MUS 100 Mozart Video Score Extra Credit. Coursework

MUS 100 Mozart Video Score Extra Credit



Watch and listen to the following video of the scrolling notated score synced to an audio recording. This is a famous piano sonata by Mozart. It is generally quite simple (part of why it is so well-known!); most Mozart sonatas are much more complicated. Submit your answers on this Canvas forum.



*Robot performance: https://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=dNbqRC4xtEg

1. Were you able to follow the music notation with your eye and ear? If not, describe what was confusing or hard to follow. Do you perceive something in the music by watching the score that you perhaps might have otherwise missed if you were only listening to it? Does watching the score clarify any concept or bring out any detail in the music? (3-4 sentences)

2. Answer the following questions by pausing the video

All the melody and accompaniment notes of measure (m.) 1 are in what chord?



b. Most (ignore the C) of the notes in the first two beats of m. 2 make up what chord?



c. What chord is formed by the notes of beats 3 & 4 of m. 2?



d. What chord is formed by the notes of the first two beats of m. 3?



e. What chord is formed by the notes of beats 3 & 4 of m. 3?



f. What are the Roman numeral labels for those chords?



3. Can you draw any conclusion or describe how scales and chords come together in melody and accompaniment? (3-4 sentences)