Music: Badinerie

Who wrote this piece of music and where are they from?

J.S Bach, Germany

when was this piece composed?

1738-1739

what period was this composed

baroque

what instruments are included?

flute, cello, violin 1 and violin 2

on the basso continuo, what is played with the left hand, and what is played with the right hand?

left- harpsichord right- chords

what form is the piece in?

binary

how many bars is section A?

14

how many bars is section B?

24

what type of notes are in motif x?

quaver, semi-quaver,semi-quaver,crotchet

what type of notes are in figure y?

mostly semi-quavers and quavers

describe motif x

b minor, descending, broken chord, disjunct

describe figure y

anacrusis, mixture of disjunct and conjunct

is this piece major or minor?

minor

what key does section A start and end in?

starts in Bm, ends in F#m

what key does section B start and end in

starts in F#m, ends in Bm

what word describes Bm?

Tonic

what word describes F#m

dominant

what word can be used to describe figure y?

allegro

what is a sequence?

a melodic motif that is repeated by the same voice/ instrument higher or lower

polyphonic meaning

many tunes

monophonic meaning

one tune unaccompanied

homophonic meaning

one tune accompanied

how would you describe badinerie? poly/homo/mono phonic?

mostly homophonic

badinerie is diatonic, what does that mean?

notes relating to the scale (Bm scale)

what is a perfect cadance?

a musical full stop

what are terraced dynamics?

mostly loud

what is the time signature?

2/4