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Compare and contrast the use of harmony and tonality of each of the prescribed works (Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 2, Kodály's Dances of Galánta), highlighting any significant musical links.

Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 and Kodály’s Dances of Galánta come from two periods that have very different tendencies towards harmony. The Brandenburg tends to stick to using mostly chords of the ambien...
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How do you find the relative minor of a major key?

The easiest way to find the relative minor of a key is to count down three semitones from that note. For example, for C major (no sharps, no flats) you would need to count down three semitones from C. This w...
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What is Sonata form?

Sonata form is a way of structuring a piece of music, which was first used in the 18th century by Beethoven. After Beethoven, lots of future composers adopted the structure as the first movement of their sym...
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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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