Ballade No. 3 in A♭ major, Op. 47
This guide follows Chopin’s Ballade No. 3 in A♭ major, Op. 47 (1841) in one part.
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0:02–6:58
A gentle leads to the in A-flat major, first song-like and then dance-like. In section B a of repeated notes enters, marked mezza voce (half voice), and it swells into a furious chordal section in F minor. A new of light, running sixteenth notes follows. The repeated-note idea and is then developed, moving through C-sharp minor to a . The comes back in octaves, and a ends on four chords.
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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