Star Wars Flashcards
(12 cards)
When was it written
1977
Describe the introduction
- fanfare
- tremolo octave
- B flat major chord/inverted pedal
- 4th and 7th intervaks
- quartal harmony
- whole orchestra texture
- on the beat, triplets
- trumpet, horn, tuba, timpani, violins
- powerful impression, writing heroic, suits mood
- ff
Describe the melody, first chorus
Harmony
B flat major chord
Quartal harmony
opening perfecy fith
Texture
Tremolo
Inverted pedal
polyphonic
Rhythm
Off beat
Staccato
accents
Describe the central section (B)
Harmony
Simple chords with added sixth
Dominant pedal
Quartal harmony
Strong dominant seventh chord
Texture
Gentle in strings
Played in octaves
Rhythm
Dotted rhythms in contrary motion
Triplets
Rit.
Whats the time signature
4/4
Describe A1
leit motif
melody in trumpets then at end horn
octave
off beat first on
chromatic interests through B flat chords
F major chord trumpet
glissando
Describe link
similar to funfair but lighter texture
triplets
quartal harmony
static harmony
violins - make it magical
pizzicato
chromatic chord
a minor chord, uncertainty, unsettling, augmented chord
swiftly ascending, crescendo
tuba, trombone, timpani
Describe piccolo solo
- hexatonic
- sense of space by high pitch
- static harmony
- sustained and tied C major woodwind chords
- c trills add to eeriness
- piano
Describe link after picolo solo
- interrupts quietness with forte
- sextuplets
- ostinato
- crescendo
- dotted notes
what type of form is this piece
ternary
what is ostinato
short melodic phrase repeated
what is a sequence
series of musical notes or a series of chords that have been repeated in a row or played in a certain order.
