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Black and Tan Fantasy
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- 1Composer?Duke Ellington an American Composer.
- 2When was it written?1929
- 3Genre?Jazz/swing
- 4Instrumentation?Drum kit,
double bass guitar,
Alto Saxophone,
Trombone,
Trumpet,
Piano - 5What is the Structure of the piece?12 bar blues.
This means the A section is 12 bars long
the B section is 8 bars long. - 6What is the well known hymn tune played in the outro of the piece?Funeral March.
- 7What are mutes and what instruments use them?Mutes are things you put inside a brass instrument to make them sound different. Mutes vary in size which also varies their sound.
In this piece the Trumpet uses mutes.
The Trombone uses a plunger mute in bar 73. - 8What is the key?B flat minor.
- 9This piece is regarded as 'swing' why is this?Swing means a small group.
Also the quavers swing. - 10Rhythm is?Syncopated and dotted.
- 11Funeral march at the end of the melody, what is the key? texture? compositional device?B flat minor, homophonic, ostinato (repeated theme)
- 12Triplets are used in what instrument and where?Alto Saxophone bar 13.
- 13What does the term 'Glissndo' mean?It means slide.
- 14When is the crossover between the trumpet and piano solo? and what is its technical term?bar 52. The technical term for a crossover is dove tailing.
- 15When does the left hand piano use slides?bar 55. (Jazzstyle- ragtime)
- 16What other compositional device is used in bar 55 by the left hand piano?Chromatics.
- 17what dos the term 'loco' mean?moving.
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