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Complete Summary - Flow My Tears - John Dowland
Complete Summary - Flow My Tears - John Dowland
Complete Summary - Flow My Tears - John Dowland
Flow
My
Tears
Composer:
John
Dowland:
Melody
Point
Mostly
syllabic
Paired
semiquaver
melismas
Falling
4th
figure
Much
of
the
melodic
material
is
based
on
the
falling
scalic
(4th)
figure
Vocal
range
of
a
minor
9th
Exceptions
of
the
falling
scalic
(4th)
melodic
figure
=
rising
3rd
melodic
figure
Exceptions
of
syllabic
writing
are
cadenctial
ornamentation
Happie
highest
note
is
on
the
1st
syllable,
falling
a
4th
in
a
descending
sequence
Harmony
Point
Tierce
de
picardie
False
relations
Phrygian
Cadences
(IVb-V)
Descending
4th
melody
line
provides
contours
for
bass
line
4-3
and
7-6
suspensions
Section
C
begins
with
2-bar
dominant
pedal
Using
chords
with
root
position
+
1st
inversion
Tonality
Point
Starts
in
A
minor
Section
B
is
in
C
major
Returns
to
A
minor
Modal,
Aeolian
in
A
Bar
number
1
+
15
1
1
12-14
7-23
Bar
number
Ending
bar
5
Last
bar
1
and
2
Bar
7
and
2
Section
C
21
Bar
number
Rhythm
Point
In
4/4
but
bar
19
is
in
3/2
No
two
bars
of
solo
have
the
same
rhythm
except
22,
23-24
Tied,
dotted
notes,
rests
and
syncopation
creates
supple
line
to
accommodate
stresses
Longer
notes
used
to
throw
weight
onto
words
of
stronger
meaning
e.g.
flow
and
fall
at
beginning,
live
(bar
7),
dark
(bar
18),
Happie
(20-21)
Most
verses
are
made
up
of
longer
note
lengths
Shorter
values
appear
in
lute
figurations
and
at
cadences
in
vocal
part
Bass
line
of
lute
moves
in
rhythmic
counterpoint
to
the
voice
Texture
Point
Homophonic
but
with
contrapuntal
parts
Lute
sometimes
plays
4
part
chords
making
5
with
the
voice
(bar1)
Sometimes
the
6
notes
appear
at
once
(bar
16)
2
part
writing
contrast
Little
imitation
except
bars
12-15
and
19-20
Tenor
part
moves
in
sixths
with
solo
line
To
Contracts
with
the
treble
and
bass
parts
of
lute
Structure
&
Tonality
Point
Tripartite
verses
1
+
2
same
music
3
+4
sharing
the
second
strain
5
set
differently
again
Pavan
AABBCC
slow
dance
in
duple
time
Irregular
internal
phrase
structure
Bar
number
19
22,
23-24
Live
(bar
7)
Dark
(bar
18)
Happie
(20-21)
Bar
number
Bar
1
Bar
16
Bar
4
12-15
19-20
13
Bar
number
19
14
1-8
9-16
17-24
8
6
+
16
24
Bar number