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"The toys" - Coggle Diagram
"The toys"
Tempo, metre, rhythm
4/4
slow tempo
Three slow phrases (an augmentation of the rhythm of Marion)
viola/cello/bass crotchet pulse
Structure
played as Lila (Marion’s sister) explores Bates’ bedroom
Descending parallel chords over an ostinato double pedal
three-bar phrases in the
upper strings
Sonority
Violins (divisi) play downward parallel seventh chords
ostinato double pedal operates
viola plays arco F crotchets
(using down bows), underpinned by pizzicato Es a ninth below in the cello and held E
pedals a further octave below that in the double bass
Harmony
chains of major seventh and
minor seventh chords
melody
verticalisation (played as a chord) in the bass of Toys (viola, cello and
bass)