Webercise for Analysis of a Bach Chorale- ChristLag in Todesbanded (Sinfonia)

Get the score for the Bach Chorale through imslp.org: http://javanese.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/2/2e/IMSLP00723-BWV0004.pdf Use YouTube to look up different recordings of the piece so you can listen to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hZz4I1LMSY&list=PL26D89183E8D5ABDE&fe ature=share http://youtu.be/rWmoS_EjYqM Question 1: How many sharps or flats are in the key signature?

Question 2: What are the instruments used in the piece?

Question 3: What is the fastest note? What is the slowest note?

Question 4: What is the highest note and the lowest note?

Question 5: What is a Sinfonia?

Use musictheory.net to help you analyze the chords within the piece: http://www.musictheory.net/calculators/chord

Use a virtual piano to help hear the notes in the piece: http://www.virtualpiano.net Question 6: What kind of chord is at the end of the Sinfonia?

Question 7: What kind of chord is in measure one beat two of the piece?

Question 8: What kind of chord is in measure seven beat four?

Question 9: Is the scale that starts on beat four of measure eight and ends on beat three of measure ten played in the basso continuo a major scale? Why or why not?

Question 10: After analyzing the Sinfonia, what key is it in?