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How do I analyse melodic features in a piece?

Analysing melody is mainly about your own perception of the piece rather than memorising a lot of facts - this is where you can bring your own input and subjective view. Firstly, you need to get to know t...

Answered by Lucia S. Music tutor
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Highlight and explain the interest of an harmonic feature from the 2nd mvt. of Schubert's Piano Trio in Bb.

A sense of threat, and possibly even death, is evoked in the movement’s harmonic workings through the tritone. The first explicit tritone interval is exploited in bars 23-4, between A natural and Eb, when...

Answered by Bethan R. Music tutor
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Illustrate ways in which an accompaniment can contribute to the interpretation of the text in a Lied. Answer with reference to the music of at least two composers.

Lied (plural: Lieder) is the quintessential genre of German Romanticism, whose key aesthetic ideas are found in their most concentrated form in the Lieder of Beethoven, Schubert...

Answered by Carlos R. Music tutor
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How do I harmonise a Bach chorale?

There is a small journey to make before you can get up to harmonising Bach Chorales. I would first recommend purchasing a (cheap) copy of Riemenschneider complete Bach chorales, and taking the time (2 min...

Answered by James F. Music tutor
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What is Sonata form and what are its defining features?

Sonata form is a structure containing three main parts that emerged in mid-18th Century classical music. The three parts are called the exposition, development, and recapitulation, coming in that order. I...

Answered by Harry M. Music tutor
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