Mass Transit - V. Interchange Station
Sam WuPiece Duration: 2:10
About this Piece
(Movement V. is 10:21-12:38)
This piece evokes the shared experience of commuting on public transportation. Each movement takes us along a journey where we experience different moments or stops along our route.
Text Painting: In this final movement of the piece, we hear fast rhythmic motion that both imitates the fast pace of city life, and the motoring energy of a commuter train! Listen to another piece in the database that imitates the sounds of a running motor, here!
Movements Featured:
I. Network Architecture
V. Interchange Station
Notable Passages
Description:
Each instrument repeats a short rhythmic idea, that starts and stops. When all of the parts combine, the result is a steady, uninterrupted flow of sixteenth notes!
Keywords: Rhythmic Duration , Rhythmic Pattern , Rhythmic Pattern - Composition Technique
Description:
LIsten to the two-part texture! The piano plays arpeggiated sixteenth notes, while the strings interrupt with two accented chords.
If the piano represents the steady motor engine of the train, what do you think the strings represent? (horn blasts, passing landmarks, other passing vehicles, something else?)
Keywords: Accent , Arpeggio - Composition Technique , Arpeggio - Harmonic , Rhythmic Duration , Text Painting - Expressive Elements , Texture - Misc.
Description:
Wow! The busy sixteenth note patterns in the low range sound like the running engine of a train!
Keywords: Rhythmic Duration
Description:
The texture starts to build! The piano and cello maintain the running engine, while the upper strings play repeated pitches that diminish in duration.
For example, the second violin starts with a 3-beat note, followed by a series of 1-beat notes, then a quarter-note triplet, then eighth notes.
This creates a frantic, energetic texture full of acceleration!
Keywords: Range - Composition Technique , Range - Expressive Elements , Range - Texture , Rhythmic Duration , Texture - Misc.