Rogers - Edelweiss

Question 1

Melody

Answer 1

Small tessitura
Traidic movement
Simplistic (accessible, if virtuosic it would isolate the piece)
Long lines and phrases
Register increases at “you look happy to meet me”
Leap of a fith on “bloom and grow”

Question 2

Harmony

Answer 2

Based around chords I,IV ans V
Little use of minor chords
‘Morning’ the chord ii7 ( dissonance)
Secondary dominant chord sequence creating a climax and heightens nostalgia.

Question 3

Tonality

Answer 3

Bb major but original in A major

Question 4

Structure

Answer 4

ABA ABA’ inner ternary form, typical of a waltz
32 bar form, typical of popular song
Repetitive nature
Inner balanced phrasing

Question 5

Sonority (timbre)

Answer 5

Guitar
Vocal(s) (in film version)
Tutti in reprise

Question 6

Texture

Answer 6

Thin, just guitar and vocal
Use of call and response in film version
Reprise has full strings

Question 7

Dynamics and Articuation

Answer 7

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