melody Flashcards
melody lines
tend to follow the 18th-century ones closely
balanced phrase structures
opening four bars of sinfonia, each lasting two bars
sequences are common
oboe bar 7 in sinfonia, repeated in a descending sequence
rising sequence
found in bars 21-23 in violin 1 in sinfonia
ornamentation
common as it was in the 18th-century
sometimes exaggerated - feature of neoclassical style
frequent trills bar 7-9 sinfonia
grace notes
bar 5, beat 2 sinfonia
called gruppeti
gavotta turn
in bar 20
written out turn
in bar 1 oboe in gavotta
2nd variation of gavotta
frequent quintuplets turns here
rapid scalis passages
variation 1 gavotta
the oboe melody outlines broken chords
repeated notes
often feature in melodies - sinfonia bar 5, violin 1
conjunct melody
sometimes followed by a large leap - bar 1 sinfonia, a downward leap of a perfect 5th