String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108
This guide follows Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108 (1960) in three parts: Allegretto (sonata form), Lento and Allegro – Allegretto (sonata form).
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Follow all 18 sections as they play
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- II
- III –
The first is a light, tripping line for the first violin that falls into a three-note figure, answered by three short notes in the cello, like two voices in conversation. The , on the cello, turns towards E-flat minor over steady sixteenth notes in the inner voices. At the the comes back as sharp (plucked) notes. The restores the unsteady pulse of the opening and ends in the major.
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II3:37–7:02
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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