Defying Gravity All Components
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- Created on: 05-06-20 10:21
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- Defying Gravity - Stephen Schwartz
- Melody
- Lots of syllabic movement
- Vocalisation - melisma within this - B174 -> b176
- Conjunct movement with wide angular leaps - B15 -> b16
- Ascending sequences - b6 -> b7
- Leaps - perfect 5ths - b34
- Word Painting - leap - gravity - flying
- Leaps - perfect 5ths - b34
- Ascending sequences - b6 -> b7
- Conjunct movement with wide angular leaps - B15 -> b16
- Vocalisation - melisma within this - B174 -> b176
- Lots of syllabic movement
- Harmony
- Root position chords - common chords
- Descending parallel semitones
- Suspended chords (2nds and 4ths)
- Augmented chords - b7
- Diminished chords - b19
- Pedals - lower, inner, upper
- Glinda sings in D major and Elphaba in Db major
- Movement around the circle of 5ths - b69 -> b74
- Glinda sings in D major and Elphaba in Db major
- Pedals - lower, inner, upper
- Diminished chords - b19
- Augmented chords - b7
- Suspended chords (2nds and 4ths)
- Descending parallel semitones
- Root position chords - common chords
- Tempo, metre and rhythm
- Bar 1 - Free Tempo
- Bar 20 - Andante
- Bar 49 - Allegro
- Bar 88 - Moderato
- Bar 103 - Allegro
- Bar 111 - Andante
- Bar 129 - Allegro
- Bar 162 -Andante
- Bar 168 - Maestoso
- Bar 162 -Andante
- Rallentando
- Syncopation, dotted rhythms, triplets
- Time signature changes
- Fermatas - b19
- Bar 129 - Allegro
- Bar 111 - Andante
- Bar 103 - Allegro
- Bar 88 - Moderato
- Bar 49 - Allegro
- Bar 20 - Andante
- Bar 1 - Free Tempo
- Sonority
- Duet for Glinda and Elphaba
- Large vocal range G_1 and F-1
- 23 piece orchestra - brass, keyboards, strings, percussion
- Generally a traditional pit orchestra with some unusual instruments
- 23 piece orchestra - brass, keyboards, strings, percussion
- Large vocal range G_1 and F-1
- Duet for Glinda and Elphaba
- Texture and Tonality
- Ambiguous at the start
- Unrelated chords
- Opening - sparse texture with monophonic bars
- Verse melody dominated homophony - builds to polyphonic
- Homophonic chordal passages
- Ostinato accomapniment
- Contrapuntal - b168
- Ostinato accomapniment
- Homophonic chordal passages
- Verse melody dominated homophony - builds to polyphonic
- Opening - sparse texture with monophonic bars
- Unrelated chords
- Ambiguous at the start
- Musical Contexts
- Musical - story told through music, dance and dialogue
- has 4-6 themes reoccurring
- Can be spoken or sung
- Musical follows two acts - act one is always longer
- Songs are breifly introduced in the overture
- Wicked in a book musical - based on a book.
- Sogs reflect feelings, thoughts, how they may see a situation, dreams, talking to someone or exploring a theme
- Wicked in a book musical - based on a book.
- Songs are breifly introduced in the overture
- Musical follows two acts - act one is always longer
- Can be spoken or sung
- has 4-6 themes reoccurring
- Musical - story told through music, dance and dialogue
- Structure
- Colla Voce - Bar 1 - 34
- Verse1 - b34 - 49
- Chorus 1 - b50 - 62
- Verse 2 - b63 - 78
- Chorus 2 - b79 - 88
- Harmony part - b89 - 103
- Chorus 3 - b103 - 134
- Verse 4 - bar 135 - 160
- Chorus 4 - b151 - end
- Verse 4 - bar 135 - 160
- Chorus 3 - b103 - 134
- Harmony part - b89 - 103
- Chorus 2 - b79 - 88
- Verse 2 - b63 - 78
- Chorus 1 - b50 - 62
- Verse1 - b34 - 49
- Colla Voce - Bar 1 - 34
- Melody
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