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Dotted habenera rhythms

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Habenera from Carmen, Bizet

Pagodes

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Open 5ths

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La Cathedrale Engloutie, Debussy

Pagodes, Granada, batman

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Chords moving in parallel motion

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La Cathedrale Engloutie, Debussy

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Mixolydian

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La Cathedrale Engloutie, Debussy

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Registral extremes on piano

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La Cathedrale Engloutie, Debussy

Pagodes, Granada

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Arpeggiated textures

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Voiles, Debussy

Vivaldi 1,

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Sustain pedal

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Voiles, Debussy

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Whole tone scale

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Voiles, Debussy

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Ritornello structure

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Viva Tiranno from Rodelinda, Handel

Vivaldi 2

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Lengthy, decorative melismas

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Viva Tiranno from Rodelinda, Handel

Mozart 4, Bach 1&2

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Melodic sequences

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Viva Tiranno from Rodelinda, Handel

Vivaldi 1, Bach 1

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12
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Basso continuo creating counterpoint

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Viva Tiranno from Rodelinda, Handel

Bach, Vivaldi

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Repeated rhythmic ostinato

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Mars from the planets, Holst

Chumbamba, Candela

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Melody over ostinato texture

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Mars from the planets, Holst

Chumbamba, candela

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Triplet figures

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Mars from the planets, Holst

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Pedals to create tonal centres

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Take Her To Sea Mr Murdoch from Titanic, James Horner

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Tertiary shift modulations

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Take Her To Sea Mr Murdoch from Titanic, James Horner

Batman 1

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Wordless choral singing

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Take Her To Sea Mr Murdoch from Titanic, James Horner

Batman 1

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Large scale chordal homophony

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O Fortuna from Carmina Burana, Carl Orff

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Dissonant harmonies

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O Fortuna from Carmina Burana, Carl Orff

Batman 4

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Short repeated melodic phrases over repeated ostinato, create a layered texture

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O Fortuna from Carmina Burana, Carl Orff

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Constant rhythmic ostinato

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Bolero, Ravel

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Melody harmonised in parallel motion chords

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Bolero, Ravel

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Colourful scoring for wind in extreme registers

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Bolero, Ravel

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Melody dominated homophony, over arpeggiated accompaniment

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2nd Movement from Winter from the Four Seasons, Vivaldi

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Descriptive music

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2nd Movement from Winter from the Four Seasons, Vivaldi
E.g. Falling raindrops

Batman 1, Mozart 5

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Leitmotifs

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The Ring Cycle, Wagner

Batman

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Repeated background ostinato

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Duel Of The Fates from The Phantom Menace, John Williams

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Tertiary modulations

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Duel Of The Fates from The Phantom Menace, John Williams

Batman 1

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Wordless choral singing

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Duel Of The Fates from The Phantom Menace, John Williams

Batman 1

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Leitmotifs

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Imperial March from Star Wars, John Williams

Batman

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Melody over ostinato

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Imperial March from Star Wars, John Williams

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Triplets in accompaniment

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Imperial March from Star Wars, John Williams

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Pentatonic pitches

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Gamelan music

Pagodes

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Limited pitch range

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Gamelan music

36
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Interlocking ostinato figures

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Gamelan music

Pagodes

37
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Harmonically static movement

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Gamelan music

38
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70’s pop/soul ballad

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Love and Affection, Joan Armatrading

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Short opening guajeo

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Candela, Buena Vista Social Club

Chumbamba

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Layered percussion ostinati

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Candela, Buena Vista Social Club

Chumbamba, candela

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Anticipated bass

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Candela, Buena Vista Social Club

Chumbamba

42
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Pregon and Coro call and response

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Candela, Buena Vista Social Club

Chumbamba

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Repetitive vocal ideas

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Candela, Buena Vista Social Club

Chumbamba

44
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Minor key

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Candela, Buena Vista Social Club

Chumbamba

45
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Mostly I/V

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Candela, Buena Vista Social Club

Chumbamba

46
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Soprano sax

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My Favourite Things, John Coltrane

Inner state of mind

47
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Minor mode

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My Favourite Things, John Coltrane

Inner state of mind

48
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Static harmony, vamp

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My Favourite Things, John Coltrane

Inner state of mind

49
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Improvisation

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My Favourite Things, John Coltrane

Inner state of mind, lady day, love and affection

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Trills

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My Favourite Things, John Coltrane

Inner state of mind,

51
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Scalic runs

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My Favourite Things, John Coltrane

Inner state of mind, lady day, love and affection

52
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Playing outside the key

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My Favourite Things, John Coltrane

Chumbamba, candela

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Chordal stabs

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So What, Miles Davis

Inner state of mind

54
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Improvisation using Dorian mode

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So What, Miles Davis

Inner state of mind

55
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Melodic model for inner state of mind

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Summertime, George Gershwin

Inner state of mind

56
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70’s soul and jazz

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Lady Day and John Coltrane, Gil Scott Heron

57
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Based on 12 bar blues

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Footprints, Wayne Shorter

Lady day

58
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Dorian mode

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Footprints, Wayne Shorter

59
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Tenor sax

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Footprints, Wayne Shorter

Lady day, love and affection

60
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Improvisation

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Footprints, Wayne Shorter

Lady day, love and affection, inner state of mind, chumbamba, candela

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Sweeping romantic Hollywood strings

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Jurassic Park, John Williams

Duchess

62
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3:2 clave rhythm

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Pra Caramba, Christopher Frost

63
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Saxophone techniques (padding keys)

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Liamuiga, Courtney Pine

64
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Altissimo

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Misty, Courtney Pine

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