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Chopin - Ballade
Cards in this deck (26)
- 1What key is it inF major
- 2What is the structureABABC codetta
- 3When is the first key change and what key does it modulate toIn the A section when the 3rd phrase begins. A minor
- 4What are the other modulations in section AC major, A minor
- 5What key is the first section B inA minor
- 6Describe section B's modulationsMoves to G minor when the idea is sequenced down a tone, then uses ascending tertiary modulation (D minor, F minor, Ab minor)
- 7Describe second section A's modulationsUnrelated modulation to Db major then related to Gb major
Extremely unrelated modulation to G minor
Descending tertiary modulation to C major Back to G minor - 8What key is the second section B inD minor
- 9What key does it move toBack to A minor relatively quickly then stays there
- 10What key is section C inA minor, but tonally ambiguous due to heavy chromaticism
- 11What does the piece end in and what is its relation to the beginning keyA minor, relative minor of the dominant
- 12Describe the melody in section Asimple, pastoral (repeated 3rds, small range), conjunct, repeated notes, crotchets + semiquavers, balanced
fragmentation at the end of section - 13Examples of melodic embellishments9-8 suspension and some acciaccaturas
- 14Describe the melody in section Bdisjunct, wide range, descending arpeggios and ascending broken chords, semiquavers
conjunct in second section of b with the sequences and falling chords - 15How is the melody different in second section AShortened version of original, moves upwards chromatically up a compound minor 3rd then moves triadically
- 16What happens in section CSemiquaver broken chords
- 17Describe the overall harmony in first section Awholly diatonic, repeated notes suggest pedal notes
- 18What interesting things happen in section A w/ harmonyPerfect cadence is interrupted - II V III
9-8 suspension
dim 7
V13 chords - 19Describe harmony in section B and key featuresMore chromatic
falling tonics, rising dim7s
half-dim chord to move to D minor
series of V7 - 1 sequenced up minor 3rds - 20Interesting harmony in section CCircle of fifths succeeding a perfect cadence then Ic II V7 into A minor
French aug 6 - extreme dissonance held on through reprise of main theme, appoggiaturas - 21Describe the sonorityUses much of piano's expressive qualities + contrasting tone
Large dynamic range
Wide pitch range
Exploits sustain pedal w/ held french aug 6 chord - 22Describe texture in each sectionA: melody-dominated homophony, parallel 6ths + 3rds
B: independent polyphonic lines, contrary motion, frenzied semiquavers in left hand that then shift up to right hand, octaves
A2: same as before, dom. pedal, silence, contrary motion similar to B, melody in tenor line
B2: Main theme in bass clef
C: Octaves in bass + parallel 4ths/aug4ths/3rds/etc.
Codetta: same as A, silence, chordal homophony - 23Describe the tempoVery contrasting - andantino in A, presto con fuoco in B with lots of prescribed tempo changes eg. ralletando, ritardando
- 24What is the metre in numerical form and technical form6/8, compound duple
- 25Describe the rhythmA: rhythmically limited, stays within ostinato, largely homorhythmic
B: energetic semiquaver movement, crossrhythms arising from 2 over 3 groupings - 26Describe the dynamicsBegins sotto voce, contrast w/ ff in B and C, ends pianissimo
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- Flashcards on Chopin - Ballade, created by Leo Crellin on 10/06/2019.
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