The 4th movement of Beethoven’s 6th Symphony,

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Listen to this excerpt of the 4th movement of Beethoven’s 6th Symphony,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZVdVuskkKU
It depicts a storm in a German forest. Now, using your Italian terms from Hoffer, label the dynamics at the

following points:

1.-at the beginning

2.-at :30

3.-at 1:20

4.-at 2:00

5.-at 2:11

6.Additionally, discuss how the dynamics are affected by instrumentation, describing the texture of each

example as thoroughly as possible.

2 Please enjoy a flashback to 70s fashion as you watch this world-famous jazz group perform a classic

from the big band repertoire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcEKAWZ1Nbk
Now, answer the following questions:

  1. Which instruments play the vamp (repeating pattern) in the very opening of this video?
  2. What instrument plays the solo at :30?
  3. At :47, name all the instruments you see in the shot.
  4. At 2:33, which instrument plays the solo?
  5. Notice how, during the solo which begins at 2:33, over two entire rows of musicians have traded their

instruments for various percussion instruments. To which sections (woodwind, string, or brass) do these

impromptu percussionists actually belong?

  1. At 6:26, two different instruments play the solo together. What are they

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