The city - Psycho

Question 1

What style is this piece

Answer 1

Romantic - conjure gaze of being in the heat and in the desert

Question 2

Explain the dynamics at the beginning

Answer 2

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To link with the prelude

Question 3

In a phrase you have 4 notes. The first note is…

Answer 3

Diminished

Question 4

Last 3 notes of a phrase are

Answer 4

Half diminished

Question 5

What is the AO4 for diminished and half diminished

Answer 5

Everything is related in semitone motion. (Sigh motif)

Question 6

Harmony

Answer 6

Quartal harmony

Dissonance - anticipation, unease, discomfort

Question 7

Describe the harmonic thythm

Answer 7

Slow

Question 8

The sigh motif from the prelude is…
AO4

Answer 8

Augmented
Psychological game

Question 9

In the sigh motif, the first chord is of a…

Answer 9

Whole tone scale

Question 10

AO4 for whole tone scale

Answer 10

Sense of calmness

Question 11

Wider listening for whole tone scale chord

Answer 11

Debussy - “Reverie”

Question 12

In b. 1-2, the sequence…

Answer 12

Descends

Question 13

As the sequence descends, the dynamics get

Answer 13

Louder

Question 14

Descending sequence but getting louder at the same time…

Answer 14

Entices you

Question 15

Texture

Answer 15

Homophonic

Question 16

Varied repetition technique

Answer 16

Theme repeats 5 times but slightly different

Question 17

In b. 4, the phrase…

Answer 17

Retrogrades