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Concept |
Piece Title |
Composer (performer) |
Time Code/ further information |
Strophic |
John Newton |
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Binary - |
Handel |
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Rondo (A B A C A...) - |
Rondo alla Turka (from 'Piano sonata no.11 in A major,' KV331 |
Mozart |
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Alberti Bass |
Domenico Alberti |
c.0.19 & c.1.02 & c.1.55 & c.3.02 |
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Walking Bass |
John Clayton |
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Ground Bass |
Pachelbel |
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Homophonic |
Carl Orff |
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Contrapuntal |
J. S. Bach |
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Coda |
Steve Cropper and Otis Redding (Otis Redding) |
Begins at 2.21 with singer whistling the melody |
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Concept |
Piece Title |
Composer (performer) |
Time Code/ further information |
Rubato |
Debussy |
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Ritardando |
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) |
3.53 - |
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Moderato |
Marcos Valle & Paul Sergio Valle |
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Cross Rhythms |
Holst |
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Compound Time 6/8 |
Queen |
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Compound Time 9/8 |
Traditional (Flo Ryan) |
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Compound Time 12/8 |
U2 |
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Concept |
Piece Title |
Composer (performer) |
Baroque |
J.S. Bach |
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Ragtime |
Scott Joplin |
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Romantic |
Tchaikovsky |
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Swing |
Glenn Miller |
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Concerto |
Elgar |
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Opera |
Puccini |
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Scots Ballad |
Robert Burns |
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Mouth Music |
Traditional |
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Reggae |
Neil Diamond (UB40) |
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African Music |
Based on traditional Congolese songs |
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Rapping |
Puff Daddy |
Unit 6 National 4 STYLE Concepts
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Concept |
Piece Title |
Composer (performer) |
Time Code/ further information |
Major (tonality) |
Katy Perry |
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Minor (tonality) |
Roland Orzabad |
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Drone |
Traditional (Donald Shaw Ramsay) |
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Broken chord / Arpeggio |
Metalica |
Electric guitar arpeggios at the start and throughout |
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Chord Progression - |
The Beatles |
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Change of Key |
Taylor Swift |
key change occurs at 3.18 |
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Pedal |
Prince (Sinead O'Connor) |
Synthesizer Pedal from start of song |
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Scale |
Vivaldi |
Scale passages occur in Melody and accompaniment lines at: c. 0.01 - |
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Pentatonic Scale |
Lynyrd Skynyrd |
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Octave |
Bob Chester and His Orchestra |
Swing Band piece based on octave leaps |
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Vamp |
Fats Domino |
Piano Vamp |
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Scat Singing |
(Ella Fitzgerald) |
1.23 - |
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Ornament |
Concerto in G Major for Flute, Strings & Basso Continuo, Op.10 No.6, RV437 |
Vivaldi |
Ornaments (including trills) occur in each of the 3 movements, especially at: (Movement 1:) c.0.56 - |
Unit 7 National 4 MELODY/HARMONY Concepts
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Concept |
Piece Title |
Composer (performer) |
Time Code/ further information |
Canon |
Canon in B Flat for 6 Voices 'Leck Mich im Arsch' K231/K382c |
Mozart |
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Ternary A B A |
Francisco Tarrega |
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Verse and Chorus |
Shakira |
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Middle 8 |
The Everly Brothers |
0.49 - |
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Theme and Variation |
Rachmaninov |
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Cadenza |
Beethoven |
Cadenza occurs in movement 1 at c.5.19 - |
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Imitation |
Bartok |
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Concept |
Piece Title |
Composer (performer) |
Time Code/ further information |
Brass Band |
Bill Conti (Grimethorpe Colliery Band) |
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Wind Band |
John Philip Souza |
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Violin |
Traditional American Folk Song (Mairead Nesbitt) |
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Cello |
J.S. Bach |
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Double Bass |
Saint- |
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Harp |
Marcel Grandjany (Alisa Sadikova) |
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Flute |
Terry Oldfield |
