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6. How are the arpeggios in Solo 1 played on the bassoon?

  • dolce
  • with a mute
  • in closed formation
  • fortissimo

7. How many times is the second idea played in solo 1 and over what chords?

  • 4 times over Em, Bm, Em, Bm
  • 3 times over Bm, Am, Em first inversion, Em
  • 6 times over chords Em x 2, A, Gm first inversion x2 and Cm

8. how do the violins answer the bassoon in solo 1

  • playing the first idea
  • playing steccato repeated crotchets
  • playing triadic patterns of arpeggios
  • playing the second idea

9. How does Vivaldi drive the music forward in Solo 1

  • fast ocitve leaps
  • circle of fiths
  • fast quver rhythms in accompaniment

10. What key does Ritornello 2 modulate to?

  • C-Minor
  • D-Mionr
  • B-Minor
  • B-major
  • E- Major

11. What is the purpose of Ritornello 2

  • To provide contrast in texture
  • To modulate and return quickly to the virtuosic bassoon solo
  • To modulate and develop the second idea

12. How is Solo 2 Virtuosic?

  • wide leaps, sustained melodic phrasin, ornamentation and descending demi-semi quaver passages.
  • Many triplets, trills and fast asecending scales moving quickly over the full range of the bassoon.
  • very fast playing over modulating keys
  • fast counter melodies with the violin I

13. What is Solo 2 based on

  • The Second Idea
  • The First Idea

14. Ritornello 3 modulates from Am to B-maj to Em how does this help the piece become more interesting?

  • it changes over polyphonic textures giving the piece momentum as it changes over the many keys
  • It modulates through en-harmonics over chromatic scales which was relatively unheard of in Baroque music
  • The change to B-maj causes the change back to Em more dramatic
  • All the keys are unrelated to the tonic key so it provides interest as the audience don

15. Solo 3 is the longest solo episode

  • True
  • False

16. In what range of the bassoon is solo 3 played in?

  • Tenor and bass
  • Very high
  • Bass
  • Soprano

17. What do the broken chords in the violins induce in solo 3

  • a build up and crescendo into the last ritornello
  • circle of fiths
  • modulation to the relative minor

18. What Key is Ritornello 4 in?

  • Em
  • Dm
  • Am
  • Bm
  • Bmaj

19. The Ritornello 4 repeats material from the piece but not the main theme.

  • True
  • False

20. What interesting dynamic happens in the final bars?

  • an echo from f to p to f
  • a sforzando
  • fff
  • ppp
  • an echo from p to f