Badinerie

• Motif X

  • Descending B Minor Arpeggio
  • Quaver + Semiquaver Rhythm
  • Played by flute
  • Conjunct Movement
• Motif Y

  • Ascending
  • Semiquaver Rhythm
  • Ends in the perfect cadence
  • Conjunct Movement
• Motif X mod.

  • Modulates to A Major
  • Then to the Dominant Minor (F# Minor)
• Motif Y mod.

  • Returns to B Minor
  • Then modulates back to dominant minor (F# Minor)
  • Ends in a perfect cadence
• Instrumentation

  • Flute plays main melody
  • Basso Continuo
• Tempo


  Allegro
• Dynamics

  • Forte
  • Some Terraced Dynamics
• Form and Structure


  Binary Form
• Tonality


  A

  • Starts in B Minor
  • Ends in F# Minor

  B

  • Starts in F# Minor
  • Ends in B Minor
• Harmony

  • Diatonic Harmony
  • Neapolitan Sixth Chord - Bar 35
  • Suspensions - Bars 8, 10, 32