Many composers of the Impressionist era wrote harmonies
consisting of chords that moved in _______ motion.
A. reverse C. parallel
B. indirect D. convex
2006-12-05 01:33:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Well.. i think that all of them could be answers. For example, in ravel`s bolero you can hear that there is a parallel discourse at various instruments.. but in other orchestral works there are musical lines that are in opposite ways. in Debussy`s piano works the typical harmony is parallel. but i am saying that all of the answers could be good because it did not matter the way of the musical "motions", but the result. the harmony used in many of debussy`s works is called the gravitational system, and it can be seen in his preludes, and of course the interaxial system which principals are that every sound has it`s own axe, and all the chords are major.. the movement of the voice was irrelevant, but the harmony is.
2006-12-05 03:00:12 · answer #1 · answered by Dora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parallel. Debussy's Piano music is famous for his chords which move up and down the piano in parallel motion.
2006-12-05 02:17:31 · answer #2 · answered by pianogirlrach 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's B. They conveyed emotional themes with subtlety and understatement.
2006-12-05 01:52:00 · answer #3 · answered by thebattwoman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