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Tag: melody

Violins

Post date 12 December 2020
Categories In Meet the Ensemble, Subscribers only, Video library
Tags countermelody, melody, pitch, timbre, vibrato, violin

Why are there two violinists in the Berkeley Ensemble? Sophie and Fran explain how they work together and why Fran’s role is like mayonnaise.

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Tags countermelody, melody, pitch, timbre, vibrato, violin

Through Time Video library

Melody

Post date 12 November 2020
Categories In Through Time, Video library
Tags balanced phrases, chromatic, col legno, conjunct motion, countermelody, disjunct motion, imitation, imperfect cadence, melodic shape, melody, perfect cadence, pitch, pizzicato, serialism, texture, timbre, violin

Trace melody through time with music by Bach, Haydn, Dohnányi and Schoenberg.

Tags balanced phrases, chromatic, col legno, conjunct motion, countermelody, disjunct motion, imitation, imperfect cadence, melodic shape, melody, perfect cadence, pitch, pizzicato, serialism, texture, timbre, violin