3 note motif
DESCRIPTION
Interval of 6th. Descending step movement. Sequence of opening tune one step lower. 3 note motif. Bars 1 – 20 1 st Subject. Crotchet pattern outlining chord V. Woodwind in octaves. chord I. chord V. chord I. Repeated woodwind chords. Altered 1 st subject theme from here. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
3 note motif
Interval
of 6thDescending step movement Sequence of opening
tune one step lower
Bars 1 – 20 1st Subject
Sustained woodwind chords Forte
Horns enter for the 1st time
No sharps
modulating
Relative major Bb major
Perfect cadence
Violins play triads one bar descending sequence
2nd Subject (44 – 72) Perfect cadence
V - I
Pathetique mood
Chromatic melody
Bb Major
Sighing mood
Thinner instrumentation
Crescendo – getting loudertrill
Chromatic bass
Chromatic ascending quaversUnison strings
Ic V7 IBb major
Descending quaver pattern
Canon lower strings
1st motif stretched = augmentation (upper strings)2nd part of 2nd subject
1st subject motif
Codetta 73 - 100
I V - I V - I V - IExposition repeated
Pivot chord(Link)
Dominant 7th G minor chord
G minor chord
Diminished 7th chord
octaves
motif
chromatic chords
F# minor
Tutti Forte section bars 191 - 227 Theme split upper and lower parts
New Quaver Counter melody bassoons main theme violins
Parts swap over bar 198
F minor
2nd subject now in tonic key 227 - 241
One bar rest adds to the drama of expectation
Theme shared between woodwind and strings
Texture and dynamics reduced
3 note motif of theme passed between clarinet bassoon and flute
Augmentation of 1st two notes in strings