Fur Elise - Beethoven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5atjn2LA_BI

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Meter: 0:00-0:30 - Beethoven

- 3/8th time - Section 1 repeats with - Early-mid 1800s
- 1/8th notes, 1/16th 1st and 2nd ending - Classical Music
notes, 1/32nd notes - Primarily 1/8th notes - Composed after
Form: - Slows down at 1st Beethoven was
- ABACA ending then speeds deaf
Dynamics: up - Published after
- Pp - Section A his death
- Poco moto = little - Minor key - About a woman
movement 0:30-1:00 he loved?
Melody: - Section A repeats
- Right hand - 1/8th note pattern
Orchestration: continues
- Piano piece - Still piano
- Right hand and left 1:00-1:30
hand - B section begins
- Bass clef and treble - Major key
clef - 1/32nd notes
- Major to minor - Scalar patterns
transitions 1:30-2:00
- A section repeats
again
- Same pattern with
similar rhythm
- Continued major key
2:00-2:30
- Ritardando section C
- Bass clef has
constant 1/16th notes
- Right hand
syncopation and
slower notes
2:30-3:00
- Section c continues
and section A begins
- Quick scalar pattern
- Chromatic scale
transition
3:00-3:30
- Ritardando at end
- Section A continues
with slight variation
Battle of the Hymn Republic (1st verse)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wtn8OFRekA
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Meter: 0:00-0:15 - Song relates the evil

- 4/4 time signature - Section A at the end of the Old
- 1/8th and 1/4th notes - Proudly Testament to the Civil
Form: - Primarily 1/8th notes War
- AB - Scalar pattern - Published in 1862
- If playing other verses - High register - Popular Patriotic song
AB sections would 0:15-0:30
repeat - End of section A
Dynamics: - Quarter notes and half
- Forte note ends phrase
- Proudly, Boastfully - Quarter rest at end of
Melody: section A
- n/a - Section B begins
Orchestration: 0:30-0:45
- Treble Clef - End of section B
- For Bb trumpet - Scalar pattern
- Longer quarter and
half notes