Learnard Bernstein Flashcards
What time signature is the piece in?
Written in 3/4 but feels like 6/8 as the right hand of the piano plays crochets.
The quavers have accents on the first and fourth quavers in a bar (makes it feel like two dotted crochet beats in a bar)
What are the main instruments used?
Saxophones, piano, electric guitar, mandolin and celeste. Unusual use of timpani and a glockenspiel
What are cross-rhythms?
Two or more rhythms that don’t fit together are played at the same time
What are blues notes?
Flattened 3rds, 7ths and occasionally 5ths of a major scale
What is syncopation?
Rhythm where the accents are shifted from the main beats to the weaker beats
What are and when are tritones used?
They are an interval of two notes that are three tones apart.
Used in the first chord (D to G#)
What are the dynamics of the piece?
Pianissimo
What is the time sig?
Written in 3/4 but feels like 6/8 - Although the left hand plays there crotchets, the right plays quavers as if it where in 6/8
Tempo?
176 bpm
What is the key?
D major
