Star Wars

Question 1

Structure and what effect does it have

Answer 1

A-B-A-A-Codetta. it creates contract to reflect what is going on on the screen

Question 2

What instrument is the fanfare and what does it do

Answer 2

Brass instruments, comes before intro and it sets a royal heroic theme to represent leitmotifs of a particular character. Typical of film music

Question 3

Dynamics and why

Answer 3

Fortissimo variation to create exciting loud heroic

Question 4

Tonality and why

Answer 4

Bbminor and modulates to Ebmajor. This begins with a mysterious mood modulates to happier and heroic. Ambiguous In linking section.

Question 5

Orchestration

Answer 5

Reflect on what is happening in the story and on the screen by using a large range or timbres creating contrast of different sections- large symphony orchestra, wind, brass, string, percussion

Question 6

Time signature

Answer 6

4

4

Question 7

Little rhythmic features to know

Answer 7

Trills flute bar 26
Tremmelos violins bar 1
Create variation, frantic excitement and heroic feel

Question 8

Texture

Answer 8

Melody dominated homophony

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