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BB - Melody

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Ornamentation - trills, appoggiaturas; rising sequences; mainly conjunct.

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BB - Structure

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Ternary - aba.

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BB - Rhythm/time/tempo

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2/4; triplet, gigue feel; dotted rhythms; sextuplets; allegro.

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BB - Harmony

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Perfect cadence & cadential 6 4; Dominant pedal; functional harmony; figured bass.

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BB - Tonality

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A section - D major; B section - A major (dominant) and B minor (relative minor).

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BB - Texture

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Contrapuntal; opening is fugue-like; antiphonal (pingpong).

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BH - Melody

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Scalic; Chromatic; Arpeggios; Ornamentation - trills, mordents, acciaccaturas.

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BH - Harmony

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Diminished & dominant 7ths; perfect cadence - cadential 6 4; interrupted cadence; Circle of 5ths.

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BH - Texture

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Melody dominated homophony; Very small monophonic passage.

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BH - Rhythm/time/tempo

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Grave; Dotted rhythms; Septuplets; 128th notes; allegro con molto brio.

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BH - Structure

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Sonata form: Slow intro; Exposition - 1st and 2nd subject; Link to intro; Development; Recapitulation.

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BH - Tonality

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Cm intro; Ebm; Eb; Em (unrelated key); Gm link to intro; Recapitulation in f minor (expected to be in c minor).

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MFAW - Melody

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Ornamentation - mordents, grace notes, appoggiaturas; Word painting; Mainly conjunct; Melismatic - ‘eteeerrrrererrrrnal’.

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MFAW - Rhythm/time/tempo

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Steady quarter note bass; Dotted notes; 32nd notes.

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MFAW - Structure

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Ground bass; Ternary (ABA).

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MFAW - Tonality

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Am; Em (dominant); C (relative major, b section); A.

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MFAW - Texture

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MDH.

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MFAW - Harmony

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Dissonance; perfect cadence; Suspensions.

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KQ - Rhythm/time/tempo

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12/8 + 6/8; Finger clicks count in; Syncopation; Drum rolls; Sounds swung.

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KQ - Texture

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Mostly MDH; Some polyphonic.

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KQ - Music tech

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Effects - flanger, distortion, reverb, wah pedal; Guitar bend, slide hammer on and pull off; Double tracking.

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KQ - Melody

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Wide vocal range; Syllabic; Disjunct - lots of leaps.

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KQ - Structure

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Verse chorus form; Guitar solo.

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KQ - Harmony

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3 part harmony vocals; Dominant 7ths?; Harmonic sequences.

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KQ - Tonality
Eb; Modulates loads.
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DG - Melody
Syllabic; 4ths and 5ths (+ compound 4th); Ascending sequences; vocalisation; Conjunct intro, disjunct chorus and verses; Leitmotifs; 'unlimited' theme based on somewhere over the rainbow.
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DG - Structure
Verse chorus; Instrumentals.
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DG - Texture
MDH; Polyphonic at end; Unison singing.
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DG - Rhythm/time/tempo
4/4; Changes tempo lots; Rallantando; Syncopation; Triplets; Dotted rhythms; Fermatas.
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DG - Harmony
Pedal notes; ambiguous tonality; Augmented chords; Modulates a bunch.
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DG - Tonality
D major; Modulates to B, G, Bm etc; ambiguous at start.
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DG - Performing forces
Vocal duet; Speaking + singing; Orchestra; Fanfare like brass; Wide vocal range.
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BB - Performing forces
Concertino (soloists) - Flute, violin, harpsichord; Ripieno (accompaniment) - Larger orchestra; Basso continuo (bass) - Harpsichord (figured bass), cello, double bass; No dynamics.
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KQ - Performing forces
High male voice; Normal pop band - drums, bass, guitar, piano, vox.
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MFAW - Performing forces
Soprano voice, harpsichord, bass viol; Ground bass.
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BH - Performing forces
Solo piano; Legato & Staccato.
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SAMBA - Melody
2 main melodies: Melody 1: rising sequences, moves by leaps of 3rds and 7ths, flattened 5th; Melody 2: conjunct, rising and falling idea, sequences, syllabic throughout.
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SAMBA - Tonality
Bm; Bossa novas are usually minor.
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SAMBA - Harmony
Uses jazz harmony (extensions); Diminished 7ths; flattened 5ths; chromatic chords.
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SAMBA - Performing forces
Vocals; acoustic bass; acoustic guitar (overdubbed in solo); low female vocal range; virtuosic soloing.
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SAMBA - Rhythm/time/tempo
Intro is free time; rubato; 4/4; triplets; syncopation; bossa nova rhythm.
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SAMBA - Structure
Head / chorus form; turnaround at the end; ds al coda; guitar solo.
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SAMBA - Texture
Monophonic bass solo at the start; mostly MDH; some contrapuntal parts added by the bass and guitar.
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RLS - Tonality
Modal - dorian & aolian; Around C minor.
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RLS - Harmony
Mostly diatonic; extended chords; slow harmonic rhythm.
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RLS - Melody
Scalic; conjunct; 2 bar phrases; ornamentation + glissando.
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RLS - Music Tech
Overdubbing; Panning; Synths; reverb; delay.
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RLS - Rhythm/time/tempo
4/4; Triplets; syncopation; ostinatos (loops).
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RLS - Texture
Starts monophonic; mainly homophonic; lots of loop layers - polyphonic?
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RLS - Structure
Begins with a drone; slowly builds up; verses, no chorus; solos - uillean pipes, fiddle.
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RLS - Performing forces
African instruments - kora, chanting, talking drum; Gaelic folk instruments - uillean pipes, fiddle, bodhran, hurdy gurdy; Electronic/western pop - drum kit, synth, bass guitar, male + female voice.
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SW - Tonality
Main theme in Bb major; Atonal for rest of piece.
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SW - Harmony
Inverted pedal; Dominant pedal; quartal harmony; main theme is diatonic; rest of piece is dissonant & atonal.
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SW - Melody
Fanfare; anacrusis; rising perfect 5th - heroic; scalic; Leitmotif.
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SW - Rhythm/time/tempo
4/4; triplets; syncopation; march like; changes to 3/4.
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SW - Structure
AABA; follows the screen.
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SW - Texture
MDH; Block chords; pedal notes.
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SW - Performing forces
Full symphony orchestra; Mostly FF.

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