sections Flashcards
C1 and C2
sudden extreme change from 3 part strings to crazy piano
C2 is a 2 part, lower strings (violin and cello)
C3
tune is played 4 times.
sudden jumps in dynamics, pitch and tempo
C4 into C5
C4 is solo piano
C5 is dreary strings only section, a canon in octaves, 1 beat apart
C6 into C7
C6 is short, slow and eerie. Sounds like C5 but the canon is a quaver apart in octaves
Dramatic change in pitch, dynamics and tempo as piano joins in at C7
start of c7
descending chromatic passage
C8
coincides with F. C material (augmented), F material on violin
triplets
polymetre
section is preceded and followed by a bar of silence
C9
shortest section
strings in canon, a crotchet apart, in 2 octaves
huge gap in pitch of the 3 stringed instruments due to the canon in 2 octaves
tempo is very slow
a
Sí Bheag Sí Mhór Inverted
Page 2 is retrograde
canon 4pt @ octave, quaver’s distance, vln, viola, cello, piano
b1
3 times played
b2
played 5 times
double canon, parallèle 5th, double stops on strings
clear differences on each repeat
b3
coincides with d2 (bi-thematic)
low strings play b tune (viola and cello)
d1
short section
6 o clock news rhythm
d2
coincides with b3
violin and right hand piano play d material
d3
coincides with e2
e1
retrograde of d (beidh aonach amárach)
e2-d3
features retrograde and original at same time
g
juxtaposition of all themes (polythematic)
where does inversion occur
a and c7
where does polymetre occur
f-c8
where does wedging occur
c4
where does augmentation occur
c8
