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Orchestra Assignment Bolero by Maurice Ravel 50 POINTS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9PiL5icwic INSTRUCTIONS: Click the link above to watch the performance of the orchestral composition Bolero performed by the Wiener Philhamoniker, conducted by Regente Gustavo Dudamel and answer all of the following questions about the performance. USE OUR CLASS MUSICAL TERMINOLOGY! QUESTIONS ANSWERS 1. What is the name of the first solo instrument that plays the theme in the composition? What family is it from? (3 points) 2. What is the name of the second solo instrument that plays the theme in the composition? What family is it from? (3 points) 3. What is the name of the third solo instrument that plays the theme in the composition? What family is it from? (3 points) 4. Describe the TEMPO that you hear at the beginning of the piece (Italian term AND English definition) (3 points) 5. Describe the DYNAMICS that you hear at the beginning of the piece (Italian term AND English definition) (3 points) 6. What is the primary percussion instrument that starts Bolero ? (3 points) 7. In the early part of the piece, are the string instruments being bowed or plucked? What is the term that describes plucked strings? (3 points) 8. Is there an oboe solo that plays the theme? Yes or No (2 points) 9. Does the snare drum keep the basic tempo steady for the composition? Yes or No (2 points)
QUESTIONS ANSWERS 10. What brass instrument plays the theme at about the 5:00 minute mark? What is in the bell of the instrument? (EXTRA NOTE: compare this to the brass instrument that plays the theme at around the 9:30 mark that has nothing in the bell of the instrument; do you hear the difference in sound?) (3 points) 11. Does a saxophone play the theme of the composition at some point? YES or NO (2 points) 12. Is there a violin solo that plays the theme of the composition? YES or NO (2 points) 13. Does the theme in Bolero get played by at least one instrument from each of the 4 instrumental families (YES or NO)? Name the instrument families that play the theme. (2 points) 14. Is more than one percussion instrument included in the composition? YES or NO (2 points) 15. The TEXTURE of the piece remains largely consistent throughout the piece. What texture do you hear? Explain WHY you chose the answer you did. (3 points) 16. Describe the TEMPO you hear at the end of the piece (Italian term AND English definition). Did the tempo change over the performance? (3 points) 17. Describe the DYNAMICS you hear at the end of the piece (Italian term AND English definition). Did the dynamics change over the performance? (3 points) 18. Does Bolero end with consonance or dissonance? (2 points) 19. Can Bolero ’s treatment of the theme best be described as repetition, variation , or contrast ? Explain WHY you chose the answer you chose. (3 points)
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