AS Music: John Downland - 'Flow, My Tears'

Structure
1. Paven Structure
  1. a slow processional dance.
2. Tripartite
  1. composed of or split into three parts, or refers to three parties.
  2. A, A, B, B, C, C
3. Each Section Repeated.
Tonality
1. A Minor
2. Aeolian/Modal Inflections.
3. Tierce de Picardie at the end of section.
  1. A major chord at the end.
Harmony
1. Use of perfect and Phrygian cadences.
2. Prepared dissonance/suspensions.
3. False Relations
4. Tierce de Picardie
Rhythm, Tempo & Metre
1. Slow common time.
  1. 4 4
2. Slow tempo.
3. Wide range of note values.
Melody (Word Setting)
1. Descending melodies.
2. Word painting.
3. Lines broken by rests.
4. Accented syllables on weak beats.
5. Bars 1-3 grouping notes in...
  1. 3 4
6. Decorations (at cadences)
Genre & Instrumentation
1. Lute song
  1. Ayre
2. With Bass Viol
3. Based on 'Pavan Lachrimae'
  1. Another piece by John Dowland.
4. Singer accompanies himself.
Texture

Resource summary

	Created by Sam Missing almost 8 years ago