"there are children back at home and the children have got to be fed"

Question 1

What is the dynamics of the phrase?

Answer 1

Mf

Question 2

What is the rhythm/metre of the phrase?

Answer 2

6/4+12/8 cross rhythms

Question 3

What musical technique is used at the end of the word ‘children’?

Answer 3

Syncopation

Question 4

What is the pitch/tessitura for the voice?

Answer 4

Mid-range pitch, maybe slightly higher

Question 5

What is the structure/form of the phrase?

Answer 5

2 bar phrase

Question 6

On which note does the melody start for the word ‘There’?

Answer 6

7th appoggiatura

Question 7

What type of appoggiatura is used in the inner line of the melody?

Answer 7

9th appoggiatura

Question 8

What is the significance of the phrase ‘Back at’ in the melody?

Answer 8

Falling = starving

Question 9

What is the appoggiatura used at the beginning of ‘And’?

Answer 9

11th appoggiatura

Question 10

What is the melodic technique used in ‘Children back at’?

Answer 10

Monotone for emphasis of bleakness and hardship

Question 11

Who sings the piece?

Answer 11

Sung by worker 1 - woman (solo)

Question 12

What is the tempo of the piece?

Answer 12

Moderato

Question 13

Which workers sing ‘And the children have got to be fed’?

Answer 13

Worker 1 and 2

Question 14

What is the tonality of the phrase?

Answer 14

Now in Ab major

Question 15

What is the function of the phrase ‘There are’ in the music?

Answer 15

Anacrusis figure to start the phrase

Question 16

What musical element helps the words ‘feeding’ children?

Answer 16

Syncopation in the accompaniment under phrase

Question 17

What is the significance of ‘And the’ in the context of the music?

Answer 17

Another anacrusis figure

Question 18

What type of cadence is represented by the chords I-Vb11?

Answer 18

Imperfect cadence = poverty