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Music for a While - Coggle Diagram
Music for a While
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tonality
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The upper notes at the start of the ground bass form a chromatic scale creating a sense of tonal ambiguity
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word painting
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examples
rising chromaticism and eerily angular outline of the ground bass suggesting the spirit of laius rising from his bones
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the words 'free the dead' are set to one of the few ascending phrases in the song, and are in the more cheerful key of g minor
the word 'eternal' is set to long melismas that keep winding around the same few notes to portray the everlasting nature of death
Purcell repeats the word 'drop' on quaver beats nine times t suggest the snakes dropping away from Alecto's head
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texture
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the elaborate harpsichord realisation sometimes creates counterpoint with the vocal part including short imitative points