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1
Q

What are the performing forces in music for a while?

A
  • soprano
  • harpsichord
  • bass viol
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2
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What does the right hand play?

A

Harpsichord = realisation of figured bass

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3
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What does the left hand play?

A

Plays the ground bass as does the viol

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4
Q

Describe the vocal line

A

Mainly syllabic following speech rhythm

  • some melismatic moments (wond’ring)
  • extended melisma (eternal)
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5
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What words are used as repetition?

A
  • music

- drop

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6
Q

What words use dissonance?

A
  • pains

- eas’d

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7
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What words use descending sequence?

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Drop

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8
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What key is the song in?

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Mainly in minor key to suit the sombre nature of play

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9
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What is the structure of music for a while?

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  • ground bass structure (short recurring melodic pattern in bass part)
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10
Q

Characteristics of the structure?

A
  • quaver rhythms
  • arpeggio based
  • semitones intervals
  • tonic key
  • modulation
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11
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What is the main texture?

A

Melody- dominated homophony
Melody and accompaniment
Accompaniment is the ground bass (harpsichord LH and bass viol)
RH of harpsichord provides counterpoint

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12
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What is the range of the melody?

A

Soprano line 9th

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13
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What is the melody mostly like?

A
  • conjunct / stepwise
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14
Q

Give characteristics of the melody?

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  • passing notes
  • leaps
  • rests
  • descending sequence
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15
Q

Give characteristics of ornamentation?

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  • trills
  • appoggiaturas
  • grace notes
  • mordents
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16
Q

What is the tonality like?

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  • A minor
    Occasionally ambiguous due to chromatic nature of ground bass
  • central section modulates
17
Q

How are the modulations confirmed?

A

Perfect cadence

18
Q

Describe the chords

A
  • diatonic

- functional

19
Q

Characteristics of the harmony

A

Suspensions and dissonances

20
Q

What is the tempo

A

Slow

21
Q

What is the metre like

A

4/4 = quadruple time

22
Q

Describe the rhythm

A
  • quavers and semiquavers
  • dotted rhythms
  • occasional syncopation and off beat rhythms
  • ground bass is presented entirely in quavers

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