Wider Listening - Star Wars

In 'Duel of the Fates' John Williams uses an idea that can be linked to the 'Imperial March' used in the original trilogy. What is this idea?

• Same chord progression

• Same melody

• Same rhythm

• Same choir

What musical (compositional) device does John Williams employ to accompany the main theme in 'Duel of the Fates' and give the piece movement?

• Ostinato

• Trills

• Chromaticism

• Brass instruments

How does John Williams create an unsettling melodic idea in 'Duel of the Fates'?

• By displacing one of the notes down a major 7th

• By using more complex harmony

• By adding more instruments

• By making the dynamic contrast more complex

How could the choral texture be described in the introduction of 'Duel of the Fates'?

• Homophonic

• Polyphonic

• Monophonic

• Hetrophonic

The narrator suggests that John Williams used 'Hocketing' in 'Duel of the Fates'. What was his definition of this term?

• A melody passed between different instruments

• A rhythmic change

• Sudden tempo changes

• a melody belonging to a character

What interval did John Williams use for the start of Princess Leia's theme from the Original Trilogy?

• Rising Major 6th

• Rising Major 5th

• Falling minor 3rd

• Octave

What does the word 'Octatonic' mean?

• 8 note scale

• Octave transposition

• Doubled parts

• Brass instruments use mutes