Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Two Mandolins Mvt 2 Study Guide

Vivaldi- Concerto for 2 Mandolins Mvt 2
Texture Timbre Harmony Melody Rhythm
• 3 part texture • No continuo • Alternation between Em and BM • Tritone used in melody • Use of
• Steady quaver acc. • Pizzicato • Tritone used in melody creating feeling • Triplets in melody triplets in A
• Homophonic in A section strings of a minor 9th chord • Imitation, descending sequence and motif
• B section dialogue between • Use of • Parallel thirds for melody over a repetition used to develop triplet motif • B motif
soloists creates a more ornaments ie repeated D leading to perfect cadence • Parallel thirds for melody consists of
polyphonic feel trills at in GM • B melody consists of dotted rhythms, but dotted
• Violins and violas in unison cadences • Modulation to Am in B section triplets return as an inversion of opening rhythms
• Question and answer • Trills and • Dialogue between soloists ending in Em melody
phrasing mordents cadences • Use of lower auxiliary notes
• Ends with unison E in decorate B • Cadential progressions solely used • Use of ornaments ie trills at cadences
octaves melody • Ends with unison E in octaves • Trills and mordents decorate B melody
• Dialogue between soloists ending in Em
cadences
• Long imitation