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Clarinet |
Aaron Copland |
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Saxophone |
Kenny G |
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Pan Pipes |
Traditional Andean (Pierre Belmonde) |
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Recorder |
Vivaldi |
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Trumpet |
Miles Davis |
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Trombone |
Nikolai Rimsky- |
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Timpani |
Elliot Carter |
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Snare Drum |
M. Ravel |
Snare drum plays throughout the piece |
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Bass Drum |
Gabriel Prokofiev |
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Cymbals |
Tchaikovsky |
c.3.12 & c.3.20 & 3.28 c. 5.20 & c.6.10 & c.6.12 c.9.28 & c.9.31 & c.9.34 & c.9.37 - |
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Triangle |
Tchaikovsky |
c.0.08 & c.0.51- |
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Tambourine |
Oasis |
0.12 - |
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Güiro |
Chico Alvarez |
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Xylophone |
Arranged by F.E. Werle and R Eyles |
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Glockenspiel |
Mike Oldfield |
c.23.11 |
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Harpsichord |
Domenico Scarlatti (Elaine Comparone) |
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Bass Guitar |
Queen |
Song is structured around a central Bass guitar riff, beginning at c.0.28 |
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Distortion |
Bryan Adams |
Electric Guitar distortion used from the start and throughout the track |
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Muted |
Miles Davis |
Muted trumpet enters at c.0.21 |
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Soprano (voice) |
Gabriel Fauré |
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Alto (voice) |
Brahms |
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Tenor (voice) |
Puccini |
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Bass (voice) |
Wagner |
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Backing Vocals |
Chubby Checker |
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Concept |
Piece Title |
Composer (performer) |
Time Code/ further information |
Syncopation |
Bob Marley |
Syncopated accompaniment |
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Scotch snap |
Mike Oldfield |
Scotch snaps occur at c. 2.02 - |
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Strathspey |
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Jig |
Traditional irish |
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Simple Time: 2/4 |
The Emperor's March (theme from the soundtrack from the movie, 'Star Wars') |
John Williams |
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Simple Time: 3/4 |
Brahms |
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Simple Time: 4/4 |
Sting |
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Compound Time |
See Unit 5 National 5 RHYTHM/TEMPO concepts: 6/8, 9/8 & 12/8 time |
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Anacrusis |
Robert Burns |
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Andante |
Mozart |
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Accelerando |
Sailor's Hornpipe (Mike Oldfield version, from Tubular Bells) |
Mike Oldfield |
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Rallentando |
Bon Jovi |
c.3.51 - |
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A Tempo |
Brahms |
In this piece there are several instances where the music slows down and returns to the original tempo (a tempo) |
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Dotted Rhythms |
Mozart |
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Concept |
Piece Title |
Composer (performer) |
Blues |
Muddy Waters |
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Pop |
Ellie Goulding |
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Jazz |
George Gershwin |
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Latin- |
Antonio Carlos Jobim |
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Musical |
Claude- |
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Rock |
Guns 'n Roses |
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Rock 'n Roll |
Chuck Berry |
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Scottish |
David Silver |
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Concept |
Piece Title |
Composer (performer) |
Time Code/ further information |
Ascending |
Betrayal and Desolation (from the soundtrack from the movie 'Braveheart') |
James Horner |
5.23- |
Descending |
I Monster |
Descending bass riff repeats throughout the song |
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Step (stepwise) |
Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn & Duke Ellington |
Stepwise melody |
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Leap (leaping) |
Adele |
Leaping melody |
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Repetition |
Borodin |
Main themes repeated throughout (opening theme c.0.03- |
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Sequence |
Handel |
Sequence occurs in several places, including: c.0.12 - |
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Question and Answer |
Haydn |
Opening 8 seconds or so are a Question and Answer phrase which is repeated and developed throughout the movement |
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Improvisation |
Chris Hinze |
4.33 - |
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Chord |
Fernando Sor |
