Rodeo - Saturday Night Waltz / ***-Down - Aaron Copeland

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1. What is the tempo like in SNW?
quite fast, crochet = 152
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2. What instrument family plays in the opening?
Strings
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3. What ways does the opening sound like the strings are tuning?
Open strings (5ths), double and triple stopping, hemiola
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4. What key is this movement in?
Eb major
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5. What do the dynamics begin in the lead in to the A section and how do they change?
ff, diminuendos and texture reduces
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What instrument has the melody in the A section?
oboe
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7. Which instrument doubles the oboes melody?
Violin doubles melody
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8. When the violins have the melody, what do the flutes do?
acciaccatura (pp)
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9. Which instrument doubles the violin melody?
oboe
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10. What does the extended version of the melody i the strings use?
similar rhythm and shape
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11. Which instrument has a counter melody?
flute
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12. to what key does the B section modulate to?
E major
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What does 'doppio movimento' mean?
Double movement
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14. What is the rhythm in the flute like when it has acciaccaturas?
syncopated
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15. Which instrument begins a melody based on minor 3rds?
Clarient
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16. What has happened to the flutes melody in this section?
It has been augmented
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17. How does thre movement change back to back to Eb major?
enharmonically
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18. What happens to the flute at the last 3 bars?
rit. , acciaccatura delayed to 'and' beat of beat two rather than beat two.
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What is the time signature of the movement?
3/4 - waltz
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20. How is has Copland made SNW suitable for dancing through the musical elements?
Melody - oboe, high pitched to cut through // Harmony = diatonic // Tonality = major // Metre = 3/4 // Rhythms are dotted // melody and accompaniment texture // Timbre is dominated by strings // Loud dynamics (f)
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1. What is the key of ***-Down?
D major
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What is a *** down?
A barn dance
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3. In the opening, a sequence is repeated but in what instruments can a tonic pedal be heard?
D. basses , Piccolo, Clarinets, Trombone
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4. What instruments have been added since SNW?
Piccolo, Flute, Cor anglais, Oboe, Horns, Trumpets, Bass trombone, Tuba, Percussion, Piano
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5. What does 'marcato' mean in the strings?
marked
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6. What technique do the strings join with?
Double stopping
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7. What kind of texture is heard between oboe and clarinet and the trumpets?
Call and Response
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8. After the repetition of the phrase and when entering the new section, what does the piano do?
Vamping, secco (short for pedal, short percussive sound)
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9. The opening melody returns, why are simple accompaniments used? What does the energetic rhythm in the strings mean? What rhythmic feature can be heard in the accompaniment?
simple accompaniments - stop distraction from melody // energetic rhythm - vitility, makes you want to tap your foot // accompaniment uses syncopation
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10.Two 8 bar phrases give a sense of what?
Structure and balance
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11. At figure 6 there is call and response between what instruments?
oboe and clarinet (with strings)
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12. The melody from fig.6 returns at fig.8 but what has changed?
It is an octave lower
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13. At figure 9. what is the melody like compared to fig6. and what has increased?
Its an octave higher and the texture is fuller
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14. There is a irregular 7 bar phrase, how is it different or odd?
altered melody // syncopation // Dmajor triad // odd as it is a dance
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15. The opening motif repeats , the trumpet has a modulation to where?
Gmajor - subdominant
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16. In the percussion what is a rim shot?
Hitting the rim of the drum rather than the skin
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17. The upper strings paly a response to which instrument? Then at fig.30 what happens?
The trumpet // at fig.30it is 2 bars which is unbalances, less instruments and quieter dynamics (p)
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18. At fig.14 what does the trumpet melody emphasis? The 2nd theme is now in which instruments?
The trumpet emphasises the octave // the theme is in the violins and trumpet.
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19.Whatia a fanfare?
music for a royal event ir special occasion
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20. There is what type of texture in the fanfare?
Call and Response
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21.The 2nd new idea has what texture?Which instruments have the counter melody?
polyphonic and the counter melody is in the horns and viola
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22. What does 'rubato' imply?
free time / robbed time
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23. Before fig.18 theere is what type of descending? What does 'rit. molto' mean? What insrtrument has been added? The last chord of this section is what?
Chromatic // rit. molto = Gradually slows down a lot //celesta // last chord is Eb (semitone higher than original key)
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24.The opening themes return then it is what dynamic?
fortissimao (ff)
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25. In the coda what do the dynamics do?
dynamics crescendo
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26. In the brass what does 'cuivre' mean?
Lift bell to make a brassy, loud and aggressive sound
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27. Before the last bar, what happens?
There is a crochet rest, the whole orchestra is silent
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28. At the last bar the whole orchestra plays 3 quavers, what are they like?
unison // all play D // sf // Accented
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29.What is a 'buzz roll' in the percussion?
bouncing the stick on the drum skin several times
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30. How is excitement generated in the opening of *** Down by using the musical elements?
Allegro tempo // repeated phrases-audience anticipates eventual melody change
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