'Raindrop Prelude No.15' - Chopin
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- Raindrop Prelude No.15 Chopin
- Melody
- Falling phrases to represent rain
- Section A - Falling motif to represent sadness. Melody in the right hand.
- Equally balanced 4 bar phrases
- Section B - Dark and stormy melody. Melody is in left hand.
- Harmony
- Notes added to triad
- Enharmonic modulation
- 7th and 9th chords are used
- D flat Major
- Dominant pedal note
- Perfect cadence
- Texture
- Melody dominated homophony
- Monophonic bar in second A section
- Melody with accompan-iment
- Musical Features
- Expressive use of pedals
- Crushing notes used for melodic decoration
- Sustain pedals were used
- Rhythm
- Repeated quavers
- Sustained tempo
- 4 beats in a bar that always stay the same
- Dotted rhythms in the A section
- Crotchet rhythms in the B section
- Septuplets
- Rubarto
- Tempo
- Time signature is 4/4
- Rubarto
- Dynamics
- B section has a crescendo, but ends in pp
- A section is generally quiet
- Extreme dynamics
- Structure
- Tenary form - A, B, A, Coda
- Instrumentation
- Solo Piano
- Melody
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