Chopin Raindrop Prelude Flashcards
What bars are the A section?
1-27
What bars are the B section?
28-75
What bars are the A1 section?
76-end
What is the key of the A section?
D flat major
At the beginning, the melody has a long melodic line which …… and then rises in a long ….
falls, curve
What is the structure of the piece?
Ternary from (ABA)
What is homophonic texture?
Music that is played in block chords (chord progressions)
At the beginning, the melody is supported by broken ……. so the texture is ……..
chords, homophonic.
Most of the opening is based on chords 1 and V – the ……. and ……, which in this case are D flat and …. flat.
Tonic (1), dominant (5), A
Repeated A flat quavers are used from the beginning – these act as a ……. throughout the piece.
pedal
Because the pedal note is ….. The pedal is actually the ….. Pedal
A, dominant
The A section ends with an …… cadence leading into the second section. It plays the chords ………. Major followed by the chord …… Flat
imperfect, d-flat, A
An imperfect cadence ends on the ….. chord. It goes from chord 1 to …… . This makes it sound …….
dominant, 5, incomplete
What is the key of the second section?
C sharp minor (tonic minor)
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 …….
enharmonic, key
What is the pedal note in the b section, and how does it help link the two sections?
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
What is the key of the final section?
The key has now returned to D flat major.
The final section is much ……. than the opening A section.
shorter
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.
coda, monophonic
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.
Quietly, cadence, D, final
What period was the raindrop prelude written in?
Romantic
