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6. SARABANDE - Where in the bar does the beat fall? Example?

  • Second beat. Bar 1.
  • Third beat. Bar 3.
  • First beat. Bar 4
  • Second beat. Bar 11.

7. BOTH - Which instrument was Bach writing for?

  • Harpsichord
  • Piano
  • Lute
  • Keyboard

8. SARABANDE - What IS 'Fortspinnung'??

  • Short, regular 2-bar/4-bar phrases
  • Improvisatory German knitting
  • The constant 'spinning out' of a melody with small improvisatory changes.
  • Regular, repetitive motifs

9. SARABANDE - "I span the German fort!"

  • Who cares?
  • Fortspinnung
  • Castle Issues
  • WWII

10. SARABANDE - What form is this piece in?

  • Binary form with fugal elements
  • Rounded Binary form
  • Rondo form
  • Ternary form

11. BOTH - What kind of keys do the pieces modulate to?

  • Relative minors.
  • No modulations.
  • Closely-related keys.
  • Dominants.

12. SARABANDE - What does the right hand play? Where?

  • Accompaniment. Throughout piece.
  • Some passages of semiquavers, some of demisemiquavers. Bars 18-20.
  • Crotchets. Bars 36-39.
  • Quavers. Bars 19-21.

13. GIGUE - What form is this piece in?

  • Ternary form.
  • Rondo form.
  • Binary form, with fuagal elements.
  • Rounded Binary form.

14. SARABANDE - What kind of runs are used? Where?

  • Triadic only. Bar 7, from high-octave 'A'.
  • Arpeggio-based passages. Bar 28, from high-octave 'A'.
  • Scalic and triadic. Bar 11, from high-octave 'A'.
  • Scalic and triadic. Bar 9, from high-octave 'A'.

15. SARABANDE - What kind of metre is this piece in?

  • Complex triple time
  • Simple triple time
  • Compound triple time
  • Easy triple time

16. GIGUE - What kind of metre is this piece in?

  • Complex triple time
  • Compound triple time
  • Easy triple time
  • Simple triple time