Psycho Music A-Level Review Questions and Answers

Prelude: melody - contrary motion: motif 2 - slower crochet melody in sequence : scalic : moves from violins to later cellos - generally disjunct with small leaps - motif 2 up octave at end - shrill screeching at end : high violins - octave leaps with repeated motifs - inversion between instruments - contrary motion Prelude: rhythm - Allegro tempo - opening motif : repeated quavers : syncopated at b.2 : homorhythmic - Motif 2 : repeated quavers : repeated triplet semiquavers and quaver : ostinato - Motif 3 : dotted quavers & 3 semiquavers : repeated : accented syncopation is bass - crochet melody : above repeated quavers Prelude: Structure - use of repeated motifs Prelude: Dynamics - opening motif : ff - motif 2 : mf, with p accompaniment - motif 1 return : b.9 : mp - motif 2 return : b.11 : all parts f : other times - original dynamics - motif 3 : all parts f : syncopated bass part : f - scalic crochet melody : all parts p or pp - repeat of scalic melody : crescendos to ff and f : then decrescendos - later repeat of motif 2 : sff - ending : sff repeated