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11 Cards in this Set
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What is the mnemonic for melodic vocabulary? |
Generally Count To Regular Rows In A Climbing Phrase |
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What does the melodic mnemonic stand for? |
Generally - General character Count - Contour To - tonality Regular - Register Rows - Range In - Intervals A - Accompaniment Climbing - Climax Phrase -Phrase |
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List some things to discuss in General Character |
Virtuosic, complex, simple Character/Mood – Joyous, brooding, relaxed, aggressive |
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List things to discuss in Contour |
The shape of the melody - ascending, descending, arch like, wave-like, jagged, linear |
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List things to discuss in Tonality |
Major, minor, modal, pentatonic, atonal, chromatic |
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Register words |
Upper, middle, lower. – Depends on instrument/voice. Comfortable/uncomfortable. |
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Range words |
Wide, narrow, unlimited, confined, small. |
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Intervals words |
Large, small, stepwise, scalic, arpeggiated, triadic, consonant – within the key, chromatic – outside the key Chromaticism (heavy/light). |
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Accompaniment words |
Describe the melody of different parts – eg walking bass, smooth voice leading in accompanying chordal parts. Compare to each other – which has a wider range? Which uses more chromaticism etc? |
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How to discuss Climax? |
How is it reached? – stepwise, by an 8ve, arpeggiated intervals, from above or below How is it resolved? – stepwise, arpeggiated, etc. Character of the climax? - Dramatic, anticlimactic, organic/natural/ expected, unexpected. Are there many climaxes or just one main one? |
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Phrases |
Even/uneven, repeated phrases, form? ABA – strophic (verse/chorus) Bridge/transition |
