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1
Q

How many rotations are there?

A

5

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2
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In what bar does rotation 2 start?

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11

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3
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Which instrument plays the foghorn y motif every time?

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Cor anglais

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4
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How is rhythmic dissonance created in the y section?

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4/4 against 6/4

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5
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Which scale is the entire 1st section based on?

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Octatonic B

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6
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Which oration has a solo viola counter melody at the start?

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4th

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7
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Which scale is used in the B section of the ternary form?

A

D# pentatonic

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8
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Which scale is used by the 1st clarinet and bassoon in the opening bars?

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B minor diatonic

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9
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Which is the shortest rotation?

A

5th

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10
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How does the second rotation start?

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Uses same pitched as the rotation 1 and uses pentatonic harmony

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11
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What does rotation 3 use initially?

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Less extended chords

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12
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Which rotation is the pentagon B section material from?

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2

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13
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Which is the longest rotation?

A

4

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14
Q

Which intervals feature greatly in the opening bars?

A

Semitone and major 3rd

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15
Q

Which scale features on page 6 and 7?

A

whole tone

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16
Q

What chord and key is in bar 19?

A

E flat 9 with B flat dorian elements

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17
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When does rotation 3 starts

A

bar 29

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18
Q

Bar 14 scale and interval?

A

Eflat/Gm pentatonic scale with parallel dominant 9ths

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19
Q

Double bass technique and interval at bar 15?

A

Pizzicato perfect 5th

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20
Q

what is happening in the melody at bar 17?

A

its D minor pentatonic

21
Q

What is the chord at bar 20 beat 1?

A

B flat minor 1st inversion

22
Q

what is the intervals in the bar 23 lower parts?

A

falling tritones

23
Q

What scales are in the y section at 25-27?

A

Octatonic and whole tone

24
Q

What is the significance of the chord in bar 31 and what does it do?

A

suspended C major chord that is like a tonic resolution of the previous G9

25
Q

What intervals does the melody at 29-30 emphasise?

A

Major 2nd and perfect 4th

26
Q

What is the harmony at 29-41?

A

4 bars of triadic harmony and then tonal and harmonic ambiguity. uses a C whole tone scale with passing notes

27
Q

what is the scale at 37?

A

octatonic

28
Q

what melodic technique is greatly used in rotation 3?

A

sequential writing

29
Q

Where does the B drone of rotation 2 return?

A

bar 43

30
Q

What harmonic device is used at bar 43-44?

A

alternation dissonance on a G7 chord

31
Q

What is different about the foghorn motif at bar 47?

A

It is in 6/4 rather than 4/4 for the first time

32
Q

How is the harmony at 51 reduced

A

It is now just a diminished triad

33
Q

how does rotation 3 end?

A

with ambiguous harmonies around F major

34
Q

Where does rotation 4 start?

A

bar 57

35
Q

What chord is in bar 61 and 63 and what bar does it recall?

A

Parallel dominant 7th from bar 14

36
Q

What chords interject at bar 62?

A

Whole tone chords

37
Q

what scale is used in the melody at 64-66?

A

D# pentatonic

38
Q

bar 77-79 accompaniment scale

A

Fragments of pentatonic patterns

39
Q

bar 80-82 chord beat 2 and then 82 beat 3 to 84 beat 1?

A

G7 to C sharp 7

40
Q

What the horns echo at 84?

A

the falling tritone of rotation 2

41
Q

chords through 86-87

A

E major7

42
Q

Where does rotation 5 start?

A

Bar 94

43
Q

What is the scale at the start of rotation 5?

A

octationic

44
Q

how is dissonance created at the start of rotation 5?

A

G/B against F sharps and B flats

45
Q

What is rotation 5 considered to be and why?

A

a short coda because it only repeats fragments of other orations and motifs

46
Q

what is the tonality of bar 20?

A

Modal

47
Q

what is the relationship between the oboe and clarinet in bar 3 and 4?

A

The oboe trances the outline of the Clarinet playing notes 1,3 and 5

48
Q

what are the musical devices in bars 13-14

A

falling minor 3rds, consecutive 5ths and enharmonics

49
Q

what intervals are used in an octatonic scale?

A

alternating tones and semitones

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