Chapter 46 - Listening Guide Quiz 38: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Trepak

Listen to the following music excerpts from Trepak and drag them to the correct location on the timeline below.

red blue purple

Which best describes the texture of Trepak?

single melody line with accompaniment (homophony)

Which best describes the form of Trepak?

A-B-A

Which best describes the texture of this excerpt?

HOMOPHONIC

Which section is this? 0:23

It sounds like the A section

Which percussion instrument is most prominently featured in this piece (particularly beginning around thirteen seconds into the excerpt)?

tambourine

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the clip that they best describe. These excerpts are from both Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Trepak.

Correct label: pizzicato strings Excerpt B0:14 Correct label: full orchestra + tambourine Excerpt D0:15 Correct label: woodwinds and strings in dialogue, with celesta

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the clip that they best describe. These excerpts are from both Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Trepak.

Correct label: woodwinds and strings in dialogue, with celesta Excerpt A0:08 Correct label: pizzicato strings Excerpt B0:14 Correct label: full orchestra + tambourine

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the clip that they best describe. These excerpts are from both Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Trepak.

Correct label: woodwinds and strings in dialogue, with celesta Excerpt B0:14 Correct label: full orchestra + tambourine Excerpt A0:08 Correct label: pizzicato strings

Match the descriptive words or phrases with the different elements of music as found in Tchaikovsky's Trepak from The Nutcracker.

form Correct label: three-part texture Correct label: homophonic

Which section is this? 0:21

its the B section