Masterclass Notes and Accompaniment Tracks
Detailed analysis notes on works such as Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier and Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas. It explores the structure and design of each of these timeless masterpieces.
Analysis First Movement (Adagio) Form: Binary Form. Eb Major. PART I: Bars 1-4: Melody in E flat major (tonic). There is a perfect cadence in the tonic, Bars 3-4. Bars 4-8: A passage…
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Analysis First Movement (Allegro) Form: Sonata Form. Bb Major. EXPOSITION: Bars 1-12: First Subject in Tonic. The first subject is an eight-bar sentence ending on a perfect cadence, after which it is…
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Analysis First Movement (Allegro) Form: Sonata Form. G Major. EXPOSITION: Bars 1-16: First Subject in Tonic. The first subject is a theme of ten bars (4 + 6), extended to sixteen by…
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Analysis First Movement (Allegro) Form: Sonata Form. D Major. EXPOSITION: Bars 1-9: First Subject in Tonic. It should be noted that the first phrase is written in unison, and that the second…
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Analysis First Movement (Allegro Maestoso) Form: Sonata Form. A Minor. EXPOSITION: Bars 1-9: First Subject in Tonic. The first subject is an eight-bar sentence prolonged to nine by a sequential repetition of…
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Analysis First Movement (Allegro Con Spirito) Form: Sonata Form. D Major. EXPOSITION: Bars 1-7: First Subject in Tonic. The first subject is only seven bars in length. It is an eight bar…
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Analysis First Movement (Allegro Moderato) Form: Sonata Form. C Major. EXPOSITION: Bars 1-16: First Subject in Tonic. The first subject is a sentence of twelve bars prolonged by cadential extensions to Bar…
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Analysis First Movement (Andante Grazioso) Form: Air with Variations. A Major. The construction of this sonata is unusual because it contains no movement whatever in sonata form, and because of…
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Analysis First Movement (Allegro) Form: Sonata Form. F Major. EXPOSITION: Bars 1-22: First Subject in Tonic. The first subject consists of two complete sentence in the tonic key. The first sentence, containing…
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Analysis First Movement (Allegro) Form: Sonata Form. Bb Major. EXPOSITION: Bars 1-10: First Subject in Tonic. The first subject is an eight-bar sentence prolonged to ten bars by repetition of the third…
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