Star Wars

Question 1

What is the tonality?

Answer 1

Bb major

Question 2

What is the time signature of the opening fanfare?

Answer 2

4/4

Question 3

What is the opening fanfare marked and what does it mean?

Answer 3

Maestoso-majestically

Question 4

What’s the fanfare played by?

Answer 4

Brass and percussion

Question 5

What are the dynamics for the fanfare?

Answer 5

Sforzando

Question 6

What is the accent for the fanfare?

Answer 6

Marcato

Question 7

What is the rhythm for the fanfare?

Answer 7

Triplets

Question 8

What intervals does the fanfare move in?

Answer 8

Perfect 4th and 5th intervals

Question 9

What creates a polyphonic texture?

Answer 9

Trombones and trumpets playing in canon

Question 10

What is the harmony for the fanfare?

Answer 10

Broken chords play a quartal harmony

Question 11

How does the fanfare end?

Answer 11

In unison

Question 12

What is the time signature of the march section?

Answer 12

2/2

Question 13

Where is the accent in the march section?

Answer 13

On the first beat of the bar

Question 14

What form is the march section in?

Answer 14

Ternary form

Question 15

Which instrument plays the main theme in the brass march?

Answer 15

Trumpets

Question 16

Which instruments play driving triplets?

Answer 16

Lower brass, strings and percussion

Question 17

Which instruments play soaring high notes and rapid semiquavers?

Answer 17

Woodwind and violins

Question 18

What instruments play the melody in the gentle string section and how do they play it?

Answer 18

Strings play the melody in unison

Question 19

What accompanies the strings?

Answer 19

Woodwind triplets

Question 20

What’s the melody like in the middle section?

Answer 20

Conjunct

Question 21

What do the strings use?

Answer 21

Tremolo and tonic pedal

Question 22

What are the dynamics like in the middle section?

Answer 22

Softer (mezzoforte)

Question 23

What does the bass do in the middle section?

Answer 23

Plays the dominant pedal (F)

Question 24

What is the texture?

Answer 24

Homophonic

Question 25

What does it use (g)?

Answer 25

Glissandos

Question 26

What does the bass part do towards the end?

Answer 26

Plays an ostinato

Question 27

What does the end section do?

Answer 27

Slows down and diminuendoes

Question 28

What is the moment of pieced replaced by?

Answer 28

A dramatic build up, booming percussion and a dramatic crescendo

Question 29

What are the chords and rhythms like in the end section?

Answer 29

Low minor chords and driving triplet rhythm

Question 30

What instruments pound out a rhythm and what is the rhythm?

Answer 30

Timpani and basses pound out a military rhythm

Question 31

What happens to the chords in the end section?

Answer 31

They become more chromatic

Question 32

What does the time signature change to in the end section?

Answer 32

3/4

Question 33

What comes in at the end?

Answer 33

A short codetta where you can head a leitmotif that represents the Empire

Question 34

What does the piece finish with?

Answer 34

Low, long, ominous sounding notes