Set Piece 3 - Music for a while - Pucell

Question 1

What was it written for?

Answer 1

Soprano, harpsichord and bass viol

Question 2

WHat was the right part of the harpsichord like?

Answer 2

Highly decorative and has frequent dotted rythms and ornamentation with upper and lower mordents, grace notes and appoggiaturas.Chords are fequently arpeggiates or spread rapidly form the lowest to highest note

Question 3

What does the left hand of the harpsichord play?

Answer 3

the ground bass

Question 4

WHat 2 instruments is the ground bass playes by?

Answer 4

bass viol and harpsichord

Question 5

Syllabic

Answer 5

one note per syllable

Question 6

Melismatic

Answer 6

Multiple otes per syllable

Question 7

What is the vocal line mainly

syllabic/mesmilabic

Answer 7

Syllabic

Question 8

paired slurrings

Answer 8

slide

“ for a”

Question 9

When are some mesmilabic moments in the peice?

Answer 9

Bar 20 the word eternal

This is also an extended melisma

Question 10

When is repition used?

Answer 10

DROP OR MUSIC

Question 11

**DROP **explain

wordpainting

Answer 11

Presented ina decending pattern on the off-beat and is sing wiht unusual levels of repetition ( 9 times )

This represents the snakes dropping of alectos head

Question 12

Melody

Answer 12

• Sporano range of a ningth
• Much of the music conjunct or stepwise
• passing notes are frequent
• All leaps are small
• rests used to break up phrases
• some descending sequences
  ornaments

Question 13

Conjunct

Stepwise

Answer 13

moving pitch mainly by the note

Question 14

What ornaments are used in the soprano line and or the right hand of the harpsichord?

Answer 14

trills
appogguaturas
grace notes
upper and lower mordents

Harp has dotted rythms

Question 15

Structure

Answer 15

• follows a ground bass structure and ABA ternary form
• short recurring melodic pattern in the bass that acts as the pricipal sturctural elemnt. Whilst melodic parts above change

Question 16

FT of the Ground bass

Answer 16

• 3 bars long in this peice but usually, 2,4,8
• minor key
• straighforward rhythm
• slow and stately tempo
• entirely of quaver rhythms
• ends in a perfect cadence
• solem mood
• use of chromatic notes
• meliodic shape is arpeggio based
• Makes use of semitone intervals

Question 17

Texture

Answer 17

• melody & accompaniment/melody-dominated homophony
• accomp is the ground bass
• the right hand of the har is an elaborate realisation and provides some counterpoint with the vocal line

Question 18

Tonality

Answer 18

• A minor
• sometimes ambiguous due to the chromatic and non- dia tonic nature of the gorund bass
• the central section modulates to closely related keys
  *Modulations are comfirmed with perfect cadences

Question 19

Tempo, Metre and rhythm

Answer 19

• no tempo indication but slow is most fitting
• 4/4
• quavers and semi quavers anre most predominant rhythms
• dotted rhythms and used extensively in the right harpsichord and some in the sporano
• only occasional syncopation and off beat rhythms
• GB is entirely quavers

Question 20

What is a ground bass

Answer 20

a short, reoccuring melodic pattern in the bass part that acts as the principal structural element, whilst the melodic parts change

Question 21

Word painting

Answer 21

the technique of writing music that reflects the literal meaning of the song

Question 22

Bass viol vs Modern Cello

Answer 22

Bass Viol has 6 strings and is fretted

Question 23

What does the right hand harpsichord play?

Answer 23

A “realisation” which would have been improvised, which fills out the chords for the peice. Purcell would originally have provided just a figured bass

Question 24

What is the ground bass in this song?

Answer 24

3 bar loop
consists of entirely quaver rythms and has rising pattern