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violin, along with harmony & counterpoint. | violin, along with harmony & counterpoint. | ||
These were wonderful hours spent at the conservatory in the company | These were wonderful hours spent at the conservatory in the company | ||
of Prof. | of Prof. Weidig, who had all the qualities attributed | ||
to Germans by graduates in Louisa May Alcott | to Germans by graduates in Louisa May Alcott | ||
before the wars. Major and minor triads, overtones | before the wars. Major and minor triads, overtones | ||
voice leading and then came modulation | voice- leading and then came modulation | ||
and the | and the analysis of the "Well-Tempered Clavichord" | ||
"If you bring it to me with each chord correctly | "If you bring it to me with each chord correctly | ||
numbered, I can play it without reading the notes | numbered, I can play it without reading the notes | ||
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to be played." | to be played." | ||
One afternoon we were discussing | One afternoon we were discussing cadences. | ||
Cadences are used by the composer to prepare | Cadences are used by the composer to prepare | ||
the ear of the listener for the return to the original | the ear of the listener for the return to the original | ||
key - the conclusion. since the progression | key - the conclusion. since the progression | ||
Revision as of 14:35, 16 July 2021
good bit great deal about the character and the use of English, although I was still convinced that I knew nothing about life and therefore had nothing to write about.
Conveniently I had taken up again, and rather now seriously, my earlier study of the violin, along with harmony & counterpoint. These were wonderful hours spent at the conservatory in the company of Prof. Weidig, who had all the qualities attributed to Germans by graduates in Louisa May Alcott before the wars. Major and minor triads, overtones voice- leading and then came modulation and the analysis of the "Well-Tempered Clavichord" "If you bring it to me with each chord correctly numbered, I can play it without reading the notes at all. And that is the way much of it was written to be played."
One afternoon we were discussing cadences. Cadences are used by the composer to prepare the ear of the listener for the return to the original key - the conclusion. since the progression