Music Set Works - Pearson
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- Created on: 21-07-18 22:28
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Samba Em Preludio
Texture
- the opening consists of only a bass guitar - monophonic
- vocals add texture - bass moves between a counterpoint line and chords
- much sparser texture after instrumental in verse 3 - fewer notes and chords
- polyphonic/contrapuntal texture
Rhythm/Metre/Tempo
- No drum kit - can hear implied bossa nova rhythm (slow tempo)
- written rhythms - difficult when written
- opening - fairly free tempo - a sense of the pulse moving
- clearly in 4/4 - rubato feel
- bossa nova groove - bar 19
- emphasis on syncopated rhythm
Instrumentation
- guitar style - influenced by flamenco
- like early bossa nova pieces - the instrumentation is stripped back and only contains female vocals, acoustic bass guitar, and nylon-string guitar
- both the guitar and bass have a solo - common in jazz
Tonality and Harmony
- the piece is in B minor
- chords often feature extended chords which can provide dissonance - jazz harmony
Melody
- syllabic
- ascending broken chords - vocals
- stepwise movement in melody
- guitar solo uses tremolo picking and fast arpeggios
- modern piece - ornamentation
- vocals - sequences
Structure
- aspects of the Jazz 'head' arrangement (intro - verse 1 - break - verse 2 - instrumental - verse 3 - coda (ABA form)
- opens with an ad lib bass solo
- ends with a guitar flourish and vocals die away
Purcell
Rhythm, Metre, and Tempo
- no tempo marking - fairly slow pace
- dotted rhythms in the right hand of the harpsichord are characteristics of stile Italiano
Features of Baroque Music
- basso continuo - harpsichord and cello
- lots of ornamentation
- imitation
- suspension
- Tierce d Picardie
Melody
- dissonance - creates tension
- ornamentation
- first few bars - syllabic
- interjections (swapped phrases)
- harpsichord - ornamentation
- combination of syllabic and melismatic
Texture
- homophonic or melody and accompaniment
Instrumentation
- basso continuo - harpsichord, lute, and viol
- solo voice - soprano or countertenor - bar 4
Tonality and Harmony
- Tierce d Picardie
- opening chord - Am (possible key)
- ground bass - (left hand of harpsichord), chromatic notes, perfect cadence
- modulates to dominant (Em)
Structure
- rounded binary form
- ground bass
- intro (bars 1-3)
- section A (bars 4-21)
- section B (bars 22-28)
- section AI (bars 19-38)
- Da Capo Aria Style - ABAI
Bach
Rhythm, Metre, and Tempo
- Tempo - fast (Allegro)
- 2/4 - dance (Gigue) - triplets = 6/8 feel
- 6/8 metre/compound time
Features of Romantic Music
- Concerto Grosso
- two sections - antiphonal effects or dialogue between them
- one mood per movement (gigue creates an upbeat mood)
Melody
- A section - does not exceed an octave
- entries overlap - stretto - adds intensity
- real answers (copies) and tonal answers
- B - variation on flute part + quiet dynamics
- sequences, suspensions, and pedals
- trills prolong notes - harpsichord
- acciaccatura
- B section based on A section
Texture
- contrapuntal - polyphonic (instruments)
- imitation - answer
- beginning - monophonic or a two-part counterpoint
- limited to terraced dynamics
- B section - opens with a homophonic texture
- a dialogue between instruments (call and response)
Instrumentation
- Concerto Grosso
- Concertante - flute + violin
- Ripieno - everyone else (violin, viola, harpsichord, double bass, cello)
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