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Raindrop Prelude - Structure

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Ternary Form
Disproportion
Cyclical

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Raindrop Prelude - Melody

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Cantabile Tone
3 Falling note at start
Ornamented (dectuplets)

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Raindrop Prelude - Texture

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Harsh Section B
Heavy chords emphasise texture
Melody dominated homophony
Pedal in octaves
Monophonic in end
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Raindrop Prelude - Dynamics

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Gradual crescendos in Section B
Contrast to quiet Section A
Begins and ends quietly
End fade away

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Raindrop Prelude - Tonality/Harmony

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Db Major
Bb Major end of Section A
Enharmonic minor C# minor in Section B
Diatonic but chromatic in Section B
Thick, dissonant chords in Section B
Dominant Pedal
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Mozart - Melody

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Balanced Phrasing
Periodic phrases
Contrasting melodies in 1st and 2nd subject

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Mozart - Structure

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Sonata Form
Exposition
Development
Recapitulation

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Mozart - Tonality

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G Minor
Modulates the Bb Major
Development explores many keys, F#
Recapitulation in G minor

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Mozart - Harmony

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Mainly diatonic in exposition
Very chromatic in development
Circle of Fifths

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Mozart - Texture

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Homophonic
Very thick due to dramatic notes
Octaves

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Mozart - Rhythm

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Molto Allegro
4/4
Short melodic cells
Some syncopation

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Handel - Melody

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Syllabic but also melismatic
Sung by 4 part choir
Word painting - Motif 4
Imitation

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Handel - Structure

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Begins with ritornello - can link sections
Ends on plagal cadence
Based around 4 motifs

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Handel - Tonality

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Starts and ends on A Major
Modulates to E Major
Modulates to B Major
Dominant, then supertonic

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Handel - Harmony

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Diatonic
Singers in harmony
Ends on plagal cadence
A lot of perfect cadences

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Handel - Texture

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Starts monophonic
Goes to homophonic
Goes to polyphonic
Basso Continuo backs the melody

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Somethings Comin - Melody

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Sung by tenor
Blue Notes
Syllabic
Tritone
Vibrato
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Somethings Comin - Structure

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Intro - A - B - B1 - A1 - Outro

Ends on unresolved flat 7th C natural

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Somethings Comin - Tonality

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D Major
Modulate to C Major
Chromatic/Tritone

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Somethings Comin - Harmony

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Jazz based Harmonies
Neapolitan Chord
Extended Chords

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Somethings Comin - Texture

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Homophonic
Melody Dominated Homophony
Thin at the beginning
Variation in number of instruments

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Somethings Comin - Rhythm

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3/4
Goes to 2/4
Push Rhythm emphasises anticipation
Accents

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Electric Counterpoint - Melody

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Resultant melody formed by ostinatos
Resultant played by live guitar
Note Addition
Angular/Disjunct

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Electric Counterpoint - Structure

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Intro - A - B - Coda - End

Built by layers

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Electric Counterpoint - Tonality/Harmony

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E Minor Aeolian
Modulate to C Minor in Section B
Diatonic
Tonal Ambiguity till Bass enters

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Electric Counterpoint - Rhythm

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Rhythmic Displacement
Syncopation
Accents
Cross Rhythms
12/8
3/2
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Electric Counterpoint - Texture

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Monophonic
Polyphonic/Contrapuntal
Gradual Build Up
Constant Texture

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Peripetie - Melody

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Short melodic fragments
Disjunct
Angular
Klangfarbenmelodie

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Peripetie - Structure

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Free Rondo Form, A - B - A - C - A
Very developed A section however
No obvious melody

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Peripetie - Tonality

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Atonal
Based on chromatic scale
Expressionism

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Peripetie - Harmony

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Each fragment = Hexachord
Dissonance everywhere
Hexachords make up melodies

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Peripetie - Dynamics

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Sudden changes
pp to fff
Many crescendos and diminuendos

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Peripetie - Rhythm

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Sehr Rasch
3, 4 and 2 time
Complex

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Skye Waulking - Melody

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Based on G pentatonic
Sung in gaelic
Mainly Syllabic

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Skye Waulking - Structure

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Intro - 1 - 2 - Coda - End

Phrase and Refrain

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Skye Waulking - Texture

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Melody dominated homophony
Layered
Heterophonic in instrumental

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Skye Waulking - Tonality/Harmony

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Mainly diatonic
1 = E minor
2 = G major
Lack of dominant = modal feel

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Skye Waulking - Rhythm

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12/8
Slow, relaxed tempo
Syncopation

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Skye Waulking - Instrumentation

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Wurlitzer piano
Uiellian Pipes
Gaelic vocals
Bouzouki
Fiddle
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Rag Desh - Melody

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Flourished
Conjunct
Improvisation in Alap

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Rag Desh - Structure

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Alap = improvised
Ghat 1 = rupak tala
Ghat 2 = ektal tala
Jhalla = virtuosic ending

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Rag Desh - Instrumentation

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Bansuri = indian flute
Esraj = bowed string
Shruti Box = drone
Tabla

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Rag Desh - Tonality/Harmony

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Based on monsoon Raga
Simple Harmony
No modulations
Drone = tonic + dominant

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Rag Desh - Dynamics

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Fade in
Alap is quiet
Ghat is louder than Alap
Some accents

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