Music GCSE - Music for a While

What are the performing forces?

• Harpsichord

• Base viol

• Soprano

What is the mood of the music?

Calming melancholic sorrow

What are melodic features that can be heard in the peace

Appoggiatura

Leap

Mordent

Scales

Sequence

Thrill

Conjunction movement

Disjunct movement

What is the totality of the peace?

Minor

Does the modulation change? How?

Yes, modulates to a major key in the middle section

What is the time signature of the peace?

4 4

What rhythmic features can you hear in the peace?

Straight rhythms

Dotted rhythms

Semi quavers

How to describe the tempo of the peace?

Largo

How do you describe the texture of the piece?

Homophonic

Who wrote the peace?

Henry Purcell

What period of music was this piece?

Baroque

What does incidental music mean?

Music used and film or play as background to create or enhance atmosphere

Summarize the plot of oedipus

oedipus accidentally killed his father and marries his own mother when he realizes he plugs out his eyes and commit suicide

What is happening in the play and what is the purpose of the song?

The song is heard as ghost of King Elias is raised from the dead in the hope of identifying who was responsible for his murder was a minor deity from ancient Greece, who avenged crimes she was believed to have snakes for her hair and whip to punish the guilty in the song alecto as the snakes and whip dropped to the floor

How was moving away from the patronage beneficial?

It allowed composers to have more freedom to compose music that appeal to their own interest and interest of the water republic that could afford the concert tickets

Composers were given more freedom to innovate rather than having to create for their employers

What voice was the peace written for?

soprano - C4 to C5

What is the difference between cello and bass viol

Cello has four strings while bass viol has six

bass viol Has a fretted fingerboard

The back of the bass viol Is flat rather than curved as on cello

Please use an underhand grip on the bass viol Rather than overhand grip on cello

How is the harpsichord played in the peace?

The harpsichord plays the basso continue the left-hand of the harpsichord place the ground base a repeating bassline throughout the peace, right hand, realizes the harmony

How was the rule of the harpsichord in this piece different to the Brandenburg Concerto?

The hype quote also played as a solo in Brandenburg Concerto while in this piece, it only plays the accompaniment

What does ground bass mean?

The bass part constantly repeats while the other aspect changes

What are features of a ground bass?

It is three bars long

It has a rising sequence

Uses perfect fifths

Based on a four note pattern

Based on arpeggio

starting notes rise scale from tonic to dominant

Continuous quaver movement

Use of chromatic notes

What are the two instruments that play the ground base??

Harpsichord

bass viol

What is the overall structure of music for a while?

The song falls into three sections ABA this is known as ternary form

What does syllabic mean?

Each syllable is set to a single note

What does melismatic mean?

One syllable of the text is set to several notes

What does word painting mean?

The meaning of a word in the lyrics is directly reflected or imitated in the music

How does Purcell emphasize important words in the peace?

Using repetition

Syllabic text helps clarity

Melisma is short

Long melisma are reserved for effects

How is trill written?

How is upper mordent written?

How does Lower mordent written

How is Acciaccatura written?

How is appoggiatura

How is slide written

What is lament and how is it written in the peace?

Lament used to convey in emotions of tragedy or sorrow It is done by:

• Falling phrases

• Minor tonality

• Slow Tempo

• Ground bass

What is cadential 6–4?

It refers to a progression of chords Ic – V – I Created using a second inversion of atomic cord before a perfect cadence

What does suspension mean?

To hold a note when playing a new cord to create dissonance

What is a trio sonata?

A piece of Baroque ensemble, comprising of two violins, cello, and harpsichord

What is a dance suite?

The suite had series of dance movements

What is the basso continuo

Continuous bass parts are provided for harpsichord and stringed instruments

What is appoggiatura

It leans on the main note and starts a semi tone or tone higher

What does dissonant interval mean?

Intervals that are dissonant Or clashing

What is tiercé de picardie?

Refers to a sharpened third in the tonic chord in a minor key

what is de capo aria?

ternary form

What is obbligato?

Essential melody part that must be played

What is Cantata?

An extended piece and several movements with chorus, versive, choral and aria

What is gavotte?

A medium pace, French dance

What characteristics does the ground bass have?

Three bars long

All equal quavers

Slow tempo

When was the piece composed?

1692

what does arpeggiated mean?

The chord is spread normally from the bottom note to the top

What does chromatic mean?

Notes that move by semitones

How are the chords in the piece

Arpeggiated