Chopin - Raindrop Prelude

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When did Chopin compose raindrop prelude?
1839
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What kind of prelude is this?
A piano prelude
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What period did Chopin compose this piece?
Romantic Period
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Typical features of romantic music?
1) Use of rubato 2) Frequent changes of tempo and time signatures 3) Big range of dynamics 4) Song like melody 5) Uses of peddle note.
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Other romantic composers?
1) Tchailkovsky 2) Wagner
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What is the time signature of this piece?
4/4 (4 crotchet beats per bar)
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What structure is this piece?
Ternary form ABA with a coda
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The texture is similar throughout and is mainly ___________
homophonic
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What is the tempo of this piece?
Rubato pull back or speed up the tempo to show expression.
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What is the key signature of Section A?
Db major
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What is the key signature of Section B?
C# minor tonic minor enharmonic
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What is the key signature of Section A?
Db major
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What is the key signature of the coda?
Db major
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What is the enharmonic change from Section A to B?
1) Ab major in bars 11 2) Bb minor in bars 13-16
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What is the enharmonic change from Section B to A?
G# minor in bar 42-43
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What is the instrumentation of the piece?
The main instrument is the piano 1) Expressive us of the pedals 2) Cantabile legato playing
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Section B is much _______ that the A section
Longer
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A section that returns is only _ bars long
6
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How long is section A?
From bars 1 - 27 / 27 bars long
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How long is Section B?
From bars 28 - 75 / 47 bars long
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How long is Section A?
From bars 75 - 81 / 6 bars long
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How long is the Codetta?
From 81 - 89 / 8 bars long
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What is the harmony like in Section?
Is a simple diatonic harmony, mainly using chords I and V7.
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__________ cadence ends phrase at bar 4
Perfect
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__________ notes used in bars 9 and 11 to add colour to the harmony.
Chromatic
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__________ cadence in Bb minor in bars 15- 16
Perfect
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___________ cadence in G# minor in bars 42-43
Perfect
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Inverted dominant pedal in C# minor caused by the _________ G#'s - bars 64-67
repeated
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Texture is mainly ____________ - melody accompaniment Section B - Thick, _______ almost ________ - like movement
1) Homophonic 2) Chordal 3) Chorale
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Section A is homphonic or ______-__________ / __________
Melody-dominated homophony
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Octave _#'s used in section B bar __
1) G 2) 35
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What is the melody like in the main tune of section A?
Main tune of section A has a falling F-D-Ab which sounds like raindrops
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In regular four bar phrases except bars 16-17 and bars 18-19 which are ___ bar phrases
Two
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What is the melody like in Section A?
'Falling' motif to represent sadness 'Elegiac' melody in right hand.
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What is the melody like Section B?
Mood - dark and stormy - melody in left hand bass of piano.
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What is the melody like Section A?
Smorzando - dying away
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What is the main theme of Section A?
F, Db, Ab, Bb, - C, Db, - Eb, F Gb, F, - F, Eb, Db
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What is the main theme of Section B?
G# G# G# G# x 4 + there's inverted dominant pedal on G# in section B
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What is the main theme of section A?
C, Db, Eb, Eb, - F, Gb, F, Eb, Db, F, - E, Cb, Bb, Ab, Bb.
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(Rhythm) _________ used in bar 4
septuplet
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Dotted rhythm (dotted ______ / ________-______________) used in section A
quaver-semiquaver
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_________ Ab or G# quavers for raindrops
Repeated
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__________ melody in section B
Crotchet
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_______________ in bar 88
ritenuto
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What are the dynamics of section A?
P
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What are the dynamics of section B?
Begins in sotto voce and quickly builds to ff in bar 40, f in bars 71-74
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Piece ends in.....
PP
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What is the articulation / ornamentation?
1) Marked sostenuto 2) Acciaccatura used bar 4 3) Accent signs used in bars 40-43 to emphasis octaves in bass and treble.
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