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6. Why did Schumann create this piece?

  • So anyone can experience his talent
  • So adults can have recollections of childhood memories
  • So children can feel like a grown up adult
  • To make money

7. What note of the scale does no 1 end in?

  • Mediant- 3rd
  • Tonic- 1st
  • Supertonic- 2nd
  • Dominant- 5th

8. What rhythmical devices are used to add to the dreamy nature in no 1?

  • Blurred rhythms, use of the soft pedal and uneven pulse
  • Held notes, overlapping rhythms and pp dynamics
  • Blurred rhythms, rubato and ritardano followed by a pause
  • Over use of sustain pedal, pauses in every bar and held notes

9. What is the accompaniment like in no 3?

  • Leaping
  • Arpeggios
  • Alberti bass
  • Held chords

10. What kind of relationship does the key and harmony have in no 11?

  • No relationship
  • Harmony disguises the key
  • Harmony enhances the key
  • Key disguises the harmony

11. What section of no 11 are syncopated chords found?

  • Refrain- B and C
  • Episode- A
  • Episodes- B and C
  • Refrain- A

12. What key are the interrupted cadences in, in no 3?

  • A in 1-2 and D in 4-5
  • G in 10-11 and Em in 12-13
  • F in 8-9 and C in 16-17
  • G in 12-13 and F# in 18-19

13. What is the main rhythm in no 3?

  • Consitent crotchets
  • Fast contrasting semiquaver rhythms
  • Held minims
  • Syncopated rhythms

14. What is the structure in no 1 and no 3?

  • Rounded binary
  • Sonata form
  • Binary
  • Ternary

15. What kind of sophisticated harmony is found in no 1?

  • Dminished 7ths in bars 1 and 3 & unrelated chords of B and G played one after another in bar 12
  • Augmented chords in bars 2 and 4
  • Sus 9 chords in bars 11-12 and unrelated chords of F# and E played in bar 8
  • Neopolitan 6th chords in bars 5 and 7