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Eduqas Ko Badinerie

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JS Bach: Badinerie

Form and structure: Harmony: Melody:


The piece is in Binary form (AB). Diatonic; mixture of root position and inverted chords; The movement is based on two musical motifs.
Section A is 16 bars long. uses V7 chords and a Neapolitan sixth chord.

Section B is 24 bars long. Imperfect and perfect cadences are clearly presented
throughout. Both sections end with a perfect cadence.
Each section is repeated (AABB).

Dynamics: Metre and rhythm:


Mostly forte throughout, although no Simple duple time – 2/4 – with two crotchet beats in
markings appear on the score. every bar.
On some recordings, terraced dynamics Uses ostinato rhythms which form the basis of two
(sudden changes) are included. short musical ideas (X and Y), consisting almost totally of
quavers and semi-quavers.

Both motifs begin with an anacrusis. Motif X is entirely disjunct


Background details: Instrumentation:
whilst motif Y combines disjunct and conjunct movement.
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 Flute, string orchestra and harpsichord.
– 1750), one of the main composers of the Typical ornaments and compositional devices of the period are
The score has five parts (flute, violin 1, violin 2, viola and used including trills, appoggiaturas and sequences.
Baroque era in music. cello). The harpsichord player reads from the cello line
Badinerie is the last of seven movements from and plays the notes with their left hand whilst filling in the
a larger piece called Orchestral Suite No.2. chords with their right hand.
Texture:
The piece was composed between 1738-1739.
Homophonic: melody and accompaniment.
The flute and cello provide the main musical material; however, the 1st
Tonality: violin participates occasionally.
Section A begins in B minor (tonic) and ends in F# minor (dominant minor). The 2nd violin and viola provide harmony with less busy musical lines.
Section B begins in F# minor (dominant minor) and ends in B minor (tonic).
Section A modulates from B minor through A major before arriving at F# minor.
Tempo:
Section B modulates from F# minor through E minor, D major, G major and D major before arriving at B The tempo is Allegro (quick, lively, bright), although not marked on
minor. the score.

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