Due to changing needs and technologies, the SMT Executive Board has decided to retire SMT Discuss (effective Nov. 9, 2021). Posts will be preserved for archival purposes, but new posts and replies are no longer permitted.
Dear Tim, here are a few more that I've used in classes:
Schubert, "Der stürmische Morgen" from Winterreise. The second phrase, which begins at the upbeat to m. 10, is in the key of VI.
Haydn, SQ Op. 74 #3, mvmt ii, mm. 23–30. The interior theme beg…
Schubert's "Gretchen am Spinnrade" is an obvious example.
You might also listen to the chorus of "Watching the Wheels" (1980) by John Lennon. Beginning at 1:34 (where Lennon sings, "I really love to watch them roll"), one of the keyboards plays repe…
Thank you, one and all, for the helpful information. Scott, in Beethoven's violin concerto, iii, the violin moves from E-natural to E-flat before the orchestra moves to A-flat major; thus the o7 first becomes a V6/5 of A-flat before resolving. Sorry…
Hello all,
A$AP Rocky's "Pain" (produced by Soufien3000) begins by alternating between Dm9/7 and Bm9/7 several times, before ending with Dm9/7–Am9/7.
Tyler, the Creator's "Goblin" uses an E5–C#dim–F5–C#min progression. It's not quite the same as ch…