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4 Cards in this Set
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- Back
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STRUCTURE
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TERNARY FORM (ABA)
A = D flat Major B = C sharp minor (tonic minor) A = D flat Major |
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MELODY
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SECTION A = Lyrical melody in right hand accompanied by quavers in the bass. Decorated with ornaments - acciaccatura (crushing note) and a turn in bar 11.
Dotted rhythms in the melody line = lighter mood Chromaticism - uses semiquavers SECTION B - Melody in the bass (left hand). Longer notes (crotchets and minims) 4 and 8 bar phrases throughout the piece. |
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WHY IS IT CALLED THE "RAINDROP"?
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*Written during a storm to portray the raindrops dripping on the monastry roof.
*Raindrops represented by the repeated quavers on A flat in the A sections and G sharp in the B section - these are the DOMINANTS so the raindrops are DOMINANT PEDAL notes (persistent, repeated notes) |
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RHYTHM, TEMPO AND METRE (Time Signature)
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TIME SIGNATURE = 4/4
Tempo = Sostenuto = sustained and unhurried, to be played legato (smoothly) RUBATO - mean "robbing" time! Some notes played for longer than written, others shorter. Dotted rhythm gives Section A a lighter feel than section B. *SEPTUPLET - 7 notes in the time of one crotchet beat *DECTUPLET - 10 notes in the time of one crotchet beat |
