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Listener's Guide to Ravel's Bolero

This document is a listener's guide for Maurice Ravel's Bolero that outlines the instrumentation and melodies featured at different timestamps throughout the piece. It shows that the work continuously features melody A throughout and builds additional instruments playing melody A or melody B as it progresses. By the 15 minute mark, it has modulated and massive brass and percussion bring it to a climactic ending back in the key of C. The guide provides a helpful overview of Bolero's layered structure and development over its duration.

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Listener's Guide to Ravel's Bolero

This document is a listener's guide for Maurice Ravel's Bolero that outlines the instrumentation and melodies featured at different timestamps throughout the piece. It shows that the work continuously features melody A throughout and builds additional instruments playing melody A or melody B as it progresses. By the 15 minute mark, it has modulated and massive brass and percussion bring it to a climactic ending back in the key of C. The guide provides a helpful overview of Bolero's layered structure and development over its duration.

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Jose Rizal University

BT/MAPEH Department
MUSIC 100

Name: ___Jan_Aldrei_D_Rey__________ Grade and Section: ___10-B____ Activity No. 1


Date Started: ___August_19 2020_____ Date Finished: ___August 20 2020_______

Note: kindly tune/watch on you tube ([Link] so that you can


answer this activity.

A listener’s guide to Maurice Ravel’s Bolero


Minutes Instrument/s Melody/Theme

0’00 ________Conductor______Valery Gergiev prepares This will continue


________Volero_______________ and play the baseline throughout

0’25 _____________flute___________________ Melody ____A_______

1’15 ___________clarinet________________ Melody _____A_______

2’05 __________Bason_________________ Melody _____B_______

2’52 ______Harp____________ fills the harmony Melody _____B_____

2’56 _____Petite clarinet____________________ Melody _____B_____

3’45 _____Hautbois_d’amour___________________ Melody _____A_____

4’35 _____flute_____________ and _____trompette____________ Melody _____A_____

5’25 ____Saxophone Tenor_________________ Melody _____B_____

6’ 15 _____Saxophone Soprano_________________ Melody _____B_____

7’04 ___celesta__________, ______horn____________ and Melody _____A_____


_____Piccolos___________

7’53 ______________________ and ___________________ Melody _____A_____

8’44 _____trombone____________________ Melody _____B_____

9’34 ___9bois___________, _________flute__________


Melody _____B_____
___saxophone________, __violin______________

10’24 _____violins1___________ and __Woodwind instrument_____ Melody _____A_____

11’12 ______violins 1 & 2___ and _Woodwind instrument_________ Melody ____A_______

_____violin__________, ___Woodwind Instrument___ Melody ____B_________

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12’02
_______Trumpets________ , _____flute____________

12’51
_____Cordes_____, ______Bois_____, ____Trumpets_____ Melody ____B________

____________________, _____________________________
13’41 Melody ____A________
________tutti______________, ________flute________________

_____violin____________, ____________drums_________
14’30 Melody ____B________
________tutti_____, ______Flute__________

_________Violin and trombone______________


15’14 Extension to Melody “B”
_____Modulation_________________
15’35 Back to C (for ending) Massive Brass/Percussion

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