Unit 2-2 Variation 4 3 Aug 202010 Aug 2020 The first bar of variation 4 begins with an arpeggiation that is filled in with a passing-tone (goal oriented). This patterns is very common: This is followed by a goal…
Unit 2-2 Variation 5 10 Aug 202011 Aug 2020 There are many of notes in the bass line of Variation 5. (note that the right hand performs the assumed upper voices and we are not looking at the counterpoint…
Uncategorized… Variation 6 – Syncopation 10 Aug 2020 In this variation is restricted to arpeggiation and syncopation.The pattern of arpeggiation follows the first arpeggiation fairly consistently (creating a sense of coherence or motivic unity)The notes are always part…
Unit 2-2 Variations 7-9 10 Aug 2020 What diminution techniques are used in variations 7, 8, and 9? What can we learn from comparing these to earlier variations?
Unit 2-2 Variation 10 11 Aug 2020 Variation 10 returns to the alternation of two bar patterns. The odd bars include a simple repetition with octave displacement and an added repeated note. The even bars also originate…
Unit 2-2 Variations 11-12 11 Aug 202011 Aug 2020 Variation 11 features some striking reversals of the metric structure used so far. Vivaldi begins the variation with a half-quarter rhythmic pattern which correlates to our expectations of meter. In…
Unit 2-2 Variation 13 11 Aug 2020 This variation employs arpeggiation with goal oriented diminution to connecting different notes of the chord. Leaping to and from chord tones is done freely.
Unit 2-2 Variations 14-15 11 Aug 2020 Variation 14 introduces a compound quadruple meter - some more rhythmic variety. Other than that, it is quite simple. The quarter-eighth rhythm is characteristic of the Siciliana and, in fact,…
Unit 2-2 Variation 16 13 Aug 202013 Aug 2020 Variation 16 once again combines several strategies. The first beat features an octave displacementThe second and third beat employ goal oriented diminution into a chord tone. This results in a…
Unit 2-2 Variations 17-18 13 Aug 2020 These two variations feature simple bass lines (maybe the upper parts are complex?):
Unit 2-2 Variation 19 13 Aug 2020 The last variation in the set is unique in its length (the final four bars repeat twice to add a sense of finality to the piece). The alternation of a…
