section comes in with a melodic sequence‚ shifting up 2 tones and then leaping down to the third note‚ creating a motif at the introduction. * The modal is sprightly rondo in the later half of the first movement. The piano soloist plays a light melody over an orchestral wash of colour. | * Major key * The start of piece is dominantly strings‚ with a woodwind instrument playing a floaty melodic sequence‚ again going in a downward sequence of steps. | DURATION * Before any instrument
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The hybridization of Western and Chinese music Johanna Namminga The hybridization of Western and Chinese music has an interesting history in China. The trend towards adopting Western styles in music started early in Chinese history with the first traders and colonization. The cultural imperialism brought by colonization created a trend towards Westernization which has continued throughout Chinese history. The history of Western music in China is interesting in how the Chinese assimilated it to
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20th century orchestral music encompasses orchestral works‚ concertos‚ ballets and symphonies that have been written and performed since 1900. This era had no particular dominant style and composers have created highly diverse kinds of music. One impressionist piece that demonstrates these characteristics is Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring‚ The Kiss of The Earth (1913) is a pinnacle 20th century orchestral piece‚ which boldly rejected structured harmony and the comfort
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were the three forms of English madrigals? Describe each type. ---Madrigal proper- through composed word painting‚ ballet- strophic & danced & ayre- performed with or without accompaniment 2. What were chorales? Why were they popular? easy to sing melodies based on traditional folk songs. The press allowed printing of the books 3. What is a consort? an instrument ensemble consisting of a flute‚ lute‚ cittern‚ violin‚ bandore and the bass viola de gamba 4. Who was Guillaume Dufay? What contributions
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is no conventional structure – although it is like a ‘free’ Rondo with contrasting textures & tempo. Use of melodic fragments (very short melodic ideas) Use of complicated fragmented rhythms Atonal Use of hexachords and compliments The melody is passed around different instruments. It is made up of 5 sections Peripetie is Greek for Sudden Changes Section A: Bars 1-18 Begins with a bang! Clarinets and flutes begin with 2 hexachords - Bar 1 Clarinets - Bar 3 Flutes Leads to
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For example‚ the first eight measures of the piece feature constant‚ mostly scaler eighth notes with the horn starting the melody just barley louder than the eighth note lines which reference to the text of the first lines “When peace like a river‚ attendeth my way‚/When sorrow like sea billows roll…” creating a moment of text painting that is not directly relevant to Holsinger’s
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he heard an American guitar player named Chet Atkins on the radio and that was the galvanizing moment in his life. That is because Atkins was playing both the rhythm and bass part as well as the melody and harmony part all at the same time. Tommy was told not to take note of that because it was only a "recording trick" but somehow Tommy knew it was being played at the same time. It was challenging but he kept practicing and listening‚ he eventually
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Changes within the flute from classical to romantic to neo romantic era’s Flute instrument When a jet of air is directed across one of the open ends at the appropriate speed‚ pulses of air set up a standing wave within the pipe. Some of the energy from the standing wave escapes and propagates to the ear‚ where it is perceived as sound. Holes in the side of the flute can be opened or closed by the player’s fingers‚ which changes the effective length of the pipe and the frequency of the notes that
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the guitar. This instrument backs up the vocalist for the duration of the work. The guitar swings it’s rhythm‚ but only a little to make it barely noticeable. The voice comes in a few measures after the guitar‚ and is now the playing the role of the melody. In the background‚ the guitar is harmonizing with the voice. The guitar uses the same 4 or 5 measure phrase for the majority of the song. It is able to lay well underneath The singer uses no specific pitches‚ as found on a piano. Instead‚ the pitch
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one soloist to multiple movements for soloists(s)‚ chorus‚ and orchestra (like Cantata 140) 2.Sung during a service of worship 3.Based on a hymn tune 4.Bach uses the familiar melody of the original hymn tune (ie. A chorale) in the two movements that we have (first and last) [the beautiful high pitches are chorale melodies drawn out.] chorale: hymn tune with 4 part harmony (soprano‚ alto‚ tenor‚ bass) -as the director of St.Thomas (ie.‚ the Leipzig Period 1723-50) Bach’s duties included providing
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