The Last Movement: Music Analysis

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The last movement had five instruments performing. Nikolas Valinsky and Matthew Chanlynn played the trumpet, Emelie Pfaff played the horn, William Gamache played the trombone, and Heather Ewer played the tuba. The melody was more complex because this piece of music would constantly shift between what instrument was holding the melody. However, the tuba held the melody majority of the time. Most of the time, the tuba acted as the base throughout the piece. Since there was no lyrics the melody was rhythmic. The tempo felt vivo but it was hard to determine a steady beat and meter since the instruments holding the melody kept changing and there was not just one metronome throughout the piece. The texture was rhythmically dense because the instruments

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