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Listen to the following: https://youtu.be/YKsQOpTTd7w - what is the instrumentation (outlining the solo instrument), what is the tonality, from what type of work was this likely taken, when might it have been written, and who is a possible composer?

Instrumentation:Solo instrument: Cor AnglaisAccompaniment under solo: Strings, pizzicatoWoodwindHornsPredominantly minor tonalityLate 19th century - 1888 (late-Romantic style)Symphony - possibly op...

Answered by Joshua Q. • Music tutor

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What is New Musicology?

New Musicology is a movement that started around 1980 with a series of influential articles published by musicologist Joseph Kerman among others. It criticised the current discipline for being too focused...

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When analysing film/descriptive music, what elements should you analyse?

StructureTempoOrchestrationPitch
Duration (of notes)Rhythm
TextureEnsembleDynamics
TonalityInstrumentationMelody

Answered by Lucy P. • Music tutor

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When listening to a extract of music, what features should we be looking out for?

I would suggest always working out what the time signature is (how many beats in a bar), whether the music is slow or fast, what style the music is in and the general dynamics in the extract. I would then...

Answered by Izzy J. • Music tutor

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In a Bach chorale, how do I know which type of perfect cadence to use?

In Bach chorales, most perfect cadences will follow the same patterns so it's actually a lot less complicated than it first appears! Firstly, we will look at the most common progressions for a perfect cad...

Answered by Isabella B. • Music tutor

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