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Year 10 End Of Term 1 Test Flashcards

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What is an oratorio?

A

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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Broken chord

24
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What is the accompaniment in section B of chopins piece?

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Chordal

25
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List 4 more points about the texture in chopins piece

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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)

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A major

27
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What are Other keys (Handel)

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E major (dominant)
B major (secondary dominant)
28
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What are most of the cadences (Handel)

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Perfect but it finishes on a plagal

28
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List the instruments (Mozart)

A 
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)
29
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List 9 features of classical period features

A 
Sonata form
Symphony
Orchestra
Perfect cadences
Trill at cadences
Period phrases 
Appoggiaturas (leaning notes)
scalic
Arpeggio's (broken chords)
30
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What key is the a section (Chopin)

A

D flat major

31
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Describe the harmony (Chopin)

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Harmony is largely diatonic
Some chromatic notes in harmony
Use of 7th and 9th chords
Music modulates to unrelated keys in b section

33
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What key is the b section? (Chopin)

A

C# minor

34
Q

what is all blues based on?

A

Mixolydian mode

35
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Who plays what? (All blues)

A 
Miles Davis - trumpet
Julian cannonaball adderley - alto sax
John Coltrane - Tenor sax
Jimmy Cobb - drums
Paul chambers - double bass
Bill Evans - piani
36
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Who is in the frontline section? (All blues)

A

Miles
Julian
John

37
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Who is in the rhythm section? (All blues)

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Jimmy
Bill
Paul

38
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What is in the introduction? (All blues)

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Piano tremolo
Snare drum with brushes
Double bass riff
Saxophone riff

39
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What is in head 1 and 2?(All blues)

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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)

A

The main melody of a jazz piece, improvised variations on a chord sequence

41
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Describe the trumpet solo (All blues)

A 
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
42
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Describe the alto solo (All blues)

A 
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
43
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describe the tenor sax solo (All blues)

A

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

44
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Describe the piano solo (All blues)

A

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
45
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Describe head 3 and 4 (All blues)

A

Same as head 1 and 2, slight developments in the melody

Tremolo on piano, brushes on snare drum and cymbals, double bass riff

46
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Describe the coda (all blues)

A 
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
47
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What is the chord sequence? (All blues)

A

G7. G7. G7. G7.
C7. C7. G7. G7.
D7#9. Eb7#9. G7. G7.

48
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Who was it composed by? (Grace)

A

Jeff Buckley

49
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When was it released? (Grace)

A

1994

50
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What is the guitar tuned to? (Grace)

A

Drop d tuning

51
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What is the structure? (Grace)

A

Intro - verse 1 - pre chorus - chorus
Link - verse 2 - pre chorus - chorus
Middle 8
Link - verse 3 - outro

52
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What key is it in? (Grace)

A

e minor

53
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What is the time signature? (Grace)

A

12

8

54
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What time period was it? (Handel)

A

Baroque - 1600 - 1750

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