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1
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(opening) What is the metre?

A

simple quadruple time

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2
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(opening) what is the tempo?

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116 crotchet bpm

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3
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(opening) Name four characteristics of the rhythm

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continuous quavers
syncopation
long note values
occasional triplets

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4
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(opening) What key is the melody in?

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D major with mixolydian inflections

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5
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(opening) Give three characteristics of the melody

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Auxiliary notes
Stepwise movement interrupted with leaps
Appoggiaturas

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6
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(opening) What type of harmony is used?

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Functional

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7
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(opening) What is the que built on?

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Alternating chords

Dmajor and modal Am

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8
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(opening) Is there any modulation?

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no

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9
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(opening) describe the structure

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3 separate themes

no development

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10
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(opening) what is the texture?

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mel-dom-hom

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11
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(opening) what other two things add to the texture?

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pedals

quaver rhythmic ostinato

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12
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(opening) Describe the entrances of the instruments

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layered

gradually built up

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13
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(mistake) What is the tempo?

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69 crotchet bpm (slow)

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14
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(mistake) How is the introduction characterised?

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Long sustained dominant pedal and ominous timpani patterns

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15
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(mistake) What type of accompaniment is there?

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quaver accompaniment

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16
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(mistake) What do the melodies rise to?

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from tonic to dominant

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17
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(mistake) What is an auxiliary note?

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note between notes

tone above or below it

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18
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(mistake) name 4 harmonic features

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ascending and descending sequences
unstable tonic chord to end
functional
open 5th chords

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19
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(mistake) what is the key?

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Gm

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20
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(mistake) how is the key reinforced?

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dominant pedal

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21
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(mistake) what is the brief modulation?

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Am

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22
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(mistake) what is the structure built on?

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2 alternating themes

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23
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(mistake) what is the overall structure?

A 
Intro
Theme 1
Theme 2
Theme 1
Theme 2
Theme 1
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24
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(mistake) What is the texture?

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Mostly mel-dom-hom

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25
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(mistake) which instruments provides the continuous quavers?

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cello and harp

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26
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(six years) what does the first section sound like?

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A brisk waltz

27
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(six years) what is the metre?

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Compound duple - 6/8

28
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(six years) what is the tempo?

A

60 cbpm

29
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(six years) how does the tempo and metre change in section 2?

A

Slightly faster tempo of 120cbpm
One 2/4 bar
A ritardando

30
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(six years) what is the main melodic element of the waltz?

A

Balance of rising and falling broken chords

31
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(six years) what are the 2 main chords?

A

D major and Am

32
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(six years) what is the key throughout

A

D maj

33
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(six years) how does Portman create variation?

A

Augmented triad on D

34
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(six years) what is the texture?

A

Mel-dom-hom that reduces to a single note and pedal at the coda

35
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(six years) what is the overall structure?

A 
Intro
Waltz theme
Repeat it waltz theme
Link bar
Theme A, B and C from Duchess opening
Coda
36
Q

(never see) what is the tempo?

A

66cbpm

37
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(never see) what is the metre?

A

3/4 (triple time)

38
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(never see) What creates a dragging effect?

A

Repeated slurred quavers

39
Q

(never see) where is the timpani rhythm from?

A

Mistake of your life

40
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(never see) describe the melody

A

drawn out step wise tune

41
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(never see) what is the harmony?

A

dissonant

42
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(never see) what pedal is present?

A

Tonic pedal

43
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(never see) what is the key?

A

Non-functional Dm

44
Q

(never see) what is the texture?

A

Mel-dom-hom

45
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(never see) what is the instrumentation?

A

strings
timpani
horn

46
Q

(never see) what is the overall structure?

A

section 1
link
section 2
diminished chord

47
Q

(end titles) what is the tempo?

A

120 cbpm

48
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(end titles) what is the metre?

A

4/4

49
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(end titles) name 3 variations/extensions of the melody from the intro

A

extensive motif treatment
Introduction of F natural
Theme c extended

50
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(end titles) what 5 chords are used?

A 
D
Am
F
G
Em
51
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(end titles) what is the key?

A

Modal D major

52
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(end titles) describe the harmonic pace

A

slow

53
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(end titles) what is the texture?

A

mel-dom-hom

54
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(end titles) what is the overall structure?

A 
Theme A
Theme B
Theme C (motif)
Theme C
Theme C motif
55
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Comparisons

A 
Interstella
Batman
Lament for Gandolf
Romeo and Juliet, Balcony scene
Romeo and Juliet, love theme
The dying swan
Me before you
Pride and Prejudice
56
Q

Interstella

A 
Hans Zimmerman
Loneliness/isolation - atmospherc
restrictive feel
atmospheric
slow rising figures
repeated ideas
low held notes
sustained notes
tonal shifts
auxiliary figure
repetitive
layering
motifs
57
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Rome and Juliet, Love Theme

A 
Nino Rota
sustained chords
triadic
high violin solo
auxiliary notes
elegant
repetitions in octaves
fragmented
them imitated in oboe then tutti
58
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The dying swan

A 
Tchaichovsky
melancholy 
minor
arco
ostinato
rippling ostinato in piano
elegant violin
mel-dom-hom
conjunct
diatonic
slow moving
ends with just piano
final chord = spread chord
59
Q

Pride and prejudice

A 
Avoids pastiche
light and hopeful
quaver movement
scalic
violin solo
ostinato
semiquavers
themes
opens just piano
violins enter
layering
fuller orchestra - brass
60
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Rachel Portman context

A

b. 1960
Mostly adaptions of literary classics e.g. Emma, Chocolat and The Cider House Rules
musical: little house on the Prairie
Opera: ‘The little prince’
and a choral symphony for the BBC proms
composers at piano and orchestrates her own music

61
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Portman style

A

lush, string based orchestration. instruments and synthesised sounds

62
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Duchess context

A

2008
18th-c. costume drama based on Amanda Foreman’s biography of Georgina Cavendish (1757-1806), Duchess on Devonshire. It’s a chronicle of the life of an aristocrat, focusing on her loveless marriage, her friendship with Betty Bess Foster and her affair with politician Charles Grey

63
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Duchess music

A

score is not a slavish pastiche of the music of that period
References are made to the styles of the time, but Portman’s music is a 21st C. adaption of those styles combined with familiar music underscoring

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