Badinerie

Question 1

What form is Badinerie?

Answer 1

Binary form (AB)
Each section repeated (AABB)

Question 2

How long is each section?

Answer 2

Section A - 16 bars
Section B - 24 bars

Question 3

What does “diatonic” mean?

Answer 3

Across the notes of a key.

Badinerie has a mixture of root position and inverted chords.

Question 4

What is a Neapolitan chord?

Answer 4

A chord built on the flattened supertonic of a key

Question 5

What are perfect and imperfect cadences?

Answer 5

A perfect cadence is formed by the chords V - I.

Imperfect cadences sound unfinished.

Both sections end with a perfect cadence.

Question 6

What are the dynamics like in Badinerie?

Answer 6

No markings appear on the score.
Mostly Forte
Terraced dynamics (sudden changes) are included.

Question 7

What instruments are used?

Answer 7

Transverse Flute
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Harpsichord

Question 8

What does the harpsichord play?

Answer 8

Reads the cello line and plays it with left hand.
Right hand plays improvised chords.

This is a basso continuo

Question 9

What is the tempo like?

Answer 9

Allegro.
Not marked on the score.

Question 10

What is the tonality of Section A?

Answer 10

Modulates from B minor (tonic) to A major to F# minor (dominant minor).

Question 11

What is the tonality of Section B?

Answer 11

Modulates from F# minor (dominant minor) to E minor to D major to G major to D major to B minor (tonic).

Question 12

What is the texture like?

Answer 12

Homophonic - melody and accompaniment.
Flute and cello provide main melody.
Violin and viola provide harmony with less busy lines.

Question 13

What do both motifs begin with?

Answer 13

An anacrusis.

Question 14

What is an anacrusis?

Answer 14

An upbeat/ lead in note.

Question 15

What do disjunct and conjunct mean?

Answer 15

Conjunct - notes move up or down a semitone or tone.

Disjunct - notes leap upwards or downwards; this movement is greater than a whole tone.

Question 16

Are the sections disjunct or conjunct?

Answer 16

Motif X - entirely disjunct

Motif Y - combines disjunct and conjunct movements.

Question 17

Typical compositional devices of the era?

Answer 17

Trills
Appoggioturas
Sequences

Question 18

What is the metre?

Answer 18

Simple duple time (2/4)

Question 19

What type of rhythms does Badinerie use?

Answer 19

Ostinato rhythms which form motifs X and Y.
Ostinato - short melodic phrase repeated throughout a composition,

Question 20

Who composed Badinerie?

Answer 20

Johann Sebastian Bach.

Question 21

When did the composer live?

Answer 21

1685-1750

Question 22

Which era is the piece from?

Answer 22

Baroque era.

Question 23

Which 7 movements is Badinerie a part of?

Answer 23

Orchestral Suite No.2

Question 24

When was the piece composed?

Answer 24

1738-1739

Question 25

Trill meaning:

Answer 25

a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes

Question 26

Appoggiatura meaning:

Answer 26

An added note, one step higher or lower than the main note, which shares the value of the main note by some of its value, usually half.

Question 27

What does an inversion do?

Answer 27

Depicts which note is the lowest in a chord. For example C major when C is NOT the lowest note.