Ravel - String Quartet - Movement II

Question 1

**(Structure) **The structure of this movement is in …………. form

Answer 1

Ternary Form

Question 2

**(Structure) **The three themes in this movement can be characterised as the …………, ………….. and …………. themes.

Answer 2

Pizzicato, Dorian and Chromatic themes

Question 3

(Structure) The B section is in a ………….. tempo and uses material from the ……….. section.

Answer 3

Slower tempo, using material from the A section.

Question 4

(Structure) The tonal centre of the B section implies a centre of …..

Answer 4

Eb

Question 5

**(Structure) **There is a ……………………… that prepares for the move back to the A section.

Answer 5

Linking passage using pizzicato/dorian themes

Question 6

**(Harmony/Tonality) **The opening section uses harmony from the ……………… mode.

Answer 6

Aeolian - Minor dominant chord (v)

Question 7

(Harmony/Tonality) C# dorian is implied with the use of the ………………….. chord.

Answer 7

Major subdominant (IV) (C#-F#)

Question 8

**(Harmony/Tonality) **During the first chromatic theme section there is the use of C# to G#m. This is called ………………………

Answer 8

Modal mixture (include the chords in your answer)

Question 9

(Harmony/Tonality) There is a high use of ………………… harmony in the B section.

Answer 9

Chromatic

Question 10

(Harmony/Tonality) At the end of the movement there is the use of an ………………… as the penultimate chord.

Answer 10

Augmented 7th

Question 11

(Melody) The opening pizzicato theme is characterised by ………….. motion and leaps of a …………………

Answer 11

Conjunct motion and perfect 5ths.

Question 12

(Melody) There is a high use of …………….. and ……………. in the pizzicato/dorian themes.

Answer 12

Sequencing and fragmentation

Question 13

(Melody) There is a use of the ………….. scale at the end of the A section and in the B section

Answer 13

Chromatic

Question 14

(Melody) The linking passage at the end of the B section uses ……………..

Answer 14

Fragments from the pizzicato and dorian themes.

Question 15

(Melody) There is use of the ………… and …………. mode variations in the A section.

Answer 15

Phrygian and Mixolydian

Question 16

(Texture/Sonority) There is the use of the string technique …….. in the opening.

Answer 16

Pizzicato

Question 17

(Texture/Sonority) There is use of ……..[fast string playing of the same note] throughout the opening.

Answer 17

Tremolo

Question 18

(Texture/Sonority) There are sections that use …… [small device to lower the volume].

Answer 18

Mutes

Question 19

(Texture/Sonority) In the B section, the cello ……………….

Answer 19

Has a higher melody than the violins and violas.

Question 20

(Texture/Sonority) The accompaniment for the main dorian theme is played with …………. in the violin 2 and viola.

Answer 20

Rapid arpeggiations

Question 21

(Rhythm) There are multiple examples of 3 notes being played against 2, known as ……………

Answer 21

Hemiola

Question 22

(Rhythm) There is use of syncopation in the B section with use of ……..

Answer 22

Notes tied over the barlines

Question 23

(Rhythm) There is use of ………. on the fragments in the linking passage

Answer 23

Rhythmic diminution

Question 24

(Rhythm) In order to increase momentum in the B section, Ravel uses ………….

Answer 24

Demisemiquaver note durations.

Question 25

(Rhythm) Ravel changes the metrical pulse by …………..

Answer 25

Changing from 6/8 to 3/4 time in the B section.