Tonality Essays

As you can see, most of the notes of the scale are harmonized as the root of a triad, the exceptions being that the scale degrees that are members of the tonic triad (1, 3, and 5) or the dominant triad (5, 7, and 2) tend to be harmonized as either a tonic or dominant chord, even when the result is an inverted chord. We can also create a chromatic “rule of the octave progression, in which each of the twelve chromatic pitches is harmonized in a way that makes the most functional sense in terms of

resulted from several developments: Increasing emphasis on chromatic elements, extending the range of classical tonal functions, and decreasing structural dependence on tonal region that would support the central tonality. It is unsystematic, varies from composer to composer, and disrupts tonality. Arnold Schoenberg was the principal exponent of this trend. Schoenberg’s last two quartet, No.3 and No.4 are good examples showing the developments. In Tonal Modification, Tonal region established by consistent

Mozart’s Influence In the Enlightenment The Enlightenment was a train of thinking that started with philosophers in the eighteenth century. Philosophers warned against religious division, cultural division, and social inequality. Today, our Declaration of Independence is based upon these same values of equality. In the Enlightenment, music took a different shape. Music was no longer only for wealthy merchants, but was now open to the public. Composers noticed the opportunity and wrote music that

In the summer and fall of eighteen zero two, Ludwig Beethoven worked on this magnificent symphony. On the fifth day of April in eighteen zero three, this beautiful symphony was performed for the first time at Vienna’s Theatre an der Wien at an all-Beethoven concert. On the twenty second day of April in eighteen forty-three, the fantastic symphony had it’s first American performance at the New York Philharmonic. Two of many instruments are used for this wonderful symphony: flutes, trumpets, oboes

Not only are the interactions between the characters identical, the notes of Beethoven’s sonata also reflect the notes in Mozart’s. The two pieces begin with a forte C minor chord, establishing the bold and powerful tone of the first character. The notes of the first two measures are meant to jump from one to the next with a strong, downward motion on the piano keys. This kind of motion creates the anger that can be heard in the music. Continuing on, the phrase builds up to an E flat, followed by

Johann Sebastian Bach, Gavotte, from French Suite no. 5 in GM Analysis Johann Sebastian Bach wrote a plethora of harpsichord pieces in his lifetime that have influenced composers for generations. The musical structures and forms used in his music have been replicated and still prevalent in music today. In this paper, I will be looking at how this piece is written in balanced binary form. This piece is part of a collection of small works written by Bach. The French Suits consists of six suits of

This piece is a 9/8 time signature and is in the key of D-flat major and C-sharp minor between measures thirty-eight to forty-three. The key also never modulates away from these keys. The structure of this piece is in ternary form with a coda. It can be interpreted that section A consists of measures from one to fourteen or on to twenty-six. Either way is a possibility however I believe that the first section goes on to measure twenty-six and the measures from fifteen and twenty-six serve more as

composers and scholars defended the idea that “most polytonality exists only on paper.” This, due to the incapability of the human ear to separate the different tonalities while listening to a polytonal piece. Humphrey Searle states that “the result is always heard as a unity, and not as a combination on equal terms of two distinct tonalities.” Nevertheless, more than a decade later he will slightly contradict himself when, in reference to polytonal composition in more than three keys, he wrote, “this

Debussy and Richard Strauss demonstrates the movement away from the conventional tonal system through the use of extended tonality to shape their distinctive musical styles. The development of Debussy’s departure from nineteenth-century formal models is demonstrated in Prélude a l'après midi d'un Faune. (BROWN 131) Strauss establishes his mastery over the synthesis of chromatic tonality and motivic manipulation in his opera, Salome. France began to seek independence from the imposing German canon of

such as blue, yellow, orange, and so on. The pure colors take attention from the audience and look more active and energetic. Moreover, the skin tonality makes the painting alive or animated. Also, by skin tonality, Nefertari painting differentiates goddess and queen by skin tonality. Isis has gold skin tonality; queen Nefertari has pink brown skin tonality. Gold symbolizes royalty and power. Thus, painting Isis with gold color argues that Isis has more power than Nefertari. Also, it would depict the