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Discord |
Penderecki |
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Chord Change |
Thin Lizzy |
Chord changes in the Electric Guitar can be heard clearly throughout |
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Concept |
Piece Title |
Composer (performer) |
Time Code/ further information |
Unison |
The Beatles |
Unison vocals used in verses at 0.01 - |
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Octave |
Chopin |
3 opening piano chords are in unison octaves |
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Harmony/Chord |
Rodrigo |
This movement contains chord harmony on strummed classical guitar, including the opening 90 seconds or so |
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Solo |
Liszt |
Solo Piano |
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Accompanied |
Simon & Garfunkel |
2 Voices accompanied by Acoustic guitar |
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Unaccompanied |
Francisco Tarréga (David Russell) |
Unaccompanied Classical guitar |
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Repetition |
Bizet |
Phrases and musical themes are repeated throughout |
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Ostinato |
Snow Patrol |
Keyboard ostinato plays throughout the song |
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Riff |
Steven Tyler and Joe Perry (Aerosmith ft. Run DMC) |
Electric guitar riff at 0.22 - |
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Round |
Traditional |
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Concept |
Piece Title |
Composer (performer) |
Symphony |
Haydn |
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Gospel |
(Yolanda Adams) |
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Classical |
Mozart |
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Pibroch |
Traditional |
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Celtic rock |
Thin Lizzy |
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Bothy ballad |
Traditional |
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Waulking song |
Traditional |
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Gaelic psalm |
Traditional |
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Aria |
Vecchia zimarra, senti (The Coat Song) from the opera, 'La Boheme' |
Puccini |
Chorus |
Mozart |
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Minimalist |
Steve Reich |
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Indian |
Ravi Shankar |
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Concept |
Piece Title |
Composer (performer) |
Time Code/ further information |
Atonal |
Arnold Schoenberg |
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Cluster |
Charles Ives |
c. 1.41 |
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Chord progression (I, IV, V & VI in major keys) |
Van Morrison |
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Perfect cadence |
Charpentier |
c.0.15 & c.0.32 & c.1.05 & c.1.37 & c.1.54 |
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Imperfect cadence |
Concerto 3, ‘Autumn’ from ‘The Four Seasons’; Movement 1, ‘Allegro’ |
Vivaldi |
Before solo violin enters, imperfect cadences occur in the opening section at: c.0.06 & c.0.12 & c.0.21 & c.0.33 & c.0.39 & c.0.57 & c.1.01 & c.1.06 |
Inverted pedal |
Michael Nyman |
Violin inverted pedal |
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Chromatic |
Chopin |
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Whole- |
Debussy |
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Grace note |
Eric Satie |
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Glissando |
Julio Sagreras |
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Tone |
Oasis |
All the notes in the first two phrases of each verse of the song are a tone apart |
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Semitone |
Beethoven |
Opening notes are a semitone apart - |
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Modulation |
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade no.13 in G major), movement 4, K525 |
Mozart |
Modulation from major key to minor key at c.1.22, then a modulation from minor key back to major key at c.1.37 (smaller passing modulations occur in other parts) |
Contrary motion |
Bartok |
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Trill |
Handel |
Trills occur through- |
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Syllabic |
Bruno Mars |
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Melismatic |
Vivaldi |
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Countermelody |
Scarlatti |
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Descant (voice) |
Palestrina |
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Pitch Bend |
Fleetwood Mac |
Bends occur through- |
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Concept |
Piece Title |
Composer (performer) |
Time Code/ further information |
Piccolo |
Vivaldi |
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Oboe |
Ennio Morricone |
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Bassoon |
Mozart |
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French Horn |
Brahms |
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Tuba |
Vaughan Williams |
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Viola |
Georg Philip Telemann |
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Castanets |
Boccherini |
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Hi- |
Johnny Tillotson |
from c.0.22 |
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Bongo Drums |
Pitri Simpson |
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Clàrsach |
Traditional |
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Bodhrán |
The Chieftans |
