Star Wars Flashcards
What is the main tonality?
Bb Major
What does the tonality change to when the planets appear?
C Major (with an added Ab)
What is the main texture of the piece?
Homophonic
What is the main theme mostly accompanied by?
Block chords or arpeggios
What sort of pedal is there?
An inverted tonic pedal AND a dominant pedal
What is the structure?
AABA
What is the main harmony?
Diatonic (use of chords that fit the key signature)
What does the harmony often feel like?
Dissonant and Atonal(not in a key signature)
What does the harmony in the fanfare use?
The harmony in the fanfare and A theme uses quartal harmony—chords made up of
notes that are 4 steps apart.
Harmony in A theme intro
In the intro and A theme there is an inverted tonic pedal played tremolo in the violins.
Harmony in B theme
In the B theme there is a dominant pedal played by the brass instruments.
What instruments play the leitmotif?
The trumpets and other brass. It uses intervals of 4ths and 5ths and lots of 7ths
What is the melody like in the B theme?
The B theme is scalic and played by the violins and other strings
What sort of scale is played at the end of the B theme?
A full descending scale to end the B theme
What are some melodic devices used in the Fanfare?
triplets,imitation(where the melody ideas are repeated by different Brass instruments), 7th intervals,
