On Wenlock Edge — Questions + Answers

1. What is the chamber ensemble that includes a string quartet and piano?
   1. Piano Quintet

1. What is there in addition within this ensemble?
   1. A Tenor Voice

1. What do the striked lines mean on the strings parts in bar 1 and 2?
   1. Tremolo

1. What is the 1st note in the viola part?
   1. G above middle C

1. What is the clef used in the cello part?
   1. Tenor Clef

1. What is the first chord of the piece?(give the inversion)
   1. Eb7 1st inversion

1. Whats the Chord here?(Bar 1 Beat 3)
   1. Abmin7 1st inversion

1. List the notes used bar1 beat 4 - bar 2 beat 1,what do you notice?
   1. Using whole tone scale

1. What is the harmonic term for the appearance of a note with the same letter name in different parts, in one case inflected and in the other uninflected in adjacent chords?
   1. False Relation

1. Name the 2 melodic devices used in the strings in bar 4
   1. All strings trill on middle c apart from violin 1(octave higher),strings acts as a drone.

1. What 2 words best describe the RH piano part in bar 6- 8 concerning repetition of melody and shape
   1. Ostinato Sextuplets

1. The Vocal line is only using G,D,A and C - what type of scale is that closest to?
   1. Pentatonic and Modal

1. What do you notice about the vocal part and the cello/LH piano in bar 7-8
   1. They produce a cross rhythm

1. 2 techniques used on the cello here
   1. triple stopped pizzicato

1. Is the text setting melismatic or sylabic in bar 7-8?
   1. Syllabic

1. How does the composer create harmonic dissonance in the accompaniment to the word “gale” to help a sense of word painting?
   1. Ab clashes with the G in the rest of the harmony

1. What rhythmic development technique has been used in LH piano bar 11-12
   1. intervallic diminution

1. What type of scale is used in bar 13-14 in the voice
   1. chromatic

1. Compare bar 14 beat 3 to 14 beat 4. What melodic device has been used
   1. Chromatic Chordal movement

1. Compare bar 1-4 with 16-20; what is different?
   1. The instrumental introduction now starts in the middle of the bar missing out the crotchet beat. All music is the same as bar 1-7 with very slight amendments.

21.(says 20). What is the chord and inversion at 31

1. What is the name of the note length at bar 31 beat 4?
   1. Hemidemisemiquaver

1. Which intervals does this parallel phrase use between the string parts?
   1. Parallel octaves

1. How might this reflect the text in this section?
   1. word painting

1. Point of texture here?
   1. Db drone agaisnt Eb and G parallel movment

1. How are the bars 39-41 related in the melody?
   1. Chromatic Descents

1. Name each of these chords.What do they have in common?
   1. Fm 1st inv,Em 1st inv,Ebm 1st inv,Gm 1st inv,Fm 1st inv,Fm 1st inv ( 1st inversion and min)

1. What is the string technique - what does it mean?
   1. Sul ponticello - use the bow very close to the bridge

1. What does “naturale” mean in this context?
   1. return to normal bowing technique

1. What is the word for the direction on both RH and LH piano parts in bar 67-68
   1. contrary motion

1. the dissonance used in bar 70?
   1. false relations