GCSE SET WORK Star Wars - Williams

What year was this written?

• 1977

• 1985

• 1970

• 1965

What is diegetic music? 

• Diegetic music is the music that is only heard by the characters in a film, not the audience
• Diegetic music refers to the music that is part of the fictional world of a film or a TV show, such as music coming from a radio within the scene.
• Diegetic music is the music that is added in post-production to enhance the mood of a scene
• Diegetic music is the music that is played during the opening or closing credits of a film

Often associated with brass, what style can be heard at the beginning?

• Fanfare
• Opera
• March
• Symphony

There are lots of repeated patterns in the rhythm.  What is this called?

• Melody
• Ostinato

• Syncopation
• Crescendo

Bars 53-56 are built on the flattened supertonic.  What is this chord called?

• Dominant 7th

• Suspended Chord

•   Neapolitan

• Diminished minor 7th

What is the main rhythm feature used in this piece to?

• The main rhythm feature used in this piece is the use of triplets.
• The main rhythm feature used in this piece is the use of staccato notes.
• The main rhythm feature used in this piece is the use of legato notes.
• The main rhythm feature used in this piece is the use of syncopation.

What is the most prominent interval used in this piece?

• The most prominent interval used in the piece is the perfect fourth.
• The most prominent interval used in the piece is the major third.
• The most prominent interval used in the piece is the perfect fifth.
• The most prominent interval used in the piece is the minor seventh.

What structure is used of the main theme?

• Sonata
• Ternary ABA

• Cadenza
• 'leitmotif'.

Some of the harmony is built on 4ths.  What is this called?

• Quintal harmony
• Tertian harmony
• Quartal harmony
• Sextal harmony

What is the general texture?

• Homophonic

• Heterophonic

• Contrapuntal

• Monophonic