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Batman vs the Circus Flashcards

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1
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Starts on a (harmony)

A

Tonic pedal B

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2
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Which theme is heard? And on which instruments?

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Batman’s theme

Cello and trumpets

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3
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After the cellos and trumpets play Batman’s theme, it is then dovetailed to…(instruments)

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The bassoons, and bass clarinets

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4
Q

The Celeste and harp play semiquavers of pitches….of…

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1,3,4,5
Batman’s theme

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5
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The strings play an….in a really…register

(B. 4)

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Unfinished Batman’ s theme tremolando

High

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6
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Bar 7 sustained chord

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C# major

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7
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After the sustained C# major chord, we then go to…(key)

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E minor

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8
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The timpani plays…to…

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Roll

Prepare the audience for a change in

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9
Q

The timpani crescendos from fp to….in bar 11

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Sfzpp (extra intensity)

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10
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The clarinet plays…(rhythm) and the…appears

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Triplets

Penguin’s waddle

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11
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Wider listening

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Katchaturian’s Saber Dance

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12
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Bar 18 the tempo is…and there’s fragments of…theme

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170 bpm (quick)

Catwoman’s theme

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13
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The trumpets play with

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Mute

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14
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Time signatures throughout the piece

AO4

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2 4, 3 4, 4 4

Unsettling atmosphere

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15
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The violins play (performance technique)

Include wider listening

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Glissando to G

Psycho : shower scene

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16
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In the funky section, the xylophone plays

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Cm arpeggio

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17
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In the funky section, the piano plays..

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4 bar ostinato (staccato)

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18
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Which instruments join in the funky section

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Temple blocks and snare drum

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19
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What do the temple blocks do

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Doubles the piano 4 octaves above

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20
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In the funky section…except for…(notes)

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All semitones played except for E and Bb

3 different 4 note whole tone collection

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21
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Wider listening for whole tone collection

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Stravinsky: rite of spring

AO4 captures chaos

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22
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The pitches of the trumpets are derived from…(wider listening)

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Hexachord

Rite of spring

23
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The marimba melody is based on (pitches)

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6 pitches

24
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Describe the melody in the funky section

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Disjunct -> characterises the poodle trodding

25
Q

In the funky section the snare plays tremolo and then the timpani plays 4 semiquaver notes. What is happening on screen

A

Explosion

26
Q

The xylophone in bar 36 (after the explosion), plays a frenetic…

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Ostinato

27
Q

The horns in bar 36 (after the explosion), play…

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Accented version of Batman’s motif

28
Q

After the explosion,the piano plays

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A second ostinato in metric shifting, pointillist motif (chaos)

29
Q

Before the horns play glissando you can hear…(harmony and melody)

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Violent diminished 7th arpeggio

30
Q

The bar before the horns play glissandos, there is a … played in the percussion

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Whole tone scale to finish the section

31
Q

When the harp plays glissandos up and down of a whole tone scale in F#. What is happening on the screen

(B. 43-44)

A

Window smashed

32
Q

What is cause by the harp’s glissandos and the string accompaniment playing tremolo

(Harmony)

A

Tritone

33
Q

Wider listening for tritone

A

Stravinsky : petrushka chord

34
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What is significant about the amount of notes the bass drums plays in b. 45 (just after hearing the glissandos in the harp)

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5 notes = 5 notes in Batman’s theme

35
Q

Which instrument joins in b. 45 after the harps glissando

AO4

A

Fairground steam organ -> associated with freak shows or grotesque / absurd scenes

36
Q

The brass plays an…. In bar 50-51 (performance technique)

AO4

A

Extreme lip trill

Sounds like a siren -> perhaps suggesting that the police is after Batman

37
Q

The trumpets play consecutive…(rhythm) which introduces the…harmonised as a…

A

Triplets

Batman’s theme harmonised as a full chord for triumphant effect

38
Q

Wider listening

A

Cartoon music I.e. Tom and jerry

39
Q

When the oboe has to play extreme vibrato in bar 57. What’s the melody like?

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Warped

40
Q

The temple blocks play a…

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Rhythmic motif

41
Q

The strings in bar 59 play a…

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Two 4 note ostinato based on diminished 4th

42
Q

Listen out for…(rhythm)

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Cross rhythms

43
Q

The fairground steam organ plays a…version of… in bar 62

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Shorter (diminished)
Penguin’ s theme

44
Q

B. 67 harmony

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Half diminished E

45
Q

In bar 73, the horns play….of pitches…

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Sustained pedal notes
Pitches 2,3,4 of Batman’s theme

46
Q

During the horns playing the long sustained pedal notes, what is occurring on screen

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Batman puts a rocket launcher on his shoulder. The pedal notes create an ominous and foreboding effect

47
Q

Wider listening for the long sustained pedal notes in horns

A

“Mars” from Planet of the Apes (?)

48
Q

Which unusual chord is played on bar 77

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Petrushka chord -> harmony revolves around C7

49
Q

In bar 78, the xylophone recycles…

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The semitone fragment from b. 36-39

50
Q

In b. 82, the low brass plays a…version of Batman’s theme.

AO4

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Augmented

Slow motion effect to follow what’s occurring on screen (his device is flying through the air)

51
Q

Towards the end of the piece, the final version of Batman’s theme is heard in the trombone and tuba. But it is a…version

A

Truncated

52
Q

After the truncated version of Batman’s theme…(texture)

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Tutti orchestral effect

53
Q

Towards the end, the harp plays a….which accompanies the scene on screen. This is because…

Wider listening and say what technique this is

A

Glissando
Batman gets hit

“Mambo” from West Side Story
Mickey Mousing technique

54
Q

Towards the end of the piece, the base plays an…of a…

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Ominous oscillating accompaniment of a Tritone

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