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B Section Question Bach

The document provides information about two musical extracts that will be played: the third movement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 and Vaughan Williams' "The Lark Ascending." It instructs the listener to evaluate the effectiveness of Bach and Vaughan Williams' composition with respect to melody, texture, and rhythm. It then prompts analysis questions for each piece regarding their melodic, textural, and rhythmic features.

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B Section Question Bach

The document provides information about two musical extracts that will be played: the third movement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 and Vaughan Williams' "The Lark Ascending." It instructs the listener to evaluate the effectiveness of Bach and Vaughan Williams' composition with respect to melody, texture, and rhythm. It then prompts analysis questions for each piece regarding their melodic, textural, and rhythmic features.

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B Section:

You will hear extracts from two pieces: one familiar and one unfamiliar.
The familiar extract, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (3 rd movement) by J S Bach here 0.00 – 0.55 and an
unfamiliar extract, ‘Lark Ascending’ by R Vaughan Williams here 1.12 – 2.42
Each extract will be played three times.

Evaluate how effectively Bach and Vaughan Williams compose their concertos referring to melody, texture
and rhythm.
Bach Brandenburg – What do I know? Vaughan Williams ‘Lark Ascending’
Melody: Melody:
What are the features of the opening melody? What is different and similar?
Ascending/descending Why is the title ‘Lark Ascending’ suitable?
Step/leap
Intervals
Diatonic/chromatic

Texture: Texture:
What is the texture at the opening? Does it change? What is the texture at the opening?
Does it change and to what? How is this different from the
Bach? Why might this be?

Rhythm: Rhythm:
What are the rhythmic features of the opening subject? What are the rhythmic features? How does this differ from the
Why might these be there? Bach and why might this be the case considering the title?
B Section:
You will hear extracts from two pieces: one familiar and one unfamiliar.
The familiar extract, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (3 rd movement) by J S Bach here 0.00 – 0.55 and an
unfamiliar extract, ‘Lark Ascending’ by R Vaughan Williams here 1.12 – 2.42
Each extract will be played three times.

Evaluate how effectively Bach and Vaughan Williams compose their concertos referring to melody, texture
and rhythm.
Bach Brandenburg – What do I know? Vaughan Williams ‘Lark Ascending’
Melody: Melody:
First ascends by a 4th Single melodic line on the violin
Then mainly steps Melody rises and falls – like a Lark
Use of tonic / dominant notes Use of steps and leaps
Diatonic Use of scalic passages
Fugue subject followed by fugue answer (5th interval)
Use of counter subject

Texture: Texture:
Monophonic at very beginning – then contrapuntal / Monophonic opening then homophonic
homophonic No use of contrapuntal / polyphonic textures
Rhythm: Rhythm:
Dotted rhythm and triplets used Free rhythms used – to beat established at start

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