This resource aligns with Lesson 25 and Listening Worksheet 5 from Speaking Music: Musicianship & Aural Training Level Two 3rd Edition (SPKM2).
The following videos are to be used as AUDIO ONLY. All videos are set to start and end at the correct timings.
Play the main theme of Ravel’s Orchestral version of Promenade I.
– Describe the character or mood of this excerpt.
– The opening melody is played by a solo trumpet. Why do you think Ravel chose this instrument?
– How does the trumpet’s tone colour change the character compared with the piano version?
(LQ.20 pg. 140 of SPKM2)