Star Wars - GCSE Music Set Work

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  • Created by: Livi
  • Created on: 25-06-17 16:30

Star Wars - Resources and Context

  • Released in 1977
  • Full symphony orchestra of nearly 90 players, including:
  •  10 woodwind
  •  11 brass
  •  6 percussion
  •  1 Harp
  •  60 strings (violins, violas, cellos, double basses)
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Star Wars - Structure and Tonality

  • 2 parts (part 1 and part 2)
  • Part 1 = Ternary (ABA) Form in Bb Major
  •  Bar 1-3 = Intro
  •  Bar 4-11   = A  section
  •  Bar 12-20 = B  section
  •  Bar 21-29 = A1 section
  • Part 2
  •  Becomes more atonal but bitonal in the last 10 bars
  •  Bar 30-End
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Star Wars - Melody

  • Use of leitmotif (Luke Skywalker)
  • Bold, clearly defined melodies
  • Fanfare at the beginning on brass with loud dynamics
  • Section A based around Bb and F
  • Section B contrasts, based around 4th and 7th leaps
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Star Wars - Harmony

  • Quartal harmony in the first 7 bars
  • Chords in root position, often with added notes
  • Chromaticism (eg bar 7)
  • Augmented intervals gives a mystic sound (32-39)
  • Dissonant chords nearer the end
  • Clusters of C, Db, F and G in 46-50
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Star Wars - Rhythm

  • 4/4 time signature gives a march feel
  • Triplet figures for fanfare
  • Syncopated accompaniment in B4-6 and B21-22 to build excitement
  • Changes to triplet metre at B44
  • Last 10 bars are a faster tempo
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Star Wars - Texture

  • Mainly homophonic
  • Melody often doubles in octaves
  • Some imitation (fanfare)
  • Homophonic rhythm texture of block chords in B44-50
  • Rhythmic pedel ostinato from 51-End
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thank you brilliant

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