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How can studying music give us an insight into social change throughout history?

Throughout history, the kind of music people compose, perform and listen to is intrinsically linked to the kinds of lives these people lived. The sheer fact that not much of popular/folk music pre-1850 ha...

Answered by Tutor73636 D. Music tutor
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What are chord inversions?

A lot of the time when we hear a chord, we expect it will be organised with the root note at the bottom - that the order of scale-degree notes, ascending, will be tonic-mediant-dominant (root-third-fifth)...

Answered by Claire M. Music tutor
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How do I answer a 10-mark exam question? (A Level Music)

Once you've got a good grasp on your material, it's really useful to spend a bit of time thinking about the most efficient ways you could organise it. For example, if you are asked 'how is this piece a ty...

Answered by Claire M. Music tutor
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How is the idea of the spinning wheel communicated in Schubert's 'Gretchen am Spinnrade'?

Firstly, Schubert emulates the spinning wheel through his use of incessant semiquaver motion in the right hand of the piano accompaniment. The pattern opens the piece and recurs throughout, with the initi...

Answered by Rachel H. Music tutor
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What is a Ripieno?

Ripieno is a term relating to Concerto Grosso, a style of music that was very important in the Baroque period of Western Art Music. A Concerto Grosso contains three main elements - the Ripieno being one o...

Answered by David M. Music tutor
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