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GCSE Music
Mozart Clarinet Concerto - Melody and Harmony
Question | Answer |
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Section A - melody | The main theme features two balanced phrases that are mainly conjunct with some chromatic movement and some use of sequence. |
Section A - Solo Clarinet | The solo clarinet passages make much use of conjunct and triadic movement. The solo clarinet passages also cover a very wide melodic range and was written to exploit the capabilities of the clarinet and to demonstrate the virtuosity of the soloist. |
Section B - melody | The melody in the first part of section B features conjunct, triadic and ascending and descending arpeggio figures this theme also features acciaccaturas and some passing chromaticism. |
Section B - Solo Clarinet | Section B also covers a wide melodic range to demonstrate the versatility of the clarinet.. |
Section C - melody | The main melody in Section C is mainly triadic with some conjunct movement at the end of each 4-bar phrase. The melody features descending and ascending scalic figures and some disjunct and angular leaps. |
Section C - Solo Clarinet | The range of the clarinet melody in this section spans almost 3 octaves. The most of all sections which demonstrate the versatility of the instrument. |
Coda - melody | The section starts with clarinet playing ascending and descending arpeggio figures, after, it plays a mainly conjunct melody, with some angular figures. There is also some development of the main theme. |
Coda - Solo Clarinet | Ending with the solo clarinet concluding the movement with a cadential phrase that is mainly triadic. |
Section A - harmony | The main theme = perfect cadence (bar 2), imperfect cadence (bar 4), interrupted cadence (bar 6), perfect cadence (bars 7-8). The harmony is diatonic and functional. Ends with a perfect cadence. A tonic pedal is also played by the strings in bars 33-35. |
Section B - harmony | Section B is mainly diatonic, although there is some use of chromatic harmony (e.g. diminished 7th and augmented 6th chords, with the lower string instruments playing tonic and dominant pedal notes. Section B ends on a dominant chord, |
Section C - harmony | The harmony is mostly diatonic, with some chromatic (e.g. diminished 7th and augmented 6th chords). Mozart uses a circle of fifths harmonic progression (D-G-C#dim- F#m-Bm-Em-A7-D). ending on a prolonged A7 chord instead of a D major to pivot to it |
Coda - harmony | The harmony is diatonic and functional. The main theme uses a perfect cadence, an imperfect cadence, an interrupted cadence and a perfect cadence. A tonic pedal is played by the cellos and double basses. The section ends with a perfect cadence. |