MUSI 2100 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Alberti Bass, Fugue, Chromaticism
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Also possible for the theme period ( but it had to closed) Meter: ornamental variation: melody is elaborated by added notes. Ex) ns, ps, sus, arps, in: simplifying variation- melody is reduced, figural variation: a particular motivic figure is used, contrapuntal: imitation/ canon/ fugato, characteristic: march, waltz, polonaise, doubled variation: written out repeats that are varied. (usually end) Beethoven, 7 variations on (cid:862)god ave the king(cid:863) in c major. Fixed element, major mode, homophonic texture, diatonic harmony. Left hand is more importance, and part of melody. Right hand and left hand are unison. It gives the effect of being incomplete in order to permit each variation to flow seamlessly to the next. The ending tonic of one variation is also the beginning of the next variation. Variations are constructed through use of a repeated idea called an ostinato. Provides the backbone of the variations, over which changes in the texture, register, and motivic design occur: ground bass.
