This document provides a summary of the key musical elements of five works: 1. Capercaillie - Skye Waulking Song: A Scottish folk song featuring repetitive melody, strophic structure, homophonic texture, and E minor/G major tonality. 2. Rag Desh: An Indian classical rag featuring improvisation, drone-based harmony, rhythmic cycles called talas, and a non-tonal melodic improvisation. 3. Koko - Yiri: A West African drum piece featuring call-and-response structure, unvaried tempo, cross-rhythms, and improvisation within the context of rhythmic cycles.

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2. Handel- And the Glory of the
Lord
STRUCTURE TONALITY TEMPO/RHYTHM
Based on 4 motifs A Major Allegro
which are weaved Modulates to E 3/4 but some use of
together Major twice and B Hemiola (gives a
throughout the Major once feel of 2/4)
piece
TEXTURE INSTRUMENTATION
Homophonic. Full Baroque Orchestra:
DYNAMICS
One instance of Oboes, bassoons, trumpets, st
Terraced
monophonic rings, basso continuo (Cello &
(b.108/9) organ)
HARMONY RELEASE VOCALS
Closes with a plagal D Written for a SATB
cadence In 1742 choir

3. Mozart- Symphony no 40 in G
minor
TEXTURE
STRUCTURE Homophonic. HARMONY
Sonata form Polyphonic in Simple and clear
1) Exposition development (tonic & dominant)
2) Development section In development
3) Recapitulation
chromatic
4) Coda DYNAMICS
harmonies are
Begins piano, which is
used
unusual for a Classical
TEMPO symphony TONALITY
Molto Allegro Transition is forte all the G minor 1st
way through with sfz subject
Bb major 2nd
RELEASED subject
In 1788 INSTRUMENTATION – strings &
ww & horns
No percussion, No trumpets

4. Chopin- Prelude no 15 in D flat
Major
TONALITY TEXTURE
STRUCTURE SECTION A: D flat Homophonic
Ternary form (A B A Major Raindrop motif is
coda) SECTION B: C sharp doubled in octaves
minor Sustain pedal
TEMPO DYNAMICS
Slow and held SECTION A: p (piano)
back SECTION B: crescendo and
Rituendo at end diminuendos used. Builds up to ff
(fortissimo).
HARMONY CODA: f (forte) then diminuendos to
Rich harmony used p (piano)
Melody
harmonised in 6ths RELEASED INSTRUMENTATIO
1838 N
Piano

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6. Arnold Schoenberg- Peripetie
STRUCTURE TONALITY TEMPO/RHYTHM
Atonal (no particular Marked “Sehr
Free Rondo form
key) rasch” which means
Five sections very fast
DYNAMICS Rhythm is
Wide range of complicated and
INSTRUMENTATION
MELODY extreme dynamics fragmented
HUGE Orchestra!
Klangfarbenmelodie ranging from Instruments play extremes of
The piece is gelled pianissimo to pitch
together with melodic fortissimo
fragments spread
HARMONY
around different RELEASE Dissonance (clashing
instruments D notes)
Hauptstimme: principal In 1909 Hexachords (group of 6
voice (melody)
TEXTURE notes)
Nebenstimme:
contrasting and Compliment (6 notes
secondary voice
polyphonic not used in the 1st
(melody)
hexachord)

7. Steve Reich- Electric
Counterpoint
TEXTURE
Layered HARMONY
STRUCTURE
Repetitive Is static and does
Gradually develops in
Polyphonic not change very
complexity as layers
often
are added
DYNAMICS
RELEASED Solo part fades in and TONALITY
In 1987 out through out the E minor &
piece C minor
MELODY Finishes fortissimo (hint: look at
Short patterns INSTRUMENTATION the
(cells) and One live guitarist title, Electric
riffs in Counterpoint)
7 pre-recorded electric guitars
ostinato style
and 2 bass guitars

8. Leonard Bernstein- Something's
Coming
TEXTURE
STRUCTU Thick texture due to the TEMPO
RE large orchestra Allegro
Intro Layered parts 176 bpm
Sec A
Sec B
Sec B1 DYNAMICS
Sec B2 RELEASED
Outro Begins softly 1958
Forte in bars 21-39
TONALITY
D major INSTRUMENTATIO
MELODY N
Uses Jazz “blue” Tenor solo voice
HARMONY
notes Big orchestra
Uses tritones to
The melody is Lots of Latin
create a sense of
based on the American
impending doom
opening riff instruments used

