Form
Dec 27, 2015
Beethoven – compare harmonic structure of first four measures with measures 7-10, when opening melody repeats. Even though the first three notes of the melody are the same, the harmony is quite different. Teaching items in this section: Augmented 6 th chord, suspensions, secondary dominants, diminished seventh chordsKabalevsky Waltz – This piece moves through a harmonic progression that our ears do not expect to hear. The music begins sounding aeolian, the first section ends sounding like it is in a minor, and the piece ends with an authentic cadence in d minor.Czerrny Etude – See comments on music. Karen liked this one. You may find other good theory elements.Shostakovich Waltz – This is modal (listed in Clarice Lincoln’s article) – aeolian mode both on a and on g.