Keys of Pieces

These flashcards ask you about the tonality of SOME of the pieces in this GCSE  course. I will add the rest of the pieces later. 

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  • Created on: 04-04-13 14:34
What key is Bernstein's 'Something's Coming' in?
Written in D Major.
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What other key is 'Something's Coming' heard in?
C Major. Examples of this are Bars 32-72 and 106-127.
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What key is Chopin's 'Raindrop Prelude' in?
Written in Db Major.
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What other key is the 'Raindrop Prelude' heard in?
'Section B' is in Csharp Minor.
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What key is Moby's 'Why Does My Heart' in?
Written in A Minor
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What other key is 'Why Does My Heart' heard in?
The key becomes ambiguous in the first chorus due to both A Minor and C Major chords being played in the chord sequence.
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What key is Handel's 'And The Glory Of The Lord' in?
The piece begins and ends in A Major.
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What other key(s) is 'And The Glory Of The Lord' heard in?
Once section is played in the dominant key of E major. Another section also modulates to the E major's dominant - B major.
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As a summary, what keys are heard in 'And The Glory of The Lord'?
A Major, E Major and B major.
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What key is Reich's 'Electric Counterpoint' in?
Written in E Minor.
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What other key is 'Electric Counterpoint' constantly heard in?
It changes frequently to C Minor. Tonal ambiguity makes it difficult to know what key the piece is in.
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What key is Schoenberg's 'Peripetie' in?
This piece is atonal, meaning it has no key.
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What key is Buckley's 'Grace' in?
Written in E minor. However it's often ambiguous, for example the introduction focuses on the chord of D, not E.
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What key is Davis's 'All Blue's in?
Written in G Major, with a flattened 7th (blue note).
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What key is Mozart's 'Symphony No.40' in?
Written in G Minor. (Heard in the Exposition and Recapitulation)
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What other key(s) is 'Symphony No.40' heard in?
Can be heard in the relative key of G Minor, Bb Major. In the Development it's also heard to move through various keys, avoiding the tonic or dominant key. For this it begins in Fsharp Minor.
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As a summary, what keys in 'Symphony No.40' are heard?
G Minor, Bb Major, Fsharp Minor and various others that are heard in the Development section.
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Card 2

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What other key is 'Something's Coming' heard in?

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C Major. Examples of this are Bars 32-72 and 106-127.

Card 3

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What key is Chopin's 'Raindrop Prelude' in?

Back

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Card 4

Front

What other key is the 'Raindrop Prelude' heard in?

Back

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Card 5

Front

What key is Moby's 'Why Does My Heart' in?

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