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Referring to extracts from your anthology of scores, explain your incorporation of two different musical techniques within your composition.

Haydn's ornamental use of non-harmony échappée notes , such as the first A-flat in the first violin part of his second string quartet in E-flat (fourth movement, b.1), gave me the idea of using them to melod...
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‘It is Shostakovich’s sense of how to use instrumental colour to enhance his melodic and harmonic ideas which makes this music so marvellous.’ Write an essay discussing this view, referring in detail to at least two contrasting passages from the work.

(Answer would typically be an essay, but here are two paragraphs.) Shostakovich’s 5 th Symphony uses a variety of timbres to enhance the conflicting emotions of despair and triumph in the melodic and harmoni...
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What is the difference between there major scale and the aeolian scale?

To understand the difference between these two common scales, we need to think about where all scales come from in the first place. The typical major scale, containing seven notes is where all scales will be...
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What is the Mixolydian mode?

Musical 'modes' are basically a set of tonalities deriving from a normal natural major scale. With C major, for example, it seems obvious that one should begin and end on C: C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C. But what if we u...
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What system did Bach use to compose his Prelude in C Major?

Bach - being active during the Baroque period - used lots of different systems and methods for composing, depending on what type of piece he was writing. However, when it comes to his Prelude in C Major, he ...
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