Oh What A Beautiful Morning, Oklahoma Flashcards
1
Q
Drone used in the introduction
A
Chord I
8 Bars
Pastoral Image
2
Q
Final cadence
A
Ic
V
I
3
Q
Texture of he piece is mainly
A
Homophonic
4
Q
Key =
A
E Major
5
Q
A cappela
A
At the start
6
Q
Bar 23: “As high as an elephant’s eye~”
A
The pitch at which the word eye is sung, is higher than the rest of the verse.
7
Q
Chorus
A
16 bars
8
Q
Pitched percussion
A
Piano
Glockenspiel
9
Q
String instruments
A
Violins chorus 3 doubles voice
Harp also doubles voice
Cello
Viola
9
Q
Brass
A
Horns
10
Q
Intro
A
12 bars
11
Q
Verse
A
16 bars
8 bar phrases
13
Q
Wood wind
A
Flute - plays a high pitched quaver melody over the other instruments with use of trills to represent birds.
Oboe and Clarinets
14
Q
Counter melody in strings
A
2nd chorus
15
Q
Disrupted sense of time
A
Rubato
Use of Fermatas
