Some questions for your consideration: 1] What are the clefs and key signature of this short excerpt for piano? 2] How are the various chromatic elements explained? 3] What is striking about the upper melody with regard to intervallic inversion and motivic organization? 4] In which 'layer' of the upper melody does the primary structural line appear? 5] Who is the composer?
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Staff Notation: Clefs and Key Signatures
Labels:
chromaticism,
harmonic function,
key signatures,
music theory,
tonality
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