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Three Dances
The study of new directions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the context of "Three Dances For Two Prepared Pianos"? (Who-What-Where-How-Why-When) | WHO: John Cage WHAT: Virtuoso Work WHERE: New York HOW: Two amplified prepared pianos with bits and bobs WHY: African dance performance using only a piano, influenced by the tala WHEN: 1945 |
| Describe the melody of "Three Dances For Two Prepared Pianos" [3] | First five notes of the right hand of first piano sound clearly as a melodic ostinato figure (figure 64/73) Note addition with seven to eight notes (figure 55, figure 56) Note subtraction with five to four notes (figure 56.3) |
| Describe the timbre of "Three Dances For Two Prepared Pianos" [3] | Retains some sense of pitch, but entirely percussive Use of una corda pedal (figure 71/80) Use of tres corda pedal (figure 26.7) |
| Name the specified items Cage fitted inbetween the strings of the two pianos in "Three Dances For Two Prepared Pianos" [6] | Screws, rubbers, coins, bolts, pieces of plastic and weather strips |
| Describe the structure of "Three Dances For Two Prepared Pianos" [2] | 2–5–2-2–6–2- 2–7–2 Indian Tala Idea |
| Describe the rhythm of "Three Dances For Two Prepared Pianos" [5] | First piano has groups of three quavers going across the bar line (figure 2, figure 3) Offbeat quaver rhythm in simple duple time Accents in second piano (bar 1, bar 2) Note values only consist of crotchets and quavers Septuplets (figure 20) |
| Describe the texture of "Thee Dances For Two Prepared Pianos" [6] | Occassional chords (figure 17) Mainly four part throughout (figure 5) First piano monophonic (figure 5.3) Two part texture (figure 6) Three part texture (figure 7) Occassional silences (before figure 64/73) |
| Describe the dynamics of "Three Dances For Two Prepared Pianos" [4] | Forzando accent (beginning) Crescendos (figure 9) Dynamic surprise from p to ff (figure 38) Dynamic surprise with a more powerful effect marked by rests (figure 64/73) |
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