Ravel

RAVEL : String Quartet in F major: 2 nd movement (Assez vif)
Listen to the first one minute and 48 seconds of this extract four times.

1.	What playing technique are the instrumentalists using at the beginning?
2.	Does this extract begin in a major or minor key?
3.	Name two other playing techniques commonly used by string players that can be heard in this extract.
4.	A lyrical melody is heard on the violin at 0:16; which instrument repeats it at 0:21?
5.	What rhythmic device can be heard in the cello part at 0:43?
6.	The whole first section of the extract is repeated from 0:50-1.40. Name as many as you can of the differences that can be heard in this repeat.

What is the name given to the style of music that Ravel wrote? What are the main characteristics of the style?


Jack Ravel
Harry Ravel