Q. I'm doing an analysis of the development of the first movement of Beethoven's "Pathetique" piano sonata in Cm, Op. 13, and in bar 148 I found a G diminished chord between a D dominant seven and a C dominant seven. I don't know why it's there.
A. You're going to come unstuck if you try to persist in explaining chords in isolation the way you do, rather than functionally within a tonal region which, at bar 137, has been established as e-minor. If, from there, you proceed to argue the functional progression between bar 137 and 143, and then from bar 143 to 149, what you identify as happening functionally in bar 142 has a strict analogy in the bar 148 you ask about, be that in preparation for different (implied) key regions in each instance. (You're dealing with harmonic sequencing here.)
Crack what is happening in bar 142 and you will have the solution to bar 148, with the proviso that each instance is pointing to a different (passing) tonal centre on the way to settling on the (home key) dominant from bar 167 onwards to begin to prepare at length for the return of the 1st subject in recapitulation.
Al the best, and good luck!
Can somebody help me with this piano chord progression?
Q. Cm Ab Am Bb
Then I don't know where to go any suggestions?
A. Fmin Gmaj Ebmaj Emaj
or
Cmaj Dmaj Amin F#maj
I don't know, i really made this up on the spot, lol.
Hope I could be a bit of use.
How do I transpose from one key to another?
Q. Okay so I play Euphonium which is in the key of B flat (I play in treble) . I'm trying to transpose a piano piece that's in the key of B (five sharps), but nothing seems to be working. Please help!
A. Bb major to B major here is the chords from Bb to B
Bbmaj ------------- Bmaj
Cm -------------- C#m
Dm ---------------D#m
Ebmaj -----------------Emaj
F7 -----------------F#7
Gm ---------------G#m
Adim ---------------A#dim
Basically the chord remains the same, being a major minor dim or dom just move the pitch a semitone
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Title : Why is there a g diminished chord in bar 148 of the first movement of Beethoven's Pathetique?
Description : Q. I'm doing an analysis of the development of the first movement of Beethoven's "Pathetique" piano sonata in Cm, Op. 13,...