Review of a Notated Score
I am going to write a review of the score I have been given, this is the third movement of the piece Romanza written by the composer Vaughn Williams.I will review this piece by going through all the aspects of the notated score such as the rhythm, tempo, harmony, tonality, melody, dynamics, genre, instrumentation and timbre. There are two parts to this part of the piece and I will refer to them as section one and section two. The rhythm for the stringed part of section one is very conjunct and on the beat. All the instruments in this part play simple triads all in time with each other to the beat. In section two of the stringed instruments the rhythm seems like it could be faster but it isn’t, all the notes are played at the same speed and are still on the beat and conjunct except for the last part of the first violin w . . .
There are some minor crescendos and decrescendos and the velocity and loudness of the piece stays at a reasonable level throughout. All the chords are triads so all the notes are kept within the stave to a certain extent. The rhythm in the brass and woodwind section is quite syncopated when compared to the strings section. There are no major dynamics within this piece. The genre of this piece is of a classical symphonic variety. Also this is a crematic piece, as the notes do not keep within the key signature. Stringed, woodwind and brass instruments all add to the classical feel of the piece. The second section of this piece has a much more melodic range due to the scales present. As mentioned above this piece is in the key of C major and there are many accidentals within the whole of section one. here a much more rigid rhythm is present. As explained in the genre section there are many classical instruments used in this piece such as violins, violas, violoncelli and contrabassi. There is a very close harmony within this piece. Also the word lento is present beside the tempo, lento meaning slow. The tempo of the piece seems quite fast when viewed as a notated score but the piece is played at a slow tempo of 66. Because the C major scale consists of all notes and no flats or sharps there are many accidentals in this piece mainly in the first stringed section.
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