Bars 49-98 - Defined by entrance of harp and horns which continue to play.
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Melody
Mainly diatonic, a few chromatic notes
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Key of piece
Bitonal - C Major and A Minor
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Is the harmony functional or non-functional?
Non Functional
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What is often left out of the chords to amplify tonal ambiguity?
The third is ommited
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Notes lengths are mostly -
Semibreves and Minims
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Can you feel a beat to the music?
No, a sense of pulse is obscured by long note lengths tied over bars.
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Textures at bars 58-60 and why
Monophonic, then homophonic to create suspense.
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What happens with the texture at b.52?
Suddenly drops from a multiple part texture to a 2 part texture.
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What form of harmony is found al throughout piece (e.g in opening bars)
Pedal notes!! Gives the music a very static feel
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Harmony is created by ...
Combining strands of melody
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Some irregular rhythms (e.g ?)
Bar 8 in the strings.
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Do any of the instruments play constantly?
Yes, the violins are the only instruments that play nearly all of the time.
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Majority texture of the piano is?
Sparsely textured, often with only 1 or two notes playing in the RH, this is non-idiomatic writing.
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When do the cellos and double basses come in? And what effect does this have?
They come in at b.99, which adds weight to the final section of the piece.
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What happens with regards to layer densities in the piece?
The textural layers are built up slowly and gradually.
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The final chord of the piece is?
Some sort of C chord.
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The harmonic changes are ?
Slow
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What harmonic feel is there in bars 71-78
Pentatonic
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Examples of accidentals
Ab and F# at b.105
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The final chord lacks a ___
3rd
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Overall time signature
4/4
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What chord do we have at b.52 and why is it unusual
A compound 7th, with note values over an octave.
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What chord do we have at b.67
Compound MINOR 9th
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Is there a lot of rhythmic variation?
There is very little rhythmic variaiton
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What beat do a lot of the notes start on?
A weak beat, often the 2nd or 4th crotched beat.
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Bar of silence?
B.61-62
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Bar 98 in the piano
The piano plays 5 notes at once, which contrasts to its previous sparser textures.
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What is the music so that it doesn't direct your attention away from the screen action?
Unobtrusive
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Dynamics?
Generally very soft and quiet, so not to distract you from screens events.
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What effect do the dynamics have on the dissonance and state an example.
At b.52, the dynamics are quieter so to make the dissonance of F# and G less harsh.
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The overall aim of the music is to not...
Attract attention away from the events on screen.
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Main features of this piece that make it a piece of incidental music?
Soft dynamics throughout - the music fades in and out according to images on screen - The structure is unclear due to lots of held minims over barlines - dissonances are made less harsh by quieter dynamics
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What mode is often heard?
Aeolian
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What dissonant note clashes with the Aeolian mode?
the F# frequently found
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What does the chromatic Ab in the Oboe toward the end of the piece hint at?
Lydian mode
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How do we know that this piece is neither Aeolian or Lydian mode?
The final chord is too ambiguous to detect a prevailing mode.
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Is there any use of forte in this piece?
Yes only once, at b.107 to add weight to the ending of the piece.
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