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Chopin 'Prelude No.15 in Db' (TONALITY & HARMONY (Db major,…
Chopin
'Prelude No.15 in Db'
STRUCTURE
Ternary Form
(ABA)
A
- a
lyrical
melody
accompanied
by
quavers
in the
bass
B
- now the
melody
is in the
bass
w/
quavers
heard
above
A
-
repeats
the
opening melody
but
shorter
& ends in a
brief coda
A + B
are
enharmonic
RHYTHM, METRE & TEMPO
In
C = 4/4
septuplet
- seven notes played in one beat (bars 4 + 23)
dectuplet
- ten notes played in one beat (bar 79)
rubato
(expressive effect)
melody begins w/ a
dotted rhythm
MELODY
begins
w/ a
lyrical melody
in the
RH
acciaccatura
(bar 4)
turn
(bar 11)
dotted rhythms
&
chromaticism
feature
made up of
4
or
8
bar phrases
TONALITY & HARMONY
Db major
mainly
diatonic
w/
occasional chromaticism
modulates
between the
tonic major Db
& the
enharmonic minor C#
A + B
end w/
imperfect cadences
prelude
ends w/ a
perfect cadence
repeated dominant pedal
played throughout
(
Ab's
in
A
) (
G#'s
in
B
)
TEXTURE
homophonic
A
-
RH melody
/
LH broken chords
B
-
LH melody
/
RH dominant pedal
pedal is
inverted
&
doubles in octaves
more
chordal
than A
A
- returns to the
opening melody
w/ a
short monophonic passage
in the
coda
DYNAMICS
lots
of
crescendos
&
diminuendos**
wide range
of dynamics
(pp to ff w/ no sudden contrasts)
B
is
louder
than
A
(climaxes to ff twice)
USE OF THE PIANO
mostly the
lower
&
middle ranges
used
piano has
wide dynamic range
w/
crescendos
&
diminuendos
legato
(singing tone)
the
sustaining pedal
is used for
resonance