Greig- Notturno

Question 1

What are the 6 sections that make up this piece?

Answer 1

Section A, Codetta (bird call), climax bar 21, climax bar 29, Section A*, Coda

Question 2

Bars of Section A?

Answer 2

1-14 (think two weeks)

Question 3

Bars of Codetta?

Answer 3

Bar 15-20 (think multiple of 5)

Question 4

When are the climaxes of the piece?

Answer 4

Bar 21 and 29

Question 5

Bars of section A*?

Answer 5

Bar 34-54 (think odd 4s)

Question 6

Bars of Coda?

Answer 6

Bar 55-end (think doubles of 5)

Question 7

Melody in Section A?

Answer 7

-melody dominated texture
- melody opens with submediant note octave leap followed by descending 4th in bar 2
- bass line descends by chromatic steps on each strong beat from C-G
- made up of chromatic conjunct ascending and descending phrases

Question 8

Harmony in Section A?

Answer 8

-slow harmonic rhythm
-bassline descends while inner chords sustain C Major harmony
-cycle of 5ths made up of half and fully diminished 7ths ending with Gaug6th
B5= VIIc7 in G, B6= VII7 and Vb9 in C, B7= VIIc7 in F, B8= II7 in Gm and Gaug6th
-Gaug6th prepares for dominant resolution of G which is delayed as the phrase from B5 repeats 3 times on chord V7 instead of VIIc7
-Neopolitan chord (Abmaj) in bar 10
- dominant harmony achieved in bar 14 aided by double yearning appogiatura

Question 9

Describe the Codetta?

Answer 9

• bird call
• interval of a falling 4th ending with trill that rises to 5th
• perfect 5th echoed by bass in b17
• bird call repeated a minor third higher
• Bb9 to E9 in bar 20 which is an unusual tritone move

Question 10

Describe bars 21 to 33

Answer 10

• climax in bar 21
• double line in the melody in parallel 3rds
• running arpeggiated quavers in lh
• E9 rises to E11 in bar 23
• b25 has whispered Ab9 before 4 bar crescendo
• climax in bar 29 with motif from bar 21 rhythmically altered to provide the feeling of 3 beats in a bar against 3/8 metre
• here lh rises through arpeggio of the chord
• followed by 4 bars of dominant harmony

Question 11

Section A*?

Answer 11

• repeat of opening theme
• extra bar added in b43 with a repetition of the material in bar 42 a 4th higher on G7
• section A extended by 6 bars that explore flatter tonalities in a descending sequence
• fall descent of g scale from 48-54
• last 6 pitches of scale suppport a sequence of parallel 7th chords on successive beats
• 52-54 descending sequence of chords
  E.g. C7 down to G7

Question 12

Describe the coda?

Answer 12

• Repeat if Codetta bird call but repeats a semitone lower of F minor harmony
• chromatic bassline supported by subdominant harmony
• ends with spread tonic chord