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Well firstly, you will usually find that the first violin will be playing the melody. This isn’t always the case though. Secondly, look for imitation between parts. Look at what the accompanying 3 parts are doing. Look for pedals. Are they tonic? Dominant? Inverted? Also, are there key changes? Has the piece modulated to a relative key (dominant or relative minor, something that makes sense) or is the new key completely unrelated. For example if the piece was in C major, and then modulated to F#minor. That doesn’t really make sense. Furthermore, are there any themes that reoccur?
That is a very waffley description of what I would do. But just think SMARTT (Structure, Melody, Acoompaniment, Rhythm, Texture, Tonality)
Well firstly, you will usually find that the first violin will be playing the melody. This isn’t always the case though. Secondly, look for imitation between parts. Look at what the accompanying 3 parts are doing. Look for pedals. Are they tonic? Dominant? Inverted? Also, are there key changes? Has the piece modulated to a relative key (dominant or relative minor, something that makes sense) or is the new key completely unrelated. For example if the piece was in C major, and then modulated to F#minor. That doesn’t really make sense. Furthermore, are there any themes that reoccur?
That is a very waffley description of what I would do. But just think SMARTT (Structure, Melody, Acoompaniment, Rhythm, Texture, Tonality)
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