and the choruses move to the dominant B♭ major. Both of these keys are the closest relations to E♭ major. Not all of the chords used belong to the tonic key. For example, bar 18 has the chords G7, F7/A, G7/B and C. If all the accidentals in the key signature were used, these chords would actually be Gm7, Fm7/A♭, Gm7/B♭ and Cm. However, they have been altered to chords that don’t belong to the tonic key. Extended chords , such as seventh and eleventh chords are employed. A harmonic pedal is used in bars 5 to 6 at the start of each verse to underpin the music. Mercury’s overdubbed vocal parts move in parallel harmonies, which makes the band sound bigger and helps differentiate between sections of the song. Shared between the band members, a descending chromatic bassline is heard in bars 7 to 9, which highlights the flamboyancy of the song. A circle of fifths features at bar 20 where the chords are A - Dm - G7 - C, which are all closely related, as shown in the diagram below.

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