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3. There are 2 grand staffs. The time signature is four four. After 2 counts in the top grand staff, the
music stops for 10 counts. In the top grand staff the tenor and bass part repeat for 4 counts (m.40). They
are also perfect 5ths intervals. The first three notes in the soprano and alto voice are major 3rd intervals,
the first two notes skip. The fourth note in the soprano and alto voice in m.40 is a major 6th. In measure
41 the tenor and alto notes move up consecutively in eighth notes. The notes in the soprano voice in
measure 42 move down by step as well. Before ending the soprano and alto voice end on a perfect 4th
interval and the tenor and bass notes end on a perfect 8th interval. In measure 46 the piano starts
playing again and the voices are in intervals. And the notes move down by step. In measure 40 in the
bottom grand staff, the notes repeat and are in intervals perfect 4. In measure 41 the 3 and forth counts
are notes in the soprano voice going up by step. The whole 6 measures are played forte, or loudly, at the
last 46 measure is where it starts to get soft, or piano. Almost all the notes are played in intervals and
most of them are major or perfect.
7. In measure 80 in the first grand staff the soprano and alto voices are perfect 5th. The tenor and bass
voices are also perfect 5th intervals and they are the same notes as the soprano and alto voice, so it’s
just like the soprano and alto voice except at an octave lower. The soprano and tenor voices in measure
78 and 79 move down by step. The sonata ends on intervals of either perfect 5th or major 3rd intervals.
Most of the voices don’t combine into intervals at this point.
8. The B natural in the bass line is telling the instrument player to not play a b flat. The keyality is F
major or d minor. In F major there is one flat and it is b. The note in the bass line is a b which means it
would be played as a b flat. But in third species counterpoint, B cannot be flatted. That would make it a
dissonance on a downbeat. That is why the b is a natural.
10. The title of this piece means an instrumental piece using soft and loud dynamics. The Keyality is in F
major. The tone of this piece is in Dorian on G, which explains why it starts on G. It is written for 8
instruments divided into 2 groups of 4 and placed in opposite sides of the room. The way Gabrieli wrote
the Sonata was meant for 4 voices but it has instruments playing the music. It was written in 1597 and is
played mostly by trombones. Almost all the notes are played together as intervals. It starts switching
from loud to soft like crazy at the end of the piece. Most of the intervals are perfect or major.