Area of Inquiry Areas of Inquiry 2 focuses on music for listening and performance
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Definition of the Area of I
Name of your song
Context of Composer 1 sentence
Mention history of genre or style 1 good sentence
Now talk your song example
This performance was recorded¦.bla bla…1-2 sentences max
The inspiration of the song, or a brief contextual anecdote.  Exemplar says something about song being inspired by composers daughter
PURPOSE OF THE PIECE
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Elements of music…time to shine or die
Form…no brainer¦.terms must include strophic, ternary , binary, rondo
Tempo…in Italian please¦..not written¦..on score?  Tough¦..tap your foot, go to an online metronome…find BPM beats per minute and find the ITALIAN WORD that is the equivalent of that number
Time signature
Texture¦..TERMS polyphony, monophonic, heterophonic homophonic say the word and then describe it a bit at a basic level¦.WHAT instruments are blending etc.
Tonality¦..key its in   MAJOR OR MINOROR WHAT?  Mention the key signature¦.MAKE SURE YOUve got it right¦…example one # is key of G major
Ask yourself

Does it sound happy (probably g major)
Melody have a lot of G triad notes. Chord notes G B D F# prob G major
Does the last note in the bass  or lowest instrument end in G? Yes..good
If these dont happen, you are probably in the relative minor which in this case would be E minor
ALWAYS look at the bassists final note.

How song ends¦.
this is the music