Grieg's Norwegian March Flashcards
Key Bars 1 - 8
C major
Texture Bars 1 - 8
Right hand melody with accompanying slower-moving chords accompanied by a held bass pedal point and a stepwise tenor register
Melody Bars 1 - 8
Phrase start with 2 quaver anacrusis (b1)
Mordent ornament used (b2)
Regular use made of sequences (b4)
Simple and folk like
Rhythm Bars 1 - 8
Stacato crotchet and accented quaver are a rhythmic movement throughout, creating a syncopated rhythm (b2)
Harmony Bars 1 - 8
Opening interval of 5ths used throughout (b1-2)
Ends on chord V creating an imperfect cadence (b8)
Bars 9 - 16
Exact Repeat to Bars 1 - 8
Melody Bars 17 - 25
Each phrase begins with the 2 quaver anacrusis
The melody is imitated between the hands
Harmony Bars 17 - 25
Each phrase ends on a major chord
Continued use of perfect 5th intervals
Modulation to E Major and G major
Dynamics Bars 17 - 25
Alternate between fortissimo and piano
Motif Bars 25 - 35
Developed through use of repetition, sequence, changing harmonies and an extended diminuendo from bars 26 - 37
Chords Bars 27 - 35
27-28: D7, Dm7
29: Dm7, Bdim+7
30: Cmaj7
31: Am7
32: Bdim+7
33: G7
34: Am7
35: Fmaj7
Melody Bars 40 - 68
Two bar melodic pattern is repeated in the right hand against staccato Gs (b40)
Left hand crosses over and becomes the melody starting an extended sequential pattern (b44-60)
Right hand follows with sequential, descending chords in a dotted crotchet rhythm (b60)
Crescendo beings in b53 until b60
Intensity builds as a theme is played sequentially in octaves in the bass cleff and the right hand chords as marked with accent signs (60-68)
Difference to opening motif Bars 80 - 82
Theme starts an octave lower than opening
Phrase ends on C and D
Bars 84 - 146
Exact repetition of bars 17 - 79
Bars 147 - 151
Same as 80-84
