Nocturne in B major, Op. 32 No. 1
This guide follows Chopin’s Nocturne in B major, Op. 32 No. 1 (1837) in one part.
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Follow all 5 sections as they play
0:01–4:32
A calm, songlike melody (A) opens the piece in B major and is then repeated, with small changes. A (B) enters and later , lightly varied. The breaks the calm with a , a speech-like passage over dark, repeated bass notes, and the music ends in B minor, the minor version of the home . Editions and pianists differ on the very last chord.
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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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