defying gravity

Question 1

Texture

Answer 1

• 1-5 monophonic / homophonic (interjections of orchestral stab chords) - recitative
• Mainly melody-dominated homophony (melody + accompaniment)
• Polyphony for choruses & Maestoso

Question 2

Tempo & structure

Answer 2

Free Tempo Bar 1- 20
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Andante Bar 20 - 34 you can still be with wizard
Verse 1 Bar 34 -50 something has changed within me
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Allegro tempo:
* Chorus 1 Bar 50 - 63
* Verse 2 Bar 63 -79
* Chorus 2 Bar 79 - 88
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Moderato Bar 88 – 103 ostinato semiquavers ‘down’
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Allegro - Chorus 3 Bar 103 - 111
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Andante Bar 111 - 129 I hope you’re happy now that you are choosing this
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Allegro:
* Bar 129 - 135
* Verse 3 Bar 135 -151
* Chorus 4 Bar 151 - 162
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Andante Bar 162- 168 ‘nobody in all of oz. no wizard that there is or was’
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Maestoso Bar 168 -177

Question 3

metre

Answer 3

• bar 1 - 88 is 2/2 duple time
• moderato 88 - 115 is 4/4 quadruple time
• 115 – end is in 2/2 duple time.

Question 4

rhythm

Answer 4

• Syncopation and Dotted rhythms are frequent throughout.
• Crotchet and quaver based with longer notes at the end of the phrase.
• Rests are often used to break up phrases.
• Each phrase starts with an off-beat entry after a crotchet rest
• Triplets are used a few times - crotchet triplets (e.g. bar 60 cant i make you understand youre having delusions of grandeur).

Question 5

Harmony

Answer 5

• Chords are in root position
• extended chords
• There is some use of dissonance (e.g. bar 30).
• chromaticism
• At the end there is a pedal at bar 168 - maestoso.

Question 6

Tonality

Answer 6

• Start - Ambiguous tonality/unrelated chords - alienates tonality
• Verse and chorus - D major, or chords based on flattened degrees of D major
• moderato - G major

Question 7

Melody

Answer 7

Leitmotifs
Verse - narrower range, more conjunct, lower tessitura
syllabic
Perfect intervals (4th and 5th) create strong assertive melody

Question 8

Word setting

Answer 8

“changed” - chord changes
“pull me down” - descends
“defying” - ascends (against gravity)