Set Works (Voice) Flashcards
What instruments are used in Dowland’s Flow My Tears?
Solo voice, lute, bass viol
What can the form of Dowland’s Flow My Tears be described as?
(3)
- Tripartite
- 3 strains
- Each repeated (AABBCC)
How is the texture od Dowland’s Flow My Tears described?
2
- 3 part counterpoint thickened by chords
* Imitation between instruments and voice
What is the tonality of Dowland’s Flow My Tears?
Modal- Aeolian/ A minor
Describe the harmony in Dowland’s Flow My Tears.
7
- Diatonic
- Modal features- tierce de Picardie, Phrygian cadence, false relations
- Suspensions
- Passing 7ths at cadences
- Some inverted cadences
- Mainly root and first inversion chords
- Modal progressions (I- III)
Describe the melody in Dowland’s Flow My Tears.
3
- Stepwise, conjunct
- Tear motif- descending 4 note motif
- Melodic decoration at cadences
How id rhythm used in Dowland’s Flow My Tears?
3
- Flexible, following the rhythm of the words
- Syncopation and some anticipation
- Word setting is mostly syllabic
When was Dowland’s Flow My Tears written?
Late Renaissance
When was Bruckner’s Locus Iste written and what for?
Romantic period for a SATB choir to be sung in a cathedral
What form is Bruckner’s Locus Iste in?
Ternary
How can the texture of Bruckner’s Locus Iste be described?
4
- The ‘A’ section is homophonic
- The ‘B’ section uses imitation
- Contrapuntal
- Sometimes monophonic
What is the tonality of Bruckner’s Locus Iste?
2
- C major
* Modal overtones- Phrygian cadence
Describe the harmony of Bruckner’s Locus Iste.
3
- Section ‘A’ is diatonic and in C major
- The middle is chromatic
- There are several sequential repetitions
How is melody used in Bruckner’s Locus Iste?
4
- The word setting is mainly syllabic
- It is expressive and uses accented passing notes, appoggiaturas and suspensions and sometimes has wide leaps
- The melody is diatonic in the ‘A’ section and chromatic in the ‘B’ section
- There are sequential repetitions
How is rhythm used in Bruckner’s Locus Iste?
3
- Simple to allow the voice to be heard
- General pause near the end
- Last notes of phrases are shorter to let the disperse
When was Gershwin’s Summertime written and what was it for?
I20th century for the opera Porgy and Bess
What instrumentation is used for Gershwin’s Summertime?
Solo Soprano, women’s chorus and symphony orchestra
How is the form of Gershwin’s Summertime described?
Strophic (continuous- linked with song before and after)
How is the texture of Gershwin’s Summertime best described?
Melody dominated homophony
What key is Gershwin’s Summertime in?
B minor
Describe the harmony found in Gershwin’s Summertime.
4
- Extended chords (dom 11ths and 13ths)
- Modal cadences
- References to whole tone scales
- Augmented 6th chords
What is the melody like in Gershwin’s Summertime?
4
- Diatonic and pentatonic melody
- Some blues influences in counter melodies
- Falling glissando on final notes of verse
- Acciaccatura on last note of both verses
Describe the rhythm in Gershwin’s Summertime.
3
- Syncopation in melody
- Dotted rhythms in melody like swung quavers
- Cross rhythms
When was Jimmy Cliff’s You can get it if you really want composed?
Jamaican pop song composed in the late 20th century
What is the instrumentation for Jimmy Cliff’s You can get it if you really want?
Brass(2 trumpets), reeds (tenor and baritone sax), guitars (lead, rhythm and bass, electronic organ, drum kit, tambourine, backing vocals
What is the form of Jimmy Cliff’s You can get it if you really want?
(2)
- Verse chorus structure with contrasting bridge
* 4 bar intro and fade out in coda
How is the texture of Jimmy Cliff’s you can get it if you really want best described?
Melody dominated homophony
What is the tonality of Jimmy Cliff’s You can get it if you really want?
Db major but the vocal and instrumental writing is mostly pentatonic
Describe the harmony in Jimmy Cliff’s You can get it if you really want.
(5)
- Diatonic, root and dom 7th chords
- Chorus based on I, IV and V7 (at end) chords
- Link is I and IV chords
- Verse introduced Fm
- Bridge (Db, E, Gb, Ab), (Ab, Gb, E, D (B) whole tone)
What is the melody like in Jimmy Cliff’s You can get I if you really want?
(3)
- Few notes, motivic
- Hook
- Pentatonic
Describe the rhythm in Jimmy Cliff’s You can get it if you really want.
(2)
- Syncopation and backbeat
* Accompaniment riffs
What is the form of Berio’s Sequenza III?
3
- Through composed
- Climax 2/3 of the way through
- Organised into 10 second timings
How can the texture and tonality of Berio’s Sequenza III be described?
(4)
- Atonal
- Some relative pitch
- Monophonic so there’s no harmony
- Hints of tonal centres (B, Bb, G)
Describe the melody in Berio’s Sequenza III.
6
- Fragmented, no repetition
- Frequent interjections of vocal techniques
- Some sustained pitches
- Sudden flourishes/ scales
- Different vowel sounds
- Angular
What rhythms and metre are found in Berio’s Sequenza III?
2
- Approximate rhythms, unmeasured (10 second units)
* No metre
Describe the text setting found in Berio’s Sequenza III.
4
- Said/sung words
- Syllabic and melismatic
- Short words repeated fast
- Phonetic sounds broken by non-verbal sounds
What vocal techniques are used in Berio’s Sequenza III?
7
- Dental tremolo
- Muttering
- Clicking
- Cough
- Laughter
- Hand mute
- Whispering
What resources are used in Oasis’ Don’t Look Back in Anger?
6
- Vocalist
- Lead, rhythm, bass guitar
- Piano
- Drum kit
- Tambourine
- Synthesised orchestral strings
What form is used in Oasis’ Don’t Look Back in Anger?
3
- Verse-chorus structure (two verses)
- Intro and outro
- Distinct pre chorus
What is the texture and tonality like in Oasis’ Don’t Look Back in Anger?
(3)
- Melody-dominated homophony
- Chromatic decorated bass
- Quaver rocking piano chords
- Diatonic (C major)
What is the harmony like in Oasis’ Don’t Look Back in Anger?
3
- Diatonic
- Chromatic chords from passing notes in bass
- Simple chords in verse and chorus. Contrasting in pre chorus and instrumental
Describe the melody in Oasis’ Don’t Look Back in Anger.
8
- Pentatonic (guitar/ vocal)
- Vocal melody- falling phrases
- Guitar melody- appoggiaturas
- Vocal melody is only made up of a few notes
- Hook in chorus
- Countermelodies/ fills in guitar
- Lead guitar solo- improvised nature
- Pick-up to chorus
What technique is used in the last chorus of Oasis’ Don’t Look Back in Anger?
Multi tracking
What is the rhythm an metre in Oasis’ Don’t Look Back in Anger?
(3)
- Common time
- Syncopated melody
- Anticipations in vocal melody
Describe the text setting in Oasis’ Don’t Look Back in Anger.
(2)
- Syllabic
* Ornamentation and falling melisma on final words of phrases
