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  2. B major - Wikipedia

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    Although B major is usually considered a remote key (due to its distance from C major in the circle of fifths and fairly large number of sharps), Frédéric Chopin regarded its scale as the easiest of all to play on the piano, as its black notes fit the natural positions of the fingers well; as a consequence he often assigned it first to beginning piano students, leaving the scale of C major ...

  3. Chord progression - Wikipedia

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    In a musical composition, a chord progression or harmonic progression (informally chord changes, used as a plural) is a succession of chords. Chord progressions are the foundation of harmony in Western musical tradition from the common practice era of Classical music to the 21st century. Chord progressions are the foundation of popular music ...

  4. Chord notation - Wikipedia

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    These indicate a chord formed by the notes C–E–G ♯ –B ♭. The three parts of the symbol (C, aug, and 7) refer to the root C, the augmented (fifth) interval from C to G ♯, and the (minor) seventh interval from C to B ♭ . Although they are used occasionally in classical music, typically in an educational setting for harmonic analysis ...

  5. Chromatic mediant - Wikipedia

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    A chromatic mediant relationship defined conservatively is a relationship between two sections and/or chords whose roots are related by a major third or minor third, and contain one common tone (thereby sharing the same quality, i.e. major or minor ). For example, in the key of C major the diatonic mediant and submediant are E minor and A minor ...

  6. Nocturnes, Op. 62 (Chopin) - Wikipedia

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    Then, the B section of this ternary formed (A–B–A) piece begins. The middle section, in the distant key of A ♭ major, is marked sostenuto and legatissimo. Though it begins softly, it can also be described as inhibited, showing unease, triggered by the play of syncopation of the left-hand chords. Chopin ends this section with harmonic ...

  7. B-flat major - Wikipedia

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    Scale degree chords. Tonic - B-flat major; Supertonic - C minor; Mediant - D minor; Subdominant - E-flat major; Dominant - F major; Submediant - G minor; Leading-tone - A diminished; History. Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 98 is often credited as the first symphony written in that key, including trumpet and timpani parts.

  8. Piano Sonata No. 11 (Beethoven) - Wikipedia

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    The first "A" theme starts in the tonic key, and the "B" theme transitions into the dominant key with big grand arpeggios in the right hand using a good portion of the keyboard. After the arpeggios, both hands play around with the "A" theme's melody before arriving back to the tonic key at the second "A" theme (with very little deviation from ...

  9. Piano Sonata in B major, D 575 (Schubert) - Wikipedia

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    Piano Sonata in B major, D 575 (Schubert) The Piano Sonata in B major D 575 by Franz Schubert is a sonata for solo piano, posthumously published as Op. 147 and given a dedication to Sigismond Thalberg by its publishers. Schubert composed the sonata in August 1817 .