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10. Miles Davis- All Blues
STRUCTURE
MELODY TEMPO/RHYTHM
12 Bar Blues Very lyrical and sparse Marked Moderato
Intro Solos are IMPROVISED 6/4 time signature
Head
DYNAMICS TEXTURE
Solos
Mostly mf except simple texture. Mainly
Head for some very loud homophonic
outro trumpet sections
TONALITY
G modal – mixolydian mode
RELEASED
TIMBRE Altered chords: D7#9
In 1959
Mellow timbre due to Eb7#9 (bars 9 & 10)
the use of the trumpet
mute and ghost notes INSTRUMENTATION
Frontline: Trumpet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax,
Rhythm section: Piano, Double Bass, Drums

11. Jeff Buckley- Grace
STRUCTURE VOCALS RELEASED
3 verses Jeff Buckley sings In 1994
2 choruses Falsetto for parts of the
piece (as high as a girl) INSTRUMENTATIO
He also uses vibrato and N
TONALITY
scoops up to up to notes.
Fm intro Full rock band
D link including-
DYNAMICS Electric guitars
Em mostly
The piece starts quietly Bass guitars
thereafter
The dynamics are Drums
increased when more
instruments join in. TECHNOLOGY
MELODY Overdubbing, Flanger, EQ
Short patterns Delay, Reverb
TONALITY
and riffs in echo
ostinato style
E minor

12. Moby- Why Does My Heart Feel So
Bad?
STRUCTURE DYNAMICS TEMPO
VERSE- “why Moderate throughout TONALITY RHYTHM
does my heart A minor 98 bpm
feel so bad” 4/4 four to
sample the floor)
CHORUS- HARMONY
“these open Verse: Am Em G D
doors” sample Chorus first time: C C Am Am C C Am RELEASED
Divided into two Am 1999
8 bar sections Chorus on loop: F F C C F F C C
INSTRUMENTATIO
MELODY TEXTURE N
Samples taken from Builds up as more Synthesised strings
1950’s Gospel music- instruments are added Sub bass
The Shining Light with each section Keyboard
choir Made on a Cubase

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14. Capercaillie- Skye Waulking
Song
MELODY STRUCTURE TEMPO/RHYTHM TEXTURE
Simple and repetitive Strophic Steady and Mainly
melody verses consistent as they homophonic.
Sung in Scots Gaelic worked to the beat. Heterophonic
2 sections
Based on a 12/8 in instrumental
No chorus when uilleann
Pentatonic scale
Vocables used pipes play
DYNAMICS
(nonsense syllables) along with
In the first section the
fiddle
dynamics are piano
In the second section the TONALITY
TIMBRE dynamics are forte and fade E minor and G
All instruments play in out at the end major
their middle range so INSTRUMENTATION
there are no particularly RELEASED Trad-
high or low notes. 2000 flute, fiddle, bouzouki, uillea
nn pipes
Modern- drums, electric
piano, guitar

15. Rag Desh
STRUCTUR INSTRUMENTATION HARMONY
E Sitar- lead instrument Harmony is created by the
Alap Tambura- backing instrument Tambura playing drone
Tabla- pair of drums based on two notes
Jor
Sarod, Sarangi, Bansuri, Sh The sitar part with the
Jhala
enai, Harmonium drone augments the
Gat harmony
(instrument
al)/Bandish MELODY RHYTHM
(vocal) No melody- lead Rhythm cycle (tala)
TONALITY instrument based on a set number of
Non-tonal
improvises on the beats called “matras” and
notes of the raga these are divided into
groups called “vibhags”
DYNAMICS The tabla player
Improvised improvises on the tala

16. Koko- Yiri
DYNAMICS
STRUCTURE Master drummer signals TEMPO
Call and changes in rhythm and Unvaried
response dynamics to control the build Regular beat
Repetition up and release of tension.
RELEASED
IDENTIFYING
1994
TONALITY CHARACTERISTICS
Strong sense Rhythmic cycles, Ostinatos
of Gb major Accents, polyrhythms, cross INSTRUMENTATIO
tonality rhythms N
Oral tradition Drums:
Djembe, Dundun,
TEXTURE
MELODY Donno (talking
Monophonic (start)
Lots of improvisation drum).
Heterophonic (2
Bafalon (xylophone)
balaphones)
Flute
Polyphonic
Mbira (Thumb
piano)