Polymodality in Jazz Polymodality is a term that has been rarely mentioned in the jazz literature, in the same way it has been infrequently practiced as a compositional tool by jazz arrangers and composers. Very few books mention either polymodality, polytonality or its related terminology, and when done, is frequently to describe a different concept from the one this research is discussing. A clear example of this, is the use of the term polymodality by George Russell in his book Lydian Chromatic

era of classical music. He is considered to be the first important composer of the 20th century. The musical themes he used were just fragments, fluid with no sense of a strong direction. His music is very romantic but was no tonic or sense of one tonality. It reflects a different philosophy. He was a genius at orchestration. In Debussy’s music, all notes were equally important. His music was not accepted at first, but eventually it revolutionized the musical world. Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951)

energetic first movement following the sonata form in major tonality. The dynamics stay consistently loud (forte) throughout this piece at a fast, cheerful (allegro) tempo. The texture is homophonic with a full orchestra medium. The meter is simple quadruple. The second movement “Scherzo” of “Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op.97 gives the overall effect of gliding through the wind like a bird. The meter is simple triple with major tonality. The rhythm is active staying smooth and connected while

Voiles, from Book I of Preludes by Claude Debussy was written during a time when Impressionism and Symbolism were thriving in music, art, literature, and poetry. With symbolism, artists broke away from traditional techniques in order to indirectly evoke specific emotions, images, and concepts without merely describing them. Symbolist poets often used strategic spatial placement, word sizing, and nontraditional grammar in order to add nuance to the meaning of the text. Impressionism was a similar

The Kiss of Judas uses the visual elements of color, tonality, and line. Color is a major component of the Kiss of Judas because it establishes the painting’s atmosphere and mood.The colors collide against each with many of the figures having distinguishing presence and effect on the general scene. The line

foundation of the piece. It also keeps the piece consistent. There are three different themes within this piece, all of which differing in rhythm, tonality and character. The first theme consists of a crotchet, six quavers and a minim, and it has a minor tonality. The second theme consists of a dotted crotchet and 3 quavers, and has a slightly happier tonality than the first theme. The third and final theme occurs in the B major section, and consists of a crotchet, a dotted quaver, a semiquaver and another

Claude Debussy (1862-1918) was a French impressionist composer during the turn-of-the-century. Debussy’s Nocturnes: No. 1, Nuages (clouds) incorporates the use of impressionist art, post-tonality, timber with motive, and experimentation with multiple scale types. Debussy was able to combine aspects of Javanese Gamelan, Russian, and French Baroque music in order to counteract the dominance of German music and allow for greater musical independence. Claude Debussy grew up in Paris and was taught piano

Verdi, Otello Otello is an opera of four acts composed by Giuseppe Verdi. It was premiered in La Scala on February 5th, 1887. It is based on William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Othello. The libretto is by Arrigo Boito. The opera lasts for about 2 hours and 20 minutes. Otello takes place at the end of the 15th century, at the port town of the Cypriot. Act 1 starts with a violent storm. The fleet led by Otello returns while the residents of the island eagerly awaits. The residents delight in victory

music, the composition developed from Romantic music in tone colour by having extreme instrumental ranges, melody that was often not tonal, new chords, twelve- tone system and rhythms were emphasized irregularly. Music became experimented with form, tonality and orchestration and Ravel was one of the composers who combined classical and jazz

role in the scene, it allows audiences to feel as uncomfortable as Elliot does within the scene, through methods of adjusting tonality, speed, perspective, and framing. Elliot’s discomfort in the scene is palpable as ET approaches him, and cinematography aids the scene’s purpose in the film. The first extremely relevant part of the cinematography of the scene is the tonalities that range within the shots. The beginning scene shows a perfect eerie night with clouds in the air, dark corn fields, and the