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1
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name 3 instruments are added with the traditional orchestra and why they are added

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bass trombone, electric guitar, drum kit, electric keyboard patches. They are added to bulk up the orchestra

2
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what is a leitmotif

A

a recurring musical idea associated with a theme or character or place.

3
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what is a motif

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a short melodic phrase of just a few notes

4
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name a motif in defying gravity and what pitches is uses

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it is motif x and it is very similar to somewhere over a rainbow and it uses the pitches D E F-sharp G

5
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describe what motif b and c are

A

motif B is elphabas theme and is derived from the seven pitches of motif X and both X and B are played throughout the whole of the production

Motif C is also derived from motif X

6
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what is metrical shifting

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When the downbeat is shifted to a different part of the bar

7
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Describe the contour of the most of the key phrases

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It is mainly 4ths and 5ths

8
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what is the time signature at the beginning

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3/2

9
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what does the chorus modulate to

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d major

10
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what does bitonal mean

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it refers to music in two different keys at the same time

11
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what is the structure like

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introduction, verse 1, chorus 1, link 1, verse 2, chorus 2, second dialogue section, first bridge, chorus 3 , link 2, revised version of the introduction, vamp section, second bridge, chorus 4, link 3, coda

12
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what are bare fifths and what do they do

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chords without the third and therefore don’t show completely if its major or minor

13
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what is an augmented chord

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a triad built up on two major thirds: A flat- C and C-E

14
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name another musical composer and at least 2 of there works

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Andrew Lloyd Webber : Cats, phantom of the opera

15
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who wrote Defying gravity

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Stephan Schwartz

16
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what does colla voce mean

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it means with the voice and it means that the band and or orchestra need to follow the vocalist

17
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what are Polytonal chords

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chords that are built from two or more keys simultaneously