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UPWARD ARPEGGIOS
1. EXAMPLES AND ANALYSIS
Scherzo
in C major (Alberti)
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The left hand accompaniment plays a 3 eighth notes "legato" played in arpeggio for 1 beat of this measure.
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The chosen notes are the perfect C major chord (bars 1 & 2), in other words : the root (C), the major 3rd (E) and perfect 5th (G).
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Bars 3 & 4 show a dominant 7th chord (G - B - D - F), on 1st inversion (B - D - F - G), without the right hand "D" (B - F - G).
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The C and G notes in the right hand clefs (bars 2 & 4) cross with the left hand in order to give the real roots of the chord.
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Both hands are rhythmically complementary (1 quarter note against 3 eighth notes), but they sometimes use the same rhythm (bars 2 & 4).
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The left hand accompaniment is situated in a treble clef, very close to the melody. This allows homogeneity and lightness in the high-medium register.
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