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Eine Kleine Listening Abbie Towler (Melody (Repetition of the sections,…
Eine Kleine Listening Abbie Towler
Melody
Repetition of the sections, particularly the first and second ones both at the beginning and end of the piece
Contrast of high pitches and low pitches, higher pitches played by the violins and the lower pitches by the cellos
Variation between conjunct and disjunct, for example, the first section is a lot more disjunct than the second where the violins play in a more conjunct way
Large range of pitches and dynamics
Becomes scalic for a moment in the second section where the violins are playing in about piano, yet the scalic (ascending and descending) movement slowly moves down the octave
Dynamics
Ranges from pianissimo to forte, at the beginning of the piece it is about mezzo-forte and then after repeating the first section twice, it becomes suddenly quieter to mezzo-piano/piano and uses crescendo to get louder again back to forte. When the this section is introduced then it becomes much quieter to about pianissimo however this doesn't last and soon the music then increases with crescendo and decreases again with diminuendo. The repetition of the sections cause the dynamics to then be repeated in particular patterns with them
Use of crescendo and diminuendo - as explained above
Some sudden pitch changes are used - could be terraced dynamics but I don't think it's as sudden and significant to be called that
Harmony
Use of cadences, imperfect and perfect. Particularly in the first section, where perfect cadences are used and often repeated
Use of chord progression the repeated first section
Tonality
Major tonality
Sonority
Vibrato is used with the violins, particularly in the first two sections which are both repeated. That is when it's most prominent
Arco (bowed) is used with all the string instruments in the piece
Glissando?? (slide) I believe I may have heard it in one of the violins at around one minute in, the movement from one note to another, specifically from high to low sounds as though it were through the use of glissando
Articulation
Legato - violins and violas are played in legato, making, as I said above, a contrast between the two
Slurred? - I believe to have heard some form of slur near the middle of the piece in the violins, the changes in note pitches has caused me to think this
Staccato - the cellos are played in staccato, especially near the middle of the piece, causing a contrast in the music between the low pitch staccato instruments and the higher pitched legato instruments
Rhythm
Most of the note lengths are about crotchets and quavers in the first section for the violins and violas, this then changes to semi quavers in the second section. The third section has longer notes, use of quavers and maybe minims for the violins.
The cello notes remain fairly short at about quavers or crotchet length
Very on the beat throughout the entire piece
Texture
Homophonic for the first section, and maybe the second section. the third section is a lot more polyphonic yet still with the cellos underneath it might sound homophonic.
A lot of the violins play in unison at some points, particularly in the repeated first and second sections
Very layered, thick texture and never becomes sparse. There's always at least two instruments playing at one time
Melody and accompaniment - the melody played by the violins and the cellos are the accompaniment
Instrumentation
Strings
Cellos
Violas
Violins
Tempo
Allegro for the entire way through (a brisk walking pace)
Metre
3/4 ? - a waltz
Simple time