Bach- Violin Concerto in A minor- Movement 3 Key motifs

What are the main melodic features of the ritornello?

3rds, inverted melody, lower auxiliary, broken chords, opening perfect fourth, repeated dominant notes, tonal answer

What are the textural features of the ritornello?

invertible counterpoint (b5)

fugal (contrapuntal)

What are the harmonic features of the ritornello?

b1-16- use of related keys

b22-24 suspensions

b24- appogiatura in violin ii

What are the key textural features of the solo episodes?

polarised texture

use of antiphony

parallel 3rds and 6ths

What are the key melodic features of the solo episodes?

rising/falling thirds

lower auxiliary

broken chords

anacrusis

ornamentation

fake ritornello

appogiaturas

bariolage

What are the key harmonic features of the solo episodes?

4-3 suspensions

circle of fifths

modulations

suspended dominant pedals

dominant 7ths

What are the key rhythmic features of the solo episodes?

dotted rhythms

semiquaver runs in sequence

rhythmic ostinato

motor rhythms