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passage that follows from this has a purpose to transport us to the dominant key. It begins using an orchestral tutti, meaning all together, where the orchestra uses a tonic pedal with chords I and IV, in both root positon and second inversion. The G# on the downbeat of bar 52, where underneath this we hear an E7 chord highlighting a subtle second inversion which moves to the first inversion halfway through the bar, pushing the music away from D major and closer to its dominant relation of A…

Mason Taylor 4th Hour 7 November 2017 Dual Literature Gustav Holst vs. John Williams Gustav Holst’s The Planets suite heavily influenced the soundtracks for John Williams’s Star Wars movies. This is shown through each production’s use of rhythm, tone, and orchestration. Gustav Holst - creator of famed suite, The Planets - is widely considered one of the best-loved 20th-century English composers, and is actually more serious of a composer than one might assume from listening to The Planets.…

chromaticism and irregular rhythms into his own Nocturnes. The Nocturne is usually in triple meter and simple ternary form (A-B-A). Section A consists of bel-canto melodic line, imitating the aria from an opera with embellishments, accompanied by broken chords on the left hand while Section B contains dramatic elements that provide a strong contrast from Section A. Nocturnes, Op. 9 consist of three sets of Nocturnes and were composed partly in Vienna and completed in Paris from 1830-1831 and…

musicians virtuosity, its for this reason that the melody is a lot more complicated than it is lyrical. ASSESSMENT TASK 5 SEBASTIANO DOS SANTOS !5 http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4310/2347/1600/ko%20ko%20full.jpg Chords As can be seen in the above image, Koko utilises very few chords behind the melody line. This is due to the lack of instrumentation as well as the fact that Parker perhaps wanted the influence to be purely on the soloist, and so almost all of the music which can be heard from…

The opeing is marvelously atmospheric of a sinister world with incredibly inventive orchestration. A prolonged unsettling diminished chord is played as the artist sees himself at a witches’ Sabbath, in the midst of a hideous gathering of goblins, sorcerers and monsters, who have come together for his funeral. Of the entire symphony, this movement is the most revolutionary in terms of…

Table 2.1: Parameters of tested water turbines (by Shionoet.al, 2002) Solidity (σ) Chord length (C) (mm) Blade inclination angle(ɸ)(°) Height (h) (mm) 0.20 62.8 43.7 300 0.30 94.2 43.7 300 0.40 125.7 43.7 300 0.50 157.1 43.7 300 0.40 125.7 50.0 374 0.40 125.7 60.0 544 Next, the effect of solidity σ on the water turbine characteristics was measured. Figure 2.1 shows a comparative analysis of torque characteristics for different solidity ratios at velocity 1.0 m/s, performed by Shionoet.…

Jazz, it is the original true form of American music; jazz musician Winton Marsalis said in the film Jazz by Ken burns that, “Jazz is the first true art form to come from the soil of America”. This belief stems from the fact that Jazz as a genre emerged from the wake of the civil war in America. It was after the fall of slavery and the new interaction between these previously enslaved peoples and the rest of the country that Jazz was able to emerge. The years before jazz saw the city of New…

as andante and it follows a piano – mezzoforte dynamic. The warm, mellow, and comforting timbre of the piano gives the piece a velvety texture that lingers in the mind of the listener. This homophonic piece had a very sweet sounding melody and the chords appeared to be communicating with each other throughout the entirety of the piece. There were moments where the melody felt utterly silent, making it feel like it was frozen. Moments later, however, the nostalgic melody…

striking chords with readers today. Why is this one specific book relevant to Australians? The content of the book represents many things that are still evident in society today, such as occurrences of racial discrimination and power. To Kill a Mockingbird has been mistaken as being too simple and has been labelled a ‘children’s book.’ An Australian author Anna Funder…

I am going to compare and contrast Adele’s song “Set fire to the rain” and Schubert’s “Death and the maiden op. 7 no. 3” "Der Tod und das Mädchen", D. 531, written in 1817 (7 years before the String Quartet with the same theme in the second movement, no. 14, D810) It is true that both songs have very catchy tunes, and are easy to listen to, especially with the ascending notes, it is like a party for our ears, knowing where the melody is going strikes up a feeling of repetition and unity within…