Hardyes GCSE AOS2 Schoenberg

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11. What key is this piece in?

Major

Minor

Atonal

12. This piece uses melodic fragments.

True

False

13. What does the little H (principal voice) denote on the score?

This is the main instrument in the whole piece

This is the main instrument and melody at that point in the music

This is the woodwind

14. What does Sehr Rasch mean?

Very loud

Very fast

Very slow

15. The opposite six notes of the hexachord are called the...

Competent

Composition

Compliment

16. In which decade was this piece first composed?

1900s

1920s

1940s

17. This piece was revised in 1922 and 1949 for a smaller orchestra because it was too expensive to perform.

True

False

18. A sextuplet is six notes in the space of 2.

True

False

19. Which of these rhythms is used in this piece? (tick all that apply)

Sextuplets

Triplets

Quavers

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20. Which of these are true of this piece? (tick all that apply)

Atonal

Homophonic

Extreme dynamic range

Use dissonance

Use of melodies in 3rds and 6ths

Modal

Use of hexachords

Use of cross-rhythms

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Hardyes GCSE Aos2 Schoenberg

1. What does Peripetie mean?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Give the full name of the composer of Peripetie.

3. How many of each woodwind instrument did Schoenberg score this piece for?

4. What musical elements word describe the sound or tone of an instrument?

5. What is the structure of this piece?

6. What method did Schoenberg use to choose his notes in this piece?

7. Describe the dynamics in this piece.

8. Give one feature of Expressionist music.

9. What is the name for the technique where the timbre or sound of the instrument is as important as the notes it plays in the creation of a melody.

10. What style of music is this piece in?

11. What key is this piece in?

12. This piece uses melodic fragments.

13. What does the little H (principal voice) denote on the score?

14. What does Sehr Rasch mean?

15. The opposite six notes of the hexachord are called the...

16. In which decade was this piece first composed?

17. This piece was revised in 1922 and 1949 for a smaller orchestra because it was too expensive to perform.

18. A sextuplet is six notes in the space of 2.

19. Which of these rhythms is used in this piece? (tick all that apply)

20. Which of these are true of this piece? (tick all that apply)