Stage and screen 2

Question 1

Diegetic Music

Answer 1

this is music contained within the action of the film and included in the story – for example, music played in a bar. If a character in the story can hear the music, it is diegetic. Most film music is non-diegetic.

Question 2

Background music,underscore,underscoring

Answer 2

non-diegetic music adding to the mood of the scene , reinforcing dramatic developments and aspects of character.

Question 3

Cue

Answer 3

a section of music in a film . Here it refers to the whole track.

Question 4

Fanfare

Answer 4

a celebratory piece for brass instruments (and sometimes percussion) often marking the opening of an important event or ceremony. The music is short and loud and often features arpeggios and broken chords. In the Main Title here, it serves a similar purpose, namely, to introduce the main melody of the Star Wars theme. An inspiring example of a fanfare for brass and percussion is Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man

Question 5

Added sixth chord

Answer 5

a common chord in Jazz and Popular Music, a triad with the sixth added above the tonic.

Question 6

Compound interval

Answer 6

one extending over more than an octave. A compound third could be a tenth, or a seventeenth and so on up.

Question 7

Ostinato

Answer 7

a persistent phrase or motif repeated over several bars or more.

Question 8

Rit/ritardando

Answer 8

slowing down.

Question 9

Neapolitan chord

Answer 9

a chord built on the flattened supertonic note.