Folk music influences
What Folk music influences means in Music A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Norwegian folk elements such as the gangar walking dance and a Hardanger fiddle-like sound evoked through open fifths and pedal points.
Norwegian folk influences defining Grieg's piano output, with modal inflections and drone fifths mimicking the Hardanger fiddle.
Composers used modes to evoke folk traditions or antiquity.
Topics that use Folk music influences
- Area of study 1: Western classical tradition 1650–1910 (compulsory) - Strand C: The piano music of Chopin, Brahms and Grieg (AQA A-Level)
- Area of study 7: Art music since 1910 - Musical elements (AQA A-Level)
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