Music GCSE - Star Wars

What does diegetic music mean?

When the character can hear the music in the film

What does underscore mean?

Non-dietetic music to add to the mood

What is a cue?

Each individual piece in the film score precise to the films timing

What does fanfare mean?

Celebratory piece for brass instruments

What does added six chord mean?

When a sixth note is added above the tonic

What does compound interval mean?

An interval extending Over more than an active

What does ostinato mean?

A persistent phrase or motive repeated over several bars

What does ritardando mean?

Slowing down

What does Neapolitan cord mean?

A cord built on the flattened, supertonic note

What type of ensemble performs in the set work?

Symphony orchestra

What family of instruments play in the melody in the beginning?

Brass

What melodic features can be heard in the music?

• leaps

• Recurring Motif

• Scales

• Sequence

• Trill

• Conjunct movement

• Disjunct movement

• Repeated notes

What is the tonality at the beginning of the extract?

Major

How is the tonality towards the end?

atonal

What is the overall texture?

Homophonic

What is the time signature in the first half of the set work?

4/4

What time signature does the music change to at the end?

3/4

What rhythmic devices are used in the first section of the music?

Dotted rhythms and triplets

what is the tempo at the beginning of the peace?

Moderato - To reflect the march like music for heroism

How was the mood in the beginning of the music?

Heroic

How is music used to enhance a film?

• create a mood

• Suggest a place character or time. Period.

• Foreshadow events about to happen

• Set the pace of a scene

What is the genre of the film and the summary of the plot?

Genre – Science Fiction

The rebel alliance attempts to destroy the evil galactic empires space station the death star.

How do the instruments help create the mood?

The mood is heroic. brass instruments are commonly associated with heroism royalty, masculinity, and the military

How does the instrumentation change in the middle?

The string part plays the melody instead of the brass instruments

How does instrumentation create a mysterious mood at the end of the set work?

There is an absence of brass and woodwinds just solo piccolo with strings, flute, and harp. This creates an air of space and mystery.

What does leitmotif mean?

A theme that occurs throughout a film that is associated with a particular person idea or situation

How can you describe the leitmotif in this piece?

Disjunct and perfect fifth

How can leitmotif create a mood of heroism and adventure?

Repetition of tonic and dominant

Rising perfect fifth

Accents

Major key

Use of triplets

March like 4/4 times signature

Why is form in film music less strict than form in instrumental music?

film music is guided by an on-screen narrative so it can jump from different moods

What is the structure of this piece?

Ternary form

What is the texture in section B?

There’s Melody dominated homophone and Melody is played in octave

How was the texture in the dissonance bar?

Played an octaves and contrary motion

What is the texture of the music towards the end?

• Homo rhythmic

• Homophonic

• Ostinato

• Octaves in the base

What are common rhythmic features of a fanfare?

Triplets

Fast tempo

Fast repeated notes

What is the rhythm of the accompaniment in the beginning?

It is syncopated it has triplets, semiquaver, and off-beat rhythms

How was the baseline at the end of the music?

Ostinato

How does the time signature change?

At the end, it turns into ¾ to create a faster pace

What is used texture device in the violin part in the opening bars?

Inverted pedal – when the pedal note is in the Melody

What is quartal harmony?

Create a cord using fourth Notes

What does bitonal mean?

Music where parts are in different keys two keys are used at the same time

What does film score mean?

A complete set of original music to accompany a film forming part of the film’s soundtrack

What is the main title?

It is heard during the opening credits and sets the mood for the film

What does auxiliary figure mean?

A form of melodic decoration that falls between two identical notes it can be higher or lower

What is tutti mean?

A passage were all instruments are playing

What does contrary motion mean?

Simultaneous melodic lines whose pitch is moving opposite direction

What does parallel motion mean?

chords that move all in the same direction

What does tertiary relationship mean?

Chords moving in thirds

What does tritone mean?

An augmented fourth interval

What is the keyboard instrument heard?

Celesta