i have a music exam later on today, i will get played a piece of music and i need to say weather it is classical, early romantic, late romantic or modern and then explain my answer.
How do i know which it is from?
each musical category has a different sound. Its easy to tell a modern piece because it will most likely be a popular song in context ( or whatever they call them) or a minimalist piece, you know.
A classical piece will be homophonic. If the piece is a rondo or in ternary form and is very ‘graceful’ i would go for classical.
I cannot help you with the romantics as I’m doing baroque though I think though that the romantic period was very heavy with the string instruments.
You also need to know a composer from each group!
Hope you did o.k on your exam!
Maybe you should have been paying attention in your music lessons.
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each musical category has a different sound. Its easy to tell a modern piece because it will most likely be a popular song in context ( or whatever they call them) or a minimalist piece, you know.
A classical piece will be homophonic. If the piece is a rondo or in ternary form and is very ‘graceful’ i would go for classical.
I cannot help you with the romantics as I’m doing baroque though I think though that the romantic period was very heavy with the string instruments.
You also need to know a composer from each group!
Hope you did o.k on your exam!
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