A level Music Revision - Symphonie Fantastique

Question 1

Melody

Answer 1

Chromatic
Leaps
Idee fixe - long first subject material, separated into three three motifs/ideas repeating
Disjunct
Conjunct
Diatonic
Sighing ideas
Melodys hinting at other keys

Question 2

Harmony

Answer 2

Pedals (dominant preparations etc)
Chromatic scales reset harmony
Major 7th chords
Diminished 7th chords

Question 3

Rhythm and Metre

Answer 3

4/4
Triplet crotchet and quavers
Ties over bar lines
Syncopation
Dotted rhythms
Rhythmic sequences
Crossrhythms

Question 4

Tonality

Answer 4

Ambiguous at points?
Chromaticism
Cmajor
Cminor
Gmajor
E minor
Paralell major/minor (Romantic)

Question 5

Texture

Answer 5

Monophonic
Polyphonic
Melody dominated homophony
Antiphonal
Homorhythms
Imitiation? Pedals? Reduced and enlarged texture - pitch hierarchy and families for organisation?

Question 6

Sonority

Answer 6

Mutes used in string instruments at the beginning.
Large crescendos
Sudden changes in dynamics
Ff’s
Ppp’s
Large Orchestra (Romantic)
Instructions are in Italian and French

Question 7

Structure

Answer 7

Sonata Form
Long introduction (72 bars)
Long Exposition (95 bars)
Short development(39 bars)
Recapitulation (293 bars)
Cadences to show a change in sections
Chromaticism to change keys
3 bar rest between Development and Recapitulation
Codetta/Coda?
Motif?
Transition?