Texture Flashcards
(13 cards)
movement
is typically contrapuntal
texture is
three part with the violone part joining in the counterpoint for most of the movement
opening section
is fugal in style - Violin 1 states subject (monophonic) and Violin 2 provides an answer a 4th lower
bar 5
the violins start an inverted version of the subject in parallel 3rds
stretto entries
show imitation, in bars 11-13
and bar 20
pedal
an inverted pedal point in violins in bars 16-17
polarised texture
bars 18-19
parallel 10ths
violin 2 and violone
bars 8-9
imitation
mostly confined to violins with the violone providing a more distinct bass line
bar 28 to end
homophonic
at cadence points
bars 26-27
bars 32-34
the two violins leapfrog over each other with successive entries of imitation a 4th higher
start of B section
the fugal subject is heard in free inversion
fugal entries
bar 20, each part enters one bar after the next