Waltz in A minor, posthumous, B. 150 / KK IVb/11
This guide follows Chopin’s Waltz in A minor, posthumous, B. 150 / KK IVb/11 (1849) in one part.
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0:08–2:01
An in A minor built on alternation. The sad main idea (A) opens the piece and twice (A′ and A″), while the livelier idea (B) with its quick rising arpeggio comes before each . Listen for the on the main melody, for the brief turn to the major mode (A major) in the central stretch, and for the last of the opening , followed by a short that settles back into A minor.
- A
- B
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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