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HARMONIC PROGRESSIONS AND MODULATIONS


When preceded by the cadences page, the organization here is similar to that at the beginning of the harmonic dictation page.


TONIC - DOMINANT - TONIC

Original Example 18: A Simple Accompaniment I - V - I
Original Example 19: A Simple Tune I - V - I
Beethoven: Fur Elise i - V - i ; i - V - i
Schubert: Unfinished Symphony: I 3/4: I  | V  | V  | I   ||
Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Swan Lake I - V - I
Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 Op.13 "Pathetique" i - V7 - i
Rossini: Overture to William Tell I - - - - V , I (fade)
DOMINANT EXPANSION WITH THE CADENTIAL 6/4

Schubert: Introduction to "Erlkonig" last 3 meas's:
4/4:  ii6/5    (V6/5ofV) | cad6/4  V7 | i   ||
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 4/4:  I   | V   | I   | cad6/4   V ||
Schubert: Ave Maria I - cad6/4 - V - vi
Verdi: Aida: Introduction to "La Fatal Pietra" on the beats, meas's. 2 & 3:
4/4:  i6  iv6  cad6/4  V7  | i - - - ||
THE DOMINANT PREPARATIONS ii and IV

Original Example 20: The Healing Harp I - ii - V - I
J. Strauss: Blue Danube Waltz ii - V - I
Schubert: Ave Maria vi - ii6 - V - I
Bizet: Habanera from Carmen 2/4:  I | I  | I  | I  | ii  | ii  | ii  | V - - - | I   V I ||
     (first meas. incomplete)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 I - ii - V - I - V
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Kjell Baekkelund, piano
i - iv6 - V6
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453, III 4/4:  I   | V   I  | ii6   V7  | I    ||
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2, K. 314, II 3/4:  I   | IV   | Cad.6/4     V7 | I (with appogiatura)    ||
Bach: Prelude 1 from Well Tempered Clavier
Edwin Fischer, piano
I   ii4/2   V6   I
CIRCLE OF FIFTHS PROGRESSIONS

Original Example 16: Curiouser I - vi - ii - V - I
Original Example 17: Chopin's Straightjacket I - vi - ii - V - I
Vivaldi: Spring: I from The Four Seasons vi   ii   V7   I   (V) I
TONIC EXPANSIONS

Gruber: Silent Night 3/4: I (IV6/4) I | I (I6/4) ||
Original Example 21: Slow Hard Blues I - - - ; IV - I - ; (V7 ...)
Attr. to C. Pezold: Minuet 1 from The Notebook of A M Bach I to I6 with bass passing tone
Handel: Andante from Water Music i to i6 with bass passing tone
Bach: Chorale Harmonization i - viio6 - i6
Bach Family: Chorale from The Notebook of A M Bach I - viio6 - I6
Schumann: "The Wild Horseman" i - iv6/4 - i
Hofstetter (formerly attr. to Haydn): String Quartet Op. 3 No. 5 I - IV6/4 - I
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica" I6's and Arpeggiated I6/4's
Handel: "Hallelujah" from Messiah I - IV I,   I - IV I,   I  IV  I,   I  IV  I,   I  V - I
Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight" i - V6/5 - i
Schumann: The Happy Farmer I IV I with Arpeggiated 6/4's
Bach Family: Minuet 2 from The Notebook of A M Bach 3/4: I - V | I - - | I - V | I - - | IV - - | I6 - - | . . .
OTHER DOMINANT EXPANSIONS AND EXPANSIONS OF ii and IV

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3: I 3/4:   I  | I  | I  | I  | ii  | ii  | IV  | IV  | V  | V   ||
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4: III
Leon Fleisher, piano
2/4:  IV - | IV - | IV - | IV - | ii - | V - | V - | I - | ii V | I - :||
Vivaldi: Summer, II from The Four Seasons i - - - | viio6 - V - | i - - - -||
TO III IN MINOR

Beethoven: Fur Elise i V i,  i V i,   III  V7/III   i   V
Mozart: Rondo Alla Turk i - - - v - - -   III  V/III,   III  V/III , i  v...
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 i  iv7  i,   III  V/III   III  V i
MODULATIONS

Handel: Hornpipe from Water Music to V
Schumann: Chorale from Album for the Young
Diane Hidy, piano
to V
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: III to V
Clementi: Sonatina Op. 36, No. 1: I to V
Offenbach: from Orpheus in Hades to IV
Vivaldi: Spring: I from The Four Seasons to relative minor
Handel: Adagio from Water Music to relative major
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 to relative major
Haydn: Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": II to parallel minor
Bizet: "Habanera" from Carmen to parallel major