my favourite things

Question 1

What is the time signature and key of the piece referenced?

Answer 1

3/4 waltz and E min

The piece is in 3/4 waltz time.

Question 2

What kind of musical form is used?

Answer 2

modified strophic form

Question 3

Which instruments are used in the introduction to show raindrops?

Answer 3

pizz string and harp

Question 4

What notes of the scale are used in the initial phrases?

Answer 4

only 1, 2, 5 of scale

Question 5

What is the first line of the song?

Answer 5

raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens

Question 6

What type of accompaniment is used in the piece in the beginning?

Answer 6

sparse accomp

Question 7

Identify the intervals used with ‘raindrops’ and ‘roses’.

Answer 7

‘raindrops’ - p5, ‘roses’ - p4 onto 2nd appog

Question 8

What embellishment occurs at ‘kittens’?

Answer 8

appoggiatura (2nd)

Question 9

What is the key change when ‘bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens’ is introduced?

Answer 9

C major

Question 10

What is the harmonic structure during ‘brown paper packages tied up with string’?

Answer 10

chord every bar, bass in 8ves, melody in 8ves by flute and clarinet

Question 11

Which key does the piece modulate to after the C major at ‘brown paper packages tied up with string’?

Answer 11

G major

Question 12

What are the harmonic chords used in the G major section ‘these are a few of my favourite things’?

Answer 12

• G * C * F#1/2dim7 * B7 (circle of 5ths)

Question 13

What musical technique is applied to the phrase ‘-vour-‘?

Answer 13

11th UAN with F# 1/2 dim 7 in verse 1. in verse 3, chromaticism

Question 14

What is the key is in the 3rd verse?

Answer 14

E major, as no 3rd, 6th, or 7th in melody

Question 15

What rhythmic pattern is introduced in the second verse?

Answer 15

oompahpah rhythm

Question 16

What is the key of the ‘snowflakes’ phrase?

Answer 16

A major (think 3rd below c major)

Question 17

What type of accompaniment is used in ‘when the dog bites’?

Answer 17

tutti chordal accompaniment

Question 18

What intervals are used in the phrases ‘bites’ and ‘stings’?

Answer 18

‘bites’ - falling p5, ‘stings’ - tritone

Question 19

What is the harmonic structure during ‘I simply remember my favourite things’?

Answer 19

double in 3rds

Question 20

What musical technique is used at the 2nd beat of ‘I simply remember’?

Answer 20

lot of aux notes

Question 21

What melodic intervals occurs at ‘and then I don’t feel so bad’?

Answer 21

3rd jump, then UAN motif

Question 22

What is the key when ‘then I don’t feel so bad’ is sung?

Answer 22

G major

Question 23

What type of cadence is used at ‘so bad!’?

Answer 23

perfect cadence

Question 24

What key does Mother Abbess sing in?

Answer 24

F minor

Question 25

What is the significance of the semitone change for Mother Abbess's part?

Answer 25

sings a semitone higher (F min rather than E min)

Question 26

interval at both verses' 'favourite things'?

Answer 26

tritone fall in verse 1, semitone rise in verse 3 (continue scale)