Ravel's Jeux D'eauBoston University, 1984 - 256 pages |
Common terms and phrases
accompaniment pattern alternation appears arm-rotation arpeggio articulation barque bass-line beginning black keys bridge cadence Clair de lune Claude Debussy color common-tones composer composer's composition contrast Cordes crossover damper pedal damper-pedal Debussy's descending dissonance dom9 dominant ninth down-stroke downbeat Estampes example F# pentatonic fifth function hand and arm harmonic idea influence of Jeux initial interval Jeux d'eau Joseffy Joseffy's keyboard Liszt Liszt and Debussy major seconds major seventh Maurice Delage Maurice Ravel measure melodic line melodic motive melodic tones musical action neighbor neighbor-tone octave Ondine opening gesture opening material opening statement ostinato pentatonic chord phrase pianist piano piano literature piece's pitch placement player point of arrival potential progression quarter reprise Schéhérazade second material second theme sequence shift similar sonata form sonority subdominant tessitura texture third material tion tonal areas tonal motion tonic traditional triad u.c. pedal upbeat upper voice voice-leading whole-tone chords whole-tone scales