Cage Sonatas Test 0.0 / 5 ? MusicDeveloping Musical UnderstandingA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: sarayussoufCreated on: 01-06-17 16:04 INSTRUMENT - Type of Piano Prepared Piano 1 of 30 INSTRUMENTS - The prepared piano makes the piece sound more like a _____ ensemble? Percussion 2 of 30 INSTRUMENTS - What effect does the prepared piano have on note lengths Decreases the note lengths 3 of 30 INSTRUMENTS - What effect does the structure and prepared overall have? Indeterminacy 4 of 30 Structure of the Piece Rounded Binary 5 of 30 Melodic lines? No distinguishable melodic lines 6 of 30 Specific type of structure for this piece (not rounded binary) Micromacro cosmic structure 7 of 30 Magic number for sonata 1 7 8 of 30 Magic number for sonata 2 31 9 of 30 Magic number for sonata 3 34 10 of 30 An example of a non-distinguishable chord, and why? A Minor 7th in b.20, not recognisable due to prepared piano creating distorted sounds. 11 of 30 b.17 sonata 2 effect? Ostinato acts as a pedal 12 of 30 The ___ can't be defined by ___ The structure can't be defined by tonality 13 of 30 Harmonic feel in Sonata 2 Pentatonic feel 14 of 30 RHYTHM - There are frequent changes in - Time signature 15 of 30 What effect does the changes in time signature have You can't follow the piece to a pulse or rhythm 16 of 30 Bar 17 Sonata 1 RHYTHM Quintuplet 17 of 30 Rhythmic effect in the opening of sonata 2 Syncopation 18 of 30 B.7 of sonata 2, what is happening with the melody? Metrical Displacement 19 of 30 Rhythm in b.10 Sonata 2 Homorhythmic 20 of 30 What is happening in bar 14 of Sonata 3 Retrograde of b.13 21 of 30 b.22 of Sonata 3, the ascending melodic line is an ___ Augmentation of the demi-semiquavers in the opening of sonata 3. 22 of 30 What type of rhythm is found in bar 18 of Sonata 3 Complex Rhythm 23 of 30 Texture at the start of Sonata 2 Monophonic 24 of 30 Bars 14-15 of Sonata 3 are a ___ Sequence 25 of 30 The demisemiquaver melody at the start of Sonata 3 is frequently___ Repeated 26 of 30 In the opening bars of Sonata 3, the A in the LH piano is an ___ Inverted Pedal 27 of 30 The texture in b.30 of sonata 2 is ___ Layered 28 of 30 The Majority of the texture in Sonata 3 is ___ MDH 29 of 30 What century did John Cage compose in? 20th Century 30 of 30
Comments
No comments have yet been made