Holborne - Pavane and Galliard

Structure
1. Through composed ABC - tri-partite
2. Each section is repeated
3. Each strain concludes with a perfect cadence
Rhythm and Meter
1. Pavan - duple
2. Galliard - triple
3. Rhythmic patterns rarely repeated
4. Rhythms of the two movements are considerably different
Melody
1. Melodic interest is shared between instruments
2. Conjunct - particularly in first viol - only three cases of disjunct intervals
3. No interval wider than a perfect 5th
Instrumentation
1. Consort music - written for 5 instruments
2. Can be played on any 5 instruments
3. For amateur musicians
4. Viols - two trebles, one tenor and two basses
Texture
1. Five part polyphonic
2. Imitation between parts
3. The five instruments keep their own tier within texture
Harmony
1. Harmony is created by polyphonic movement
2. Only at cadence points there is a sense of harmonic structure
3. The music is linear opposed to vertical - harmony is less important than melody
Tonality
1. The key of the music changes regularly
2. Diatonic D in the pavane
3. A minor/major in the galliard
4. Composed towards the end of the renaissance when the modal system was being replaced by scales

Resource summary

	Created by Alec Hewstone over 11 years ago