Bach Brandenburg Concerto no.5 mov.3
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- Bach - Brandenburg Concerto no.5 mov.3
- Melody
- The music is mostly conjunct
- There are often scales and runs in the harpsichord part
- Occasional trills in the harpsichord part
- There are appoggiaturas in the main middle section theme when it returns in A major
- Tonality
- The music is in D major
- The B section modulates to the dominant (A major) and relative minor (B minor)
- The music is diatonic
- Harmony
- Harmony uses standard chords of the time
- The harmony is functional
- The harmony mainly uses root positions and first inversion chords
- Perfect cadences announce the end of sections
- Suspensions are used occasionally
- Texture
- Polyphonic
- Fugal characteristics used
- Call and response between Violin and Flute in the first subject
- The harpsichord plays in two-part counterpoint
- Occasionally the flute and violin play in thirds
- The bass line in the middle section has a tonic pedal on B
- Tempo, metre and rhythm
- The metre is 2/4, but could also be written in 6/8
- Uses dotted rhythms and triplets throughout
- The harpsichord has many semi-quaver runs
- Instrumentation
- Flute
- Violin
- Harpsichord
- Baroque string orchestra
- Melody
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