Bach - Brandenburg Concerto
- Created by: MHummerstone
- Created on: 07-06-18 10:30
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- Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.5, 3rd Movement
- Texture
- Polyphonic
- Counterpoint
- Polyphony
- Contrapuntal
- Baroque Concertos
- One or two solo violins
- A string orchestra
- Continuo
- Rules Broken by Bach
- Solos in violin, Flute and Harpsichord
- One violin part instead of two in the ripieno
- Virtuoso in harpsichord part.
- Use of a tonic pedal on B in the middle section
- Violin and flute occasionally play in thirds or in unison
- Fugal
- Polyphonic
- Structure
- Ternary Form
- 1st A
- Bar 1 - 78
- D major
- Brief sections of A major
- Section B
- Bar 79 - 232
- B minor (Relative minor)
- New Theme
- Ideas of A
- 2nd A
- Bar 233 - End
- Opening of A
- Extra D major chord in continuo part
- 1st A
- Ternary Form
- Dynamics
- Terraced dynamics used
- No crescendo or diminuendo
- Few dynamics used
- A feature of baroque music
- Terraced dynamics used
- Melody
- Mostly conjuct
- Occasional leaps (disjunct)
- The conjusct melody often develops into scalic runs in the harpsichord
- Rising sequences
- Use of trills
- Mostly conjuct
- Rhythm / Tempo / Metre
- The metre is 2/4, but could be written in 6/8, making it compound time
- This makes it essentially a baroque gigue
- Use of triplets and dotted rhythms throughout
- Semiquaver runs, particularly in the harpsichord
- The metre is 2/4, but could be written in 6/8, making it compound time
- Harmony / Tonality
- Root position and first inversion chords
- Perfect cadences at the end of sections
- Occasional use of suspentions
- D Major
- Diatonic
- B section modulates to the dominant (A Major) and relative minor (B Minor)
- Instrumentation
- Ripieno
- Violin
- Viola
- Cello
- Solo
- Violin
- Flute
- Harpsichord
- Ripieno
- Texture
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