Features of Impressionism

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  • Created on: 09-02-21 09:58
Structure
-ambiguous
-ternary form
-more free, no set pattern
-broken down
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Melody
-decorative
-effect and mood
-exotic scales (pentatonic and whole tone)
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Tonality
-ambiguous
-blurred
-more modal
-modulates to unrelated keys
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Harmony
-exotic scales
-dissonance
-chromaticism
-extended harmonies
-unusual chord progressions
-quartal harmony
-parallel motion
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Texture
-blocks of different contrasting textures (and dynamics)
-sparse textures
-can be richly polyphonic
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Rhythm, tempo and Metre
-changes in tempo
-rubato
-freer sense of rhythm
-blurred rhythm (tied)
-blurred metre
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Card 2

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Melody

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-decorative
-effect and mood
-exotic scales (pentatonic and whole tone)

Card 3

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Tonality

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Card 4

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Harmony

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Card 5

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Texture

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