piece begins with Bodhrán and continues throughout |
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Sitar |
Ravi Shankar |
Sitar enters c.1.33 |
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Tabla |
Talavya |
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Arco |
Mozart |
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Pizzicato |
B. Britten |
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Con Sordino |
A. Dvořák |
opening section has muted brass and strings? |
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Flutter Tonguing |
Ian Clarke |
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Rolls |
Bruckner |
Timpani rolls |
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Reverb |
Moby |
Reverb is used on Piano and Vocals |
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Mezzo- |
Humperdinck |
leading mezzo- |
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Baritone |
'La Pietade in Suo Furore' (from the opera, Lucia de Lamermoor') |
Verdi |
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A Cappella |
The Idea of North |
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Concept |
Piece Title |
Composer (performer) |
Time Code/ further information |
Accent / Accented |
Beethoven |
The opening 8 chords are accented chords. These and others occur periodically throughout the movement |
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Beat / Pulse (strong beat / pulse) |
Sky (group) |
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Beat / Pulse (subtle beat / pulse) |
Mahler |
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2 Beats in the Bar |
Souza |
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3 Beats in the Bar |
Bizet |
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4 Beats in the Bar |
John C. Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) |
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On The Beat |
Mussorgsky |
There is a clear on the beat texture in this opening section of the piece |
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Off The Beat |
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Spandau Ballet |
Guitar chords heard at 0.01 - |
Repetition |
David Bowie |
Electric guitar riff is repeated throughout the song |
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Slower |
Isaac Albeniz |
Middle section (B) of this piece (B), beginning at c.1.39, is slower than the first and last sections (A). This work is in ternary form with a Coda. |
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Faster |
J.S. Bach |
Second part of the ouverture (beginning c.2.19) is faster than the first part (0.01 - |
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Pause |
Beethoven |
Pauses occur in the movement at c.1.19 & 2.31 & c.2.35 & c.2.49 & c.4.35 & c.9.24 & c.9.29 & c.9.43 & c.11.29 & c.11.52 |
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March |
Scottish Traditional |
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Reel |
Scottish Traditional |
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Waltz |
John Kelly |
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Drum Fill |
The Manic Street Preachers |
Drum fills occur throughout the song |
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Adagio |
Albinoni |
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Allegro |
Wagner |
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Concept |
Piece Title |
Composer (performer) |
Time Code/ further information |
Striking/Hitting |
The Eagles (Steel Band, Cuba) |
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Blowing |
Aaron Copland |
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Bowing |
Mendelssohn |
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Strumming |
KT Tunstall |
Song is accompanied by Strummed Acoustic guitar |
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Plucking |
Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith (Glen Campbell and Carl Jackson) |
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Accordion |
(David Vernon) |
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Fiddle |
Traditional Irish (Katy Adelson) |
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Bagpipes |
Ulrich Roever and Michael Korb |
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Acoustic Guitar |
Bert Jansch |
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Electric Guitar |
Yngwie Malmsteen |
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Piano |
Frédéric Chopin |
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Organ |
J.S. Bach |
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Drum Kit |
Mike Oldfield (Simon Philips, Pierre Moerlen |
solo featuring 3 drummers occurs at 2.36 - |
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Steel Band |
Solomon Linda (Dover Steel Drum Band) |
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Scottish Dance Band |
Scottish Traditional (The Steven Carcary Scottish Dance Band) |
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Folk Group |
Irish Traditional (The High Kings) |
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Voice |
Philip Glass |
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Choir |
Mozart |
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Staccato |
Tan Dun |
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Legato |
Samuel Barber |
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Orchestra (Strings, Brass, Woodwind, Percussion) |
Benjamin Britten (based on a piece by Henry Purcell) |
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Concept |
Piece Title |
Composer (performer) |
Time Code / further information |
Sequence |
Concerto in D minor, Op.8, No.9, Movement 1 |
Vivaldi |
At c.1.18 strings begin playing the sequence |