Chopin- Raindrop Predule

Question 1

Chopin:

Rhythm (1 point)

Answer 1

💧Repeating quaver dominant pedal.

Question 2

Chopin:

Dynamics (4 points)

Answer 2

💧Starts piano.

💧Sotto voce (lowering voice) bar 28.

💧ff (fortissimo) bar 40 and 56.

💧Crescendos and Diminuendos.

Question 3

Chopin:

Tempo and Metre (5 points)

Answer 3

💧No tempo marking.

💧Rubato (expressive)= rhythmic freedom.

💧4/4.

💧Smorzando (dying away) bar 79.

💧Slentando (gradually decreasing in tempo) bar 81.

Question 4

Chopin:

Structure (3 points)

Answer 4

💧ABA= ternary.

💧Codetta at the end.

💧Disproportianate in sections, more focus on emotions.

Question 5

Chopin:

Timbre (1 point)

Answer 5

💧Sostenuto (sustained pedal on piano).

Question 6

Chopin:

Texture (4 points)

Answer 6

💧Homophonic (mainly).

💧Fuller texture= bar 35.

💧Much thinner, reduced texture= bar 44.

💧Monophonic=bar 82-83.

Question 7

Chopin:

Tonality (4 points)

Answer 7

💧D^b major- section A .

💧C^# minor- section B.

💧D^b major modulates to C^# minor.

💧Enharmonic minor= C^# minor.

Question 8

Chopin: Melody (6 points)

Answer 8

💧Falling sighing motif➡️F-D^b-A^b= Theme 1.

💧Dominant pedal➡️D^b-A^b, C^#-G^#.

💧Crush note followed by a turn (bar 4).

💧Stormy middle section.

💧Second theme undergoes slight variation every 4 bars.

💧Melody moves the left hand in section B➡️returns to right hand bar 60