defying gravity GCSE
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- Defying Gravity
- Context
- Elphaba vows to oppose the wizard of Oz
- elphaba is going to go against rules others have set for her- live a life without limits
- just like defying the law of gravity, elphaba is attempting to rise above her place in life
- structure
- various dialogue sections- leitmotifs e.g. unlimited
- verse chorus structure
- intro, verse 1, chorus, verse2, chorus, bridge, chorus, varied reprise of intro, verse 3, chorus, coda
- instruments
- glinda= soprano
- elphaba= mezzo- soprano
- string tremolos to create excitement
- wide range of percussion
- tutti for climax, ff
- anthology is in form of a short score
- lyrics
- stabbed chords at start
- juxtaposition of two tonally unrelated keys (b major/ fmajor) creates unsettling effect b9
- elphabas realisation that "something has changed within me" is underpinned by sudden key change= d major
- first seven pitches of song 'over the rainbow' is same as unlimited theme
- big leaps in unlimited theme reflects elphabas growing confidence
- large range of dynamics
- Texture
- mainly melody dominated homophony
- monophonic passage to start
- two main characters sing alternatively or in unison
- Tonality
- mainly in D major
- tonally ambiguous at start- moves chromatically
- minor key at coda but ends on major chord
- melody and harmony
- mainly built in intervals of 4ths and 5ths
- word setting is syllabic
- long notes and wide leaps help to illustrate elphabas new-found confidence
- chromatic descent in opening and stabbed chords
- circle of fifths in b68-70
- b88= bitonal to create magical feeling
- in same way two witches are at odds glinda= dmajor elphaba= dflat major
- Rhythm and metre
- syncopation in main title hook
- driving quaver rhythms= excitement
- 44 time mostly, heavy percussion used for Rhythmic emphasise
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