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Context and Essay points Flashcards

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“Release” Context

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  • Released in 1999
  • Fusion - West African, Irish and EDM
  • Features guests e.g Sinead O’connor
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“Release” instruments

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African:
* Kora, talking drum
Celtic
* Hurdy gurdy, uillean pipes, bodhrán
EDM
* Drum machine, electric piano, synth
* Looping (central to song)

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“Release” melody

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Melodic features from each group
* African - Spoken samples, repetitive
* Celtic - Solos
* EDM - Repetitive, simple

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“Release” Harmony

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  • Slow harmonic rhythm (EDM)
  • Simple chord progression (Celtic)
  • Drone (Celtic)
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“Release” Texture

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  • Mainly Homophonic
  • Rapid texture change from loops coming in and out
  • Has a polyphonic feel
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Brandenurg Context

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  • Baroque
  • Concerto grosso (group of soloists)
  • Chamber music
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Brandenburg Melody

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  • Scalic
  • Conjunct
  • Rising
  • Very Ornamenated
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Brandenburg Harmony

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  • Mostly standard chords of time
  • Diatonic
  • Functional cadences
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Brandenburg Tonality

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  • A sections in D maj
  • B sections in B minor
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Brandenburg Texture

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  • Polyphonic
  • Imitation
  • Fugal techniques
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Brandenburg Instruments

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  • Violin, Flute, Harpsichord (Concertino)
  • String orchestra (Ripieno)
  • Harpsichord/Cello plays Basso Continuo
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Brandenburg Rhythm

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  • Fast semiquaver runs
  • Triplets and dotted rythms
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Wicked Context

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  • About living without limits and defying rules
  • By Stephen Schwartz
  • Finale of first act
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Wicked Instruments

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  • Duet
  • Glinda is a soprano, Elphie is a mezzo
  • Full orchestra (use effects of brass, string etc. if needed)
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Wicked Texture

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  • Homophonic
  • Stab chords
  • Sparse texture for talking
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Wicked Rhythm

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  • Lots of change
  • Syncopation
  • Dramatic rallentandos e.g end
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Wicked Tonality

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  • Mainly D maj
  • Lots of change
  • Tonality amibigous for parts - uncertainty
  • Dissonance - danger/bad
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Wicked Melody

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  • Syllabic
  • Stepwise and big leaps combined for drama
  • Vocalisation at end
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Purcell Context

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  • Baroque
  • Incidental music
  • Play of Oedipus
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Purcell Instruments

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  • Soprano, Harpsichord, Bass viol
  • Basso Continuo and Ground Bass
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Purcell Melody

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  • Descending sequences
  • Word painting
  • Syllabic with some mellisma
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Purcell Harmony

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  • Ground bass (rising for rising dead)
  • Diatonic chords
  • Some false relations give an unsettling feel
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Purcell Texture

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  • Homophonic
  • Somtimes feel polyphonic due to realisation
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KQ Context

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  • Glam Rock
  • Unlike traditional rock it sounds theatrical and varying harmony and structure
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KQ instruments

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Studio effects
* Multi tracking
* Distortion
* Reverb
* Panning

Standard Rock instruments

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KQ Rhythm

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  • Regular danceable beat
  • Some swung rhythms
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KQ Melody

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  • Range of techniques (Falsetto, spoken)
  • Syllabic
  • Very wide range
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KQ Harmony

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  • Adventorous chord sequences
  • Altered and extended chords
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KQ Texture

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  • Homophonic
  • Builds over time
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Star Wars Context

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  • Written in 1977
  • Features Luke Skywalkers leitmotif/main theme
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Star Wars Rhythm

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  • Fast tempo - Battle and action
  • 4/4 steady - Marchlike shows military
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Star Wars Tonality

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  • Tonality is unclear during action
  • Dissonance during chase
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Star Wars Instruments

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  • Full symphony orchestra
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Star Wars Melody

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  • Fanfaric - Heroic
  • Leitmotif features ascending leaps (famous 5th)
  • B theme contrasts A theme (B is descending ,chromatic)
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Star Wars Harmony

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  • Quartal Harmony
  • Complicated and almost A tonal harmony at times
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Star Wars Texture

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  • Very thick texture
  • Homophonic
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Beethoven Context

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  • Classical piece
  • Has romantic elements
  • Sturm und Drag movement
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Beethoven Structure

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  • Sonata form
  • Differences from expected Sonata form (romantic elements)
  • Two main themes go through modulation
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Beethoven Melody

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  • Theme one- rising and scalic
  • Theme two - rising and falling, ornamented
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Beethoven Dynamics

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  • Wide dynamic range
  • Many crescendos and descresendos
  • Expressive - romantic era
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Beethoven Harmony

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  • Mainly diatonic, standard chords
  • Some dissonance
  • Functional harmony (cadences used to signal sections)
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Beethoven Tonality

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  • C Minor
  • Modulations due to structure
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Beethoven Rhythm

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  • Allegro di molto con brio (very fast with vigour)
  • Unusually the beggining in grave
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Beethoven Texture

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  • Mainly homophonic
  • Octaves in introduction theme
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Beethoven Instruments

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  • Written for fortepiano (less dynamic range)
  • Beethoven makes use of difference in dynamics
  • Sustain pedal used for emotion

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