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Flashcards in Chopin Deck (6)
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1
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Context

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19th century
Romanticism
Prelude No. 15 in Db major

2
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Melody

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Cantabile melody lines
Elegant melody
Falling motifs
Periodic phrases
Melody starts in left hand then moves to right hand
Rubato
Ornaments
3
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Dynamics

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pp - ff
Lots of crescendos and diminuendos
Starts softly
A section quiet throughout
B section is louder
Ends very quietly
4
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Texture

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Homophonic
Left hand repeats dominant pedal which is Ab
Then right hand plays inverted dominant pedal - G#
Monophonic in codetta

5
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Structure

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Ternary form
ABA structure
Coda at end

6
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Tonality and Harmony

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Section A in Db
Section B in C# minor
Enharmonic relationship
Diatonic 
Some chromatic notes
Pedal note Ab and G#