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1
Q

What is the tonic key of the piece?

A

The tonic (home key) is D minor and most of the music remains in this key.

2
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The music modulates to closely related keys. Explain what this means.

A
'Modulate' means change key (scale).  A 'related key' is one that contains similar notes to the scale of the tonic key, with maybe just 1 or 2 different ones.  In the concerto Vivaldi modulates to keys such as G minor (subdominant) and
A minor (dominant).
3
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In the third movement the music modulates to the more remote key of F minor. What does this mean?

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A remote key is one that has a considerable amount of different notes in its scale compared to the tonic key. The tonic D minor (DEFGABbC#D) compared to F minor (FGAbBbCDbEbF).

4
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The concerto uses ‘functional tonality’. What does this mean?

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Where key relationships are built on a

carefully controlled process of using related keys.