1. Describe the meaning of this text in your own words. What phrases and images in the
text might be represented musically by tension, instability, and motion, and what
aspects might be represented by relaxation, stability, and rest? (no more than 150-200
words for this section)
2. What were the two greatest challenges for you in trying to express this meaning, and
how did you use the following musical elements: melodic shape (arc, high/low points,
steps and leaps), scale degree tendencies (leading tone rising to the tonic, subdominant
falling to mediant, etc), and rhythm (short and long durations, consistent versus varied)
to help solve those challenges?
Be very specific and cite evidence from the text and from your melody.
3. How were harmonic choices affected by your interpretation of the text? Why did you
place inverted chords and seventh chords where you did?
Be very specific and cite evidence from the text and from your composition.
4. How well do you feel those musical elements solved the challenges? What other
musical elements, or what other ways of using those elements, might have been helpful
in solving the challenges?
Be very specific and cite evidence from the text and from your melody
Please be very specific and cite evidence from the poem provided in the analysis instructions prdf and from the melody I provided (the sound attached and the written melody.)
Please carefully read the instructions in the pdf for each question (4 questions total) Each question requires a different amount of words. Most of the 700-850 words should be spent answering question 2 and 3
