I picked up prelude 17 where I left it off yesterday, which is to say, in the middle of a modulatory section.
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| Excerpt from prelude 17 |
I have a feeling we're not in Ab major anymore... In fact we're modulating to E major which will eventually lead back to Ab major for a restatement of the main theme. At this point I gave up worrying about the key signature because it was almost always rendered obsolete. However, look at this passage. The piece is slowly chromatically progressing downward made evident by the progression of the bass note. Not only did I have to worry about all the accidentals, but the changes between bass and treble, as well as what ledger lines I was looking at. All in all, besides the accidentals, the piece was a nice read.
Prelude 18 is very interesting and in some ways related to prelude 14. The musicality of the piece comes from the contrast of 16th note phrases and homophonic (chordal - consisting of more than one note) interjection. The similarities between 18 and 14 occur in that the 16th note phrases are often played in both hands in parallel octaves. I only made it measure 8 today, I'll write more tomorrow.
Total time spent sight reading: 20 minutes
Total time spent writing: 20 minutes
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