Chopin Raindrop Prelude

Question 1

What bars are the A section?

Answer 1

1-27

Question 2

What bars are the B section?

Answer 2

28-75

Question 3

What bars are the A1 section?

Answer 3

76-end

Question 4

What is the key of the A section?

Answer 4

D flat major

Question 5

At the beginning, the melody has a long melodic line which …… and then rises in a long ….

Answer 5

falls, curve

Question 6

What is the structure of the piece?

Answer 6

Ternary from (ABA)

Question 7

What is homophonic texture?

Answer 7

Music that is played in block chords (chord progressions)

Question 8

At the beginning, the melody is supported by broken ……. so the texture is ……..

Answer 8

chords, homophonic.

Question 9

Most of the opening is based on chords 1 and V – the ……. and ……, which in this case are D flat and …. flat.

Answer 9

Tonic (1), dominant (5), A

Question 10

Repeated A flat quavers are used from the beginning – these act as a ……. throughout the piece.

Answer 10

pedal

Question 11

Because the pedal note is ….. The pedal is actually the ….. Pedal

Answer 11

A, dominant

Question 12

The A section ends with an …… cadence leading into the second section. It plays the chords ………. Major followed by the chord …… Flat

Answer 12

imperfect, d-flat, A

Question 13

An imperfect cadence ends on the ….. chord. It goes from chord 1 to …… . This makes it sound …….

Answer 13

dominant, 5, incomplete

Question 14

What is the key of the second section?

Answer 14

C sharp minor (tonic minor)

Question 15

If you look at the piano you will see that the note D flat is the same note as C sharp – it is the …….. equivalent. A modulation is a change of …….

Answer 15

enharmonic, key

Question 16

What is the pedal note in the b section, and how does it help link the two sections?

Answer 16

G sharp, it is the same note as a flat which is the pedal note used in the first section. This is called an enharmonic equivalent

Question 17

What is the key of the final section?

Answer 17

The key has now returned to D flat major.

Question 18

The final section is much ……. than the opening A section.

Answer 18

shorter

Question 19

The second phrase of the A1 section is cut short, the pedal stops briefly and is followed by an eight-bar …….. . The coda opens an unaccompanied melody – when there is only one line, this is known as a ………. texture.

Answer 19

coda, monophonic

Question 20

The prelude ends pp (very ………) with a perfect ……… . A perfect cadence uses chord V (the dominant, in this case A flat) followed by chord I (the tonic, in this case …. flat). Perfect cadences sound ……. so are often used at the end of compositions.

Answer 20

Quietly, cadence, D, final

Question 21

What period was the raindrop prelude written in?

Answer 21

Romantic