Narrative cohesion
What Narrative cohesion means in Music A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Something built in music for media through the use of recurring musical phrases associated with a particular person, place, idea, or emotion.
What composers build using leitmotifs in theatre music, guiding the audience's understanding of the drama.
Topics that use Narrative cohesion
- Area of study 3: Music for media - Musical elements (AQA A-Level)
- Area of study 4: Music for theatre - Musical elements (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Chord extensions
- Dramatic function
- half-diminished 7th
- Harmonic language
- Orchestration
- Sonority
- Thematic development
- 9th, 11th, and 13th chords
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