STAR WARS SET WORK
- Created by: blackvelvetrise
- Created on: 26-05-19 22:16
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- Star wars
- melody
- Main theme (A) B3-7
- sequence in strings
- fanfare style B20 brass
- main theme (B) B11-15
- very memorable melodic ideas B3-7
- both themes use triplets B5
- rhythm
- opening fast tempo
- 4/4 quadruple time and march like tempo
- lots of repeated notes and triplets for fanfare style (B5)
- stong pulse throughout
- triple time and slowing of speed
- very fast tempo 120 BPM
- texture
- block chord accompaniment (B51)
- mostly homophonic
- Lots of pedal notes and ostinatos
- Thick, full sound , few solos
- Instrumentation
- full symphony orchestra w/ lots of instruments doubled
- Lots of brass (B30)
- Use of sweeping strings (B31)
- additional percussion instruments (timpani, trinagle, snare, tam tam. glock,vibraphone, cymbals)
- No electronic sounds
- genre
- Film music (opening section of the film)
- composed by John Williams in 1977
- Harmony
- Lots of quartal harmony
- Mostly chords I, IV and V (primary chords)
- not many cadences
- Lots of dissonance
- Use of tritone
- Tonality
- Clearly in B flat Major
- less clear tonality form
- Feels like C is the home note
- lots of dissonance and atonality
- Bitonality
- Structure
- Structure is dictated by the action on screen
- Into, ABBA of main theme and second theme
- melody
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