Second Movement: Tonality Flashcards
What key does the piece begin in?
G major (the subdominant).
What key does the middle section begin in?
G minor, the parallel minor.
What key does the final section begin in?
G major, again.
Analyse the tonality of the opening eight bars.
Haydn uses antecedent and consequent phrasing, where the bar 4 ends on the dominant (D major), and the 7 bar utilises a cadential 6 / 4 to reinforce the new key of D major (the dominant).
What characterises the ‘B’ section of the opening section, tonally?
The section in question, bars 9-16, are subjected to rapid harmonic change, where through the use of circle of fifths, it modulates from D major, back to the tonic of G.
What tonal technique does Haydn deploy during the codetta of the opening section?
A tonic pedal is established in the bass (Vlc. e Cb.), and Haydn changes the mode of the piece to the parallel minor (G minor).
What happens in bar 46?
There is a II V I chord progression into Eb major, in bar 46.
What key does the second half of the middle section begin in?
Bb major, in bar 57.
What is the purpose of the tonal technique deployed in bar 61?
In bar 61, Haydn uses a chain of suspensions to create tension and release; the dissonance is resolved in the next bar.
What is the purpose of the tonal technique deployed in bars 103-113?
In bars 103-113, Haydn harmonically and tonally disorientates the listener with a rising chromatic baseline, which eventually reaches the Db (the tritone).
What happens from bar 114?
In bar 114, there is an enharmonic shift from flats to sharps, and a descending chromatic baseline which creates dissonance and tension.
How does Haydn transition back to the tonic for the return of the ‘A’ section in the final section?
From using the tritone (Db) in bars 109-113, he uses a descending chromatic to reach F# major, which transitions to its parallel minor, the leading note of the tonic key. The piece then uses a dominant seventh (D major) to perfect cadence back into the tonic key of G major.
