Six Piano Pieces (Klavierstücke), No. 3: Ballade, Op. 118 No. 3
This guide follows Brahms’s Six Piano Pieces (Klavierstücke), No. 3: Ballade, Op. 118 No. 3 (1893) in one part.
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Follow all 10 sections as they play
: 0:00–3:08
: the G minor opening is built from heavy staccato chords, in three parts. A leads to the B major section, a soft melody in thirds and sixths played ; partway through it the opening flashes by in D-sharp minor. Then the G minor comes, and the piece ends with the first of the B major melody, now in G.
- First part
- Second part
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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