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Waltz in F major, Op. 34 No. 3

18382 min

This guide follows Chopin’s Waltz in F major, Op. 34 No. 3 (1838) in one part.

Recording: Seong-Jin Cho (piano) (2015)

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0:02–2:13

The 16- gives eight on the chord, then eight of a rising figure. The main part (A) runs through the three themes: busy running eighths, a more tuneful tune in B-flat major, and a third built on a falling leap of a seventh, staccato notes and trills. The comes back (A′), and the finishes with of the third .

  1. A

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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