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1
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Key

A

Atonic (can’t tell key)

2
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Melody

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Uses leitmotifs
Unlimited theme - most important melody
First seven notes from ‘somewhere over the rainbow’

3
Q

Intervals

A

Perfect fourths and perfect fifths - strong, assertive main melody

4
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Structure

A

Extended:
Dialogue 1 - verse 1 - chorus - link - verse 2 - chorus - dialogue 2 - bridge 1 - chorus 3 - link 2m- revised intro - vamp - bridge 2 - chorus 4 - coda

5
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Articulation

A

Full range - marcato stabbed chords (very accented) to legato (long)
Three one ostinato - staccato

6
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Dynamics

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Full range - fortissimo to pianissimo

7
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Texture

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Full range:
Starts homophonic with monophonic lines
Then MDH
The polyphonic for chorus

8
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Colla voce

A

Voice sings freely and instruments follow

At beginning - metric ambiguity - switched between 3/2 and 2/2

9
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Harmony/Tonality

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Begins with alienated tonality - shifting harmonies
Major and minor harmonies used throughout
Augmented chords (raised fifths)
Half diminished chords (half flattened)
Bi tonal - two keys at the same time
Suspension - note stays same but chord moves

10
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Time signature

A

2/2 then 4/4

11
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Rhythm and metre

A

Syncopated melody - rubato

Alternates between slow chord accompaniments and driving quaver rhythms

12
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Instrumentation

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Classical orchestra + popular instruments (electric guitar, drums, synth sounds of keyboards, percussion)
Overdrive - electrically manipulate

13
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Beginning

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Arguing:
call and response, 
chromatic harmony (semitone intervals), 
spoken notes, 
metric shifts, 
stab chords
14
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Bar 58 ‘down’

A

Descending pitch

Word painting

15
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Coda

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Minor - B minor
Polytonal chords - more than 1 key
Whole tone scale - chords move by tone intervals