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The flying theme from ET shows flight through the ascending motif, first raising by a 5th in bar 8, then an octave in bar 10 and finally a minor 6th in bar 12. The use of the major key also highlights the...

Free Fantasia as a style became highly popular in the late 18^th Century, with C. P. E. Bach being a prominent composer withint this style. However, he wrote very little upon this style and rare...

AQA suggest the following, and my explanations of these are in brackets:

-harmonic/homophonic/chordal (All the lines sound at the same time, but they might not be ...

Ritornello form was used most predominantly in the Baroque era. The term ‘ritornello’ translates as ‘little return’ and is a passage of music that reoccurs throughout a piece; these passages are separated...

Tempo and rhythm are terms that are often mixed up. They are both related to how fast or slow a piece of music is, but in very different ways. Simply put, 'tempo' is how fast you are going; 'rhythm' is ho...