Defying Gravity Mindmap put into revision cards possiblt with some different info. Edexcel 9-1 GCSE 4.5 / 5 based on 26 ratings ? MusicStephen SchwartzMusic for Stage and ScreenGCSEEdexcel Created by: LouiseB12Created on: 11-04-17 18:02 Melody Most of the song is syllabic Some parts pf the choruses are disjunct Variation in the verses Use of leitmotifs as a vital feature Use of perfect intervals (4ths and 5ths) Bars 71-79 is hexatonic Scalic descent in bar 101 Long notes and wide leaps illustrate her confidence growing "Defying gravity" is the title hook 1 of 8 Rhythm Recitative sections are in free time Many changes of tempo The time signature changes a lot at the beginning (between 3/2 and 2/2) Settles into 4/4 Use of syncopated rhythms Triplets used - bar 59 Ostinato features - eg bars 80-87 and 152-159 2 of 8 Texture After some brief monophonic passages, the texture is mainly melody and accompaniment Becomes mainly homophonic The two characters mainly either sing alternatively or in unison They sing in 3rds in a couple of passages There is a brief contrapuntal (polyphonic) section in the final bars 3 of 8 Instrumentation Band of 23 musicians Reed players have to double instruments Various features used include: String tremolo - bars 34-36 Guitar overdrive - bar 11 Chordal writing for low brass - bars 20-23 Drum fill - bar 54 Tutti (full band) - bar 135 High melody on synth - bars 152-160 4 of 8 Genre Wicked, is a musical written by Stephen Schwartz and was released in 2003. It is based on the film The Wizard of Oz and the book Wicked. The story is based around two witches; Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch. Defying Gravity ends the first act and is sung by both Elphaba and Glinda. 5 of 8 Harmony Use of root position triads and sus chords Use of various cadences to progress to different parts of the song Intro ends with a perfect cadence Chorus starts with an interrupted cadence Plagal cadence leads to the end (the most dramatic part) Circle of 5ths progressions at 69-70 Use of pedals Inner pedal - bars 162-167 Inverted pedal - bar 168 In bars 125-128 they are in parallel thirds 6 of 8 Tonality Ambigous tonality at the beginning (moves chromatically) Each witch has an initial key: Glinda - D major Elphaba - D ♭ major The main parts of the song (verses and chorusus) are in D major Bars 88 - 100 are in G major Bars 115-131 also have an ambiguous tonality 7 of 8 Structure Mainly verse-chorus structure Intro and a varied reprise of intro 3 verses Chorus is sung 4 times Bridge Coda Instead of a verse, 2 chorusues are split up by the bridge before the varied reprise of the intro. Verse 3 is then after that. 8 of 8
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