VPMA93H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Joseph Kosma, Richard Strauss, Jean Ritchie
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Instrument: vibraphone (idiophone), resonators are capped which is often controlled by a pedal, can increase the shimmer by raising the caps for the vibration to go through all plates: jean ritchie, shady grove. Instrument: appalachian dulcimer (chordophone), played with plucking with feather: fran ois couperin, les baricades mist rieuses https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=2f8aqb-hy6k. Instrument: piano (chordophone) (hammered string), much more precise. Instrument: harpsichord (chordophone with a shimmering bell like quality) (plucked strings) Wavy undulating contour, leaps up and down, disjunct motion. Lightly ornamentated towards the end of the first chunk. Rondo form (abacada: henry cowell, the banshee. Instrument: fingers across grand piano strings while pressing on the sustaining pedal (lift all dampers) Richard strauss, don quixote, variation ii (1897) ( the victorious struggle against the army of the great emperor alifanfaron ) Wide range, ascending melody, mainly conjunct but there are some disjunction for don. Narrow range, disjunct motion and some conjunct motion for panza.
