12/16/2023 0 Comments Black hole sun on guitar![]() ![]() Drummer Matt Cameron called the song "a huge departure". Now it's the ' Dream On' of our set." The song was performed in a slightly sharp drop D tuning, similar to the tuning used on the band's first single, " Hunted Down". It was the spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine go down. It ended up changing the song completely." Thayil said that the song "wasn't safe as milk, but it wasn't glass in someone's eye either. Guitarist Kim Thayil said that the Leslie model 16 speaker was perfect for the song as "it's very Beatlesque and has a distinctive sound. He used a Gretsch guitar to write the song, and commented, "I wrote the song thinking the band wouldn't like it-then it became the biggest hit of the summer." Cornell came up with the song while using a Leslie speaker. Ĭornell said that he wrote the song in about 15 minutes. Then I wrote the lyrics and that was similar, a stream of consciousness based on the feeling I got from the chorus and title. The next day I brought it into the real world, assigning a couple of key changes in the verse to make the melodies more interesting. I got home and whistled it into a Dictaphone. I spent a lot of time spinning those melodies in my head so I wouldn't forget them. I thought that would make an amazing song title, but what would it sound like? It all came together, pretty much the whole arrangement including the guitar solo that's played beneath the riff. I heard 'blah blah blah black hole sun blah blah blah'. It sparked from something a news anchor said on TV and I heard wrong. I wrote it in my head driving home from Bear Creek Studio in Woodinville, a 35–40 minute drive from Seattle. ![]() In 2014, Cornell explained the song's origins to Uncut Magazine: "Black Hole Sun" was written by frontman Chris Cornell. "Black Hole Sun" was included on Soundgarden's 1997 greatest hits album A-Sides and also appeared on the 2010 compilation album Telephantasm. Worldwide, the single reached the top 10 in Australia, Canada, France, and Ireland, while in Iceland, it reached number one. Despite peaking at number two on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, "Black Hole Sun" finished as the number-one track of 1994 for that listing. Considered to be the band's signature song, it topped the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, where it spent a total of seven weeks at number one. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, the song was released in 1994 by A&M Records as the third single from the band's fourth studio album, Superunknown (1994). The Over driven and Distortion guitars provoked destruction and chaos while the acoustic guitar, using arpeggio brought back order and tranquility." Black Hole Sun" is a song by American rock band Soundgarden. The various guitars being played at the same time instilled a psychedelic, dark, and reminiscent mood. The Instruments used were the acoustic, distortion, over driven and bass guitars as well as the drums which kept a steady beat. There are numerous times where repetition within the lyrics as well as with the instrumental melody occur making it difficult to identify whether or not a new section has begun. I believe this piece is constructed in a ABA Ternary Form in which the first section comes to an end with the beginning of the second section at 2:55 which lasts until 3:26,which indicates the start of the third and final section. I believe it is polyphonic as the various guitars used would introduce what seemed to be a different melody specifically during the guitar solo. I had a difficult time identifying whether the song is homophonic or polyphonic. The Dynamics went from playing soft (piano) to forte as the song progressed. The instruments are in key with the singers voice except at certain times such as at 2:55 when the guitar solo introduces a melody of its own. Dissonance taking place can be heard at the very end of the song starting around 5:09. The entire song is played on a minor scale with various changes occurring amongst the guitar chords. According to Wikipedia, the guitar solo in Black Hole Sun is over a riff that alternates between 4/4 and 9/8 and is played in dropped D tuning. There is also arpeggio occurring all throughout the song such as at 0:17. Syncopation occurs at 2:59 when the guitar solo begins and disturbs the regular rhythm. ![]() This song is played in a duple meter, in which the downbeat is emphasized by the drums playing in the background and also when the singer ends the verse with “Sun”. ![]()
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