PAU Music Analysis II (Balearic Islands / UIB) case studies
PAU Music Analysis II (Balearic Islands / UIB) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Music Analysis II is the optional second-year music analysis subject within the Spanish university entrance pathway (PAU) as configured in the Balearic Islands and linked to the University of the Balearic Islands. It is aimed at students who already read music fluently and want to demonstrate analytical control of tonal repertoire before applying to musicology, composition, performance or education degrees. The PAU Music Analysis II (Balearic Islands / UIB) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,277 words.
1Rounded Binary or Ternary? A 32-Bar Minuet with a Thematic Return
A candidate is analyzing a 32-bar keyboard minuet in B-flat major, 3/4. Bars 1–8 form the first strain: a four-bar phrase on I (bb.1–4) is answered by a four-bar phrase (bb.5–8) that ends with a half cadence on F at b.8; the strain is repeated.
469 words, about 2 min2Deceptive Cadence and an Applied Dominant in an E-Minor Chorale Phrase
An eight-bar chorale phrase in E minor, 4/4, four voices, has one chord per bar. The bass and chords are: b.1 E, i (E–G–B); b.2 D-sharp, V6 (D-sharp–F-sharp–B); b.3 E, i; b.4 A, iv (A–C–E); b.5 F-sharp, V7/V (F-sharp–A-sharp–C-sharp–E); b.6 B, V7 (B–D-sharp–F-sharp–A); b.7 C, VI (C–E–G); b.8 G, i6 (G–B–E).
431 words, about 2 min3Medial Caesura, EEC, and a Third-Related Second Theme
A candidate is analyzing the exposition of a Classical sonata-form movement in C minor, 4/4, Allegro. Bars 1–8 present the principal theme as a sentence: a two-bar basic idea (C–D–E-flat ascending motive), a two-bar repetition, and a four-bar continuation ending on a half cadence in C minor at b.8.
523 words, about 3 min4Hemiola, Hypermeter, and Phrase Boundary in a Piano Mazurka
A pianist is preparing a 32-bar mazurka in A minor, 3/4, for an analysis seminar. The left hand plays a bass note on beat 1 and chords on beats 2 and 3 in most bars, but in bars 9–12 the right-hand melody groups the same twelve quarter-note pulses into three two-beat units: accents fall on beat 1 of b.9, beat 3 of b.9, and beat 2 of b.10, continuing across the bar line.
433 words, about 2 min5Pivot Chord, Applied Dominant, and a 9–8 Suspension in a G-Minor Continuo Passage
An eight-bar continuo passage in G minor, 4/4, for two violins and basso continuo, has one chord per bar. The figured bass is: b.1 G 5/3; b.2 F-sharp 6/5; b.3 G 5/3; b.4 C 5/3; b.5 F 5/3; b.6 B-flat 5/3; b.7 F 7; b.8 B-flat 5/3.
421 words, about 2 min