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Year 10 End Of Term 1 Test Flashcards

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What is an oratorio?

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A religious text in the music

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When was messiah first performed and where?

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13th of April 1742 in Dublin

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What is the word painting?

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Where pieces music reflects what is being sung

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What is the first main melodic idea and describe it (Handel)

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And the glory of the Lord - syllabic, a major triad, followed by an ascending scale

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What is the second main melodic idea and describe it (Handel)

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Shall be revealed : two descending sequences, melismatic, idea later imitated

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What is the third main melodic idea and describe it (Handel)

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And all flesh shall see it together : repetitive idea consisting of 3 statements of the descending 4th

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What is the fourth main melodic idea and describe it (Handel)

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For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it : pedal notes, word painting, long repeated notes

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What is imitation

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Repeating an Idea used before

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what movement of the symphony is mozarts? What key is it in?

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1st and g minor

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How many symphonies did Mozart write in a minor key?

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2

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How many movements in symphony? (Mozart)

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2

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What form is Mozarts piece in?

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Sonata form:

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What is the exposition? (Mozart)

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Exposition: in G minor and second subject in B-flat major

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What is the development? (Mozart)

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Development: F sharp minor, circle of fifths, explored other keys

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What is the recapitulation?

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Recapitulation: tonic (g minor)

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What is the main motif in mozarts piece?

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Two quavers and a crotchet

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How is the main motif used in Mozart’s piece?

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It is repeated and used in sequences throughout the piece, Augmented, Imitated, dialogue, inverted

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In chopins piece where does the melody start?

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Right hand (section a)

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In chopins piece what is the main motif? 

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2 quavers, one minim

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In chopins piece, what happens to the melody in section b?

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It goes to the left hand, in chirds

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List some features of the melody (Chopin)

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Rubato, repetition, legato, lyrical

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What is their use of in the a section? (Chopin)

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Ornaments

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List 7 points about dynamics in chopins piece

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Delicate, expressive dynamics 
Starts of piano 
Lots of crescendos and diminuendos
B section much louder than other sections 
Smarzando - dying away, getting quieter 
Ends very softly
A section is generally soft throughout
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What is the accompaniment in section a of chopins piece?

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What is the accompaniment in section B of chopins piece?
Chordal
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List 4 more points about the texture in chopins piece
Pedal note thickening texture throughout B section, octave in right Hand thicken the texture Generally texture of the whole piece is melody and accompaniment Texture in codetta is monophonic
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what is the main key (Handel)
A major
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What are Other keys (Handel)
``` E major (dominant) B major (secondary dominant) ```
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What are most of the cadences (Handel)
Perfect but it finishes on a plagal
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List the instruments (Mozart)
``` Flute (Only 1) Oboes (1 and 2) 2 clarinets 2 bassoons 2 horns (To cover more notes) First violins and second violins Viola Violoncello (cello) ```
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List 9 features of classical period features
``` Sonata form Symphony Orchestra Perfect cadences Trill at cadences Period phrases Appoggiaturas (leaning notes) scalic Arpeggio's (broken chords) ```
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What key is the a section (Chopin)
D flat major
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Describe the harmony (Chopin)
Harmony is largely diatonic Some chromatic notes in harmony Use of 7th and 9th chords Music modulates to unrelated keys in b section
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What key is the b section? (Chopin)
C# minor
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what is all blues based on?
Mixolydian mode
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Who plays what? (All blues)
``` Miles Davis - trumpet Julian cannonaball adderley - alto sax John Coltrane - Tenor sax Jimmy Cobb - drums Paul chambers - double bass Bill Evans - piani ```
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Who is in the frontline section? (All blues)
Miles Julian John
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Who is in the rhythm section? (All blues)
Jimmy Bill Paul
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What is in the introduction? (All blues)
Piano tremolo Snare drum with brushes Double bass riff Saxophone riff
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What is in head 1 and 2?(All blues)
Trumpet melody - laid back, harmon mute, lots of long notes, couple of grace notes, hairpins Saxophone riff Drums Bass riff Piano tremolo
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What is a head arrangement?(All blues)
The main melody of a jazz piece, improvised variations on a chord sequence
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Describe the trumpet solo (All blues)
``` 4 changes Miles Davis Improvised Mute off Ndola Some staccato news Some ghost notes Some accents Some glissando No saxs Lots of ride cymbal Piano is component chords underneath ```
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Describe the alto solo (All blues)
``` Julian Improvised 4 change Lots of hairpins Wide range of pitch More angular, more leaps, shorter phrases More chromatic notes than trumpet solo Quite a few technically difficult fast runs (hard to play) Thick tone ```
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describe the tenor sax solo (All blues)
4 changes John Coltrane First change - simple, relaxed, laid back Second change - played small tunes then made them longer, repetition, sequences Third/fourth change - phrases of different lengths, combines fast passages, long sustained phrases
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Describe the piano solo (All blues)
Bill Evans 4 changes ``` 1st change: left hand - coming Right hand - melody Legato, sparse Not very complex Improvised on miles Davis opening riff ``` ``` 2nd change: Both hands playing chords Narrow pitch range, making it quite laid backs Limited range of notes Finished with riff as outro ```
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Describe head 3 and 4 (All blues)
Same as head 1 and 2, slight developments in the melody | Tremolo on piano, brushes on snare drum and cymbals, double bass riff
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Describe the coda (all blues)
``` 19th change Trumpet - miles Davis - harmon mute Repeated motif, emphasising the tonic G Grace notes In background, saxophone, snare drum/cymbals, bass riff, piano tre ell Fade out at end ```
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What is the chord sequence? (All blues)
G7. G7. G7. G7. C7. C7. G7. G7. D7#9. Eb7#9. G7. G7.
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Who was it composed by? (Grace)
Jeff Buckley
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When was it released? (Grace)
1994
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What is the guitar tuned to? (Grace)
Drop d tuning
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What is the structure? (Grace)
Intro - verse 1 - pre chorus - chorus Link - verse 2 - pre chorus - chorus Middle 8 Link - verse 3 - outro
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What key is it in? (Grace)
e minor
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What is the time signature? (Grace)
12 | 8
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What time period was it? (Handel)
Baroque - 1600 - 1750

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