Impressionism 5 marker

Question 1

what is the piece and composer?

Answer 1

pagodes claude Debussy

Question 2

MELODY
what scale is used in melodic writing and what was it influenced by

Answer 2

pentatonic scale
Javanese slendro scale

Question 3

MELODY
what length are the melodies and example

Answer 3

they’re short opening melody heard in b3 only 2 bars long, brevity common in impressionism

Question 4

MELODY
what do the melodies follow

Answer 4

overwhelmingly conjunct and scalic

Question 5

MELODY
what ideas are employed at the beginning of the B section

Answer 5

whole tone melodic ideas

Question 6

MELODY
what is used occasionally and where

Answer 6

ornamentation
trills at b50 which allude to sonorities if gamelan ensemble

Question 7

MELODY
what is used in b7

Answer 7

countermelodies

Question 8

TONALITY
what key sig

Answer 8

Key sig suggests B major or G sharp minor but neither properly established

Question 9

TONALITY
what notes on the piano does he use

Answer 9

black notes for their pentatonic possibilities

Question 10

TONALITY
what is the tonal centre

Answer 10

B

Question 11

TONALITY
what keeps the tonality vague

Answer 11

gong like open 5ths

Question 12

HARMONY
what is is overall like

Answer 12

non-functional drawing heavily on pentatonic material

Question 13

HARMONY
what happens at the beginning

Answer 13

gong like open 5ths represent gamelan ensemble
long pedal notes merge harmony

Question 14

HARMONY
what type of movement is used in chords

Answer 14

parallel such as 4th and 5th in right hand towards end of section A

Question 15

HARMONY
what notes do the chords contain in b1

Answer 15

added 6th notes in right hand G sharp, avoiding straight triads

Question 16

HARMONY
where are whole tone melodic ideas employed

Answer 16

new melodic idea at beginning g of B section and later from b46

Question 17

TEXTURE
what is the 3part layered structure called

Answer 17

Gamelean structure
low gongs, core melody, decorations

Question 18

TEXTURE
what figure is common throughout this work and where

Answer 18

ostinato figure
triplet figure in left hand in b15 and demisemiquaver ostinato at b78

Question 19

TEXTURE
what type of texture b3-6

Answer 19

MDH with a chordal accompaniment and drone

Question 20

TEXTURE
what happens b11-14

Answer 20

pedal note supports 2 part counterpoint with each part in octaves

Question 21

TEXTURE
what textural detail is incorporated b78-98

Answer 21

rippling demisemiquavers in right hand starting high then developing into a figuration that spans 2 octaves. Melody heard in single notes then octaves with supporting harmonisation

Question 22

SONORITY
what two pedals are used

Answer 22

sustain and soft (una cord)

Question 23

SONORITY
what is the player told b27-31

Answer 23

sustain pedal for several bars to create blurred sonority

Question 24

SONORITY
what range of the piano is used

Answer 24

full range

Question 25

SONORITY what is heard b78 and what does it create

Answer 25

rippling demisemiquavers shimmering sound reminiscent of metallophones

Question 26

M&R how is the metre and bar line blurred

Answer 26

irregular rhythmic groupings

Question 27

M&R what is used frequently in section A

Answer 27

triplets

Question 28

M&R what rhythms feature in section A and where

Answer 28

cross rhythms left hand triplets against simple melody at b16 creating two against three

Question 29

M&R what other rhythmic device is used frequently throughout

Answer 29

syncopation left hand chords offbeat from b3

Question 30

M&R what is in the coda that's a common feature of impressionism

Answer 30

rippling demisemiquavers right hand movement