Sally Beamish Revision

Sally Beamish was born in​ (a)   in 1956 and now lives in​ (b)  

• London
• Scotland.

Before switching her focus to composition, Beamish played which instrument professionally?

Match the bar numbers to the structural sections of Boardwalk

• Bars 1-15

• Section B (Development)

• Bars 16-29

• Section A (Recapitulation)

• Bars 46-65

• Section A2

• Bars 30-46

• Section A (Coda)

• Bars 65-68

• Section A1

Label the Boardwalk intro

a

b

c

d

e

Tempo = 120bpm / Allegro

Natural harmonic

C minor tonic pedal (establishes key)

Shared melody based on Beethoven b.1

Change to F minor tonality

The following chord types are frequently used in Boardwalk:​ (a)   ,​ (b)   , ​and (c)  

• Dominant 7ths
• Diminished chords
• Added chords
• suspended chords

Which rhythmic feature is used in the opening of Boardwalk?

• Tonic pedal

• Ostinato

• Rhythmic displacement

• Accents

Match the string techniques

• Bow near the bridge

• Sul pont

• Play with the wooden part of the bow

• Portamento (port.)

• A smooth slide from one note to another

• Arco

• Bowing the strings

• Col legno

• Plucking, rather than bowing the strings

• Pizzicato (pizz.)

When a string instrument plays two notes at the same time, it is called a

Match the tonalities to the different sections of Boardwalk

• Section B (Development)

• C minor -> F minor -> C minor

• Section A reprise and Coda

• Harmonically unstable (hints of Cm and Fm)

• Section A (A1 and A2)

• G minor -> C minor

In bars 59-62 of Boardwalk, the cello plays a ​ (a)   pedal in the key of C minor.

• dominant
• tonic
• inverted