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CURVED ARPEGGIOS

    1.      EXAMPLES ET ANALYSIS

Roses d’hiver  ( Y. Feger )

-        Left hand accompaniment is played with a curved arpeggio and sustain chord roots.

-        Left hand theme is rhythmically independant with a dotted rhythm, in the high register.

-        Arpeggio uses dissonances such as 7^th and 9^th of the chord, on the 1^st beat ( 7^th, 9^th, 5th, 9^th ).

Etude N° 113  opus 261  ( Czerny )

-       Here, the theme is exposed on left hand in quarter notes, and accompaniment on the right hand  above in sixteenth notes arpeggios.

-     Let's notice than the strong beats always uses complementary notes between both hands.         So when leading tones or dissonances appear in the theme, they do not in the right hand accompaniment.

-     Unlike previous examples, arpeggios are here inversed,  ( descending then ascending ).

Romance sans paroles opus 102 N°4 in G minor ( F. Mendelssohn )

-        Left hand accompaniment arpeggio in continuous sixteenth notes, sometimes slightly touches the very simple right hand melody, but never clashes it.

-    The dominant 7ths in bars 1 and 2 ( 3^rd beat ) are only situated in the melody, and complete perfect major triads arpeggio.

-    On each 3rd beats, let's notice the intervals positions in 10^th,  between the first 2 notes arpeggio      (root and major 3rd).

-     Sometimes, melody and accompaniment have a common note  ( e.g. 2^nd bar / 2^nd beat / E natural ).

Ballad opus 118 in G minor ( J. Brahms )

-     In this B major example, left hand accompaniment is playing regular eight notes arpeggios.

-     F and Eb notes ( 4th an 8th note arpeggio ), allow A quick appearing of Eb major chord ( degree IV ) and F# dominant ( degree V ), in the key of B major.

-     The right hand theme uses an ostinato dotted rhythm ( dotted quarter note / eighth note ) doubled in 6th and  3rd intervals. This doubling reinforces melody, completes arpeggiated chords with 3rd and 5th.

            2.  Exercise

           Use continuous eighth notes in curved arpeggios , respecting indicated chords roots, above the

           stave.