What is the performance form? Take into account the repeats and the DC al Fine. Write out the performance order with capital letters representing the section, as in these incorrect examples ABA, AABA, ABBA.
Key Signature
What major and minor keys use one sharp in the key signature?
How do you know what key is the piece in?
Harmonic Analysis
Every measure represents one chord. Mentally reduce all the notes in the measure into a triad form. Then name the chord by roman numeral and inversion symbol. Exception: measure 2 of line 7 and measure 2 of line 8 use two chords in the measure.
Use roman numerals for chord symbols. Use <blank>, 6, and 64 to indicate inversions.
On worksheet 15-2b ignore circled notes and add parenthetical notes to make your analysis.
How many different chords are used in each section (ignore inversions)?
What chord does each section end with?
What is the penultimate chord (the chord before the last chord) of each section?
What is keys are used used in the piece?
Melody and Accompaniment
As you listen to the piece you should be able to pick out three separate musical threads going on simultaneously. A soprano melody, an alto accompaniment melody, and a bass melody. The accompaniment in lines 1-4 is the repeated note "b". The soprano and bass melodies are "hidden" in the notation. If you mentally erase the accompaniment b’s, the soprano melody is everything left over higher than the b’s, and the bass melody is everything left over lower than the b’s.
The soprano melody of measures 1-8 consists of three notes, what are they?
Why do some measures have notes with stems going up and other notes with stems going down?
Why are some stems up and some stems down joined to a single note head?