Harmonic Progressions

HARMONIC PROGRESSIONS AND MODULATIONS

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When preceded by the cadences page, the organization here is similar to that at the beginning of the harmonic dictation page.

TONIC - DOMINANT - TONIC

Original Example 18: A Simple Accompaniment	I - V - I
Original Example 19: A Simple Tune	I - V - I
Beethoven: Fur Elise	i - V - i ; i - V - i
Schubert: Unfinished Symphony: I	3/4: I \| V \| V \| I \|\|
Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Swan Lake	I - V - I
Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 Op.13 "Pathetique"	i - V7 - i
Rossini: Overture to William Tell	I - - - - V , I (fade)

DOMINANT EXPANSION WITH THE CADENTIAL 6/4

Schubert: Introduction to "Erlkonig"	last 3 meas's: 4/4: ii6/5 (V6/5ofV)\| cad6/4 V7 \| i \|\|
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9	4/4: I \| V \| I \| cad6/4 V \|\|
Schubert: Ave Maria	I - cad6/4 - V - vi
Verdi: Aida: Introduction to "La Fatal Pietra"	on the beats, meas's. 2 & 3: 4/4: i6 iv6 cad6/4 V7 \| i - - - \|\|

THE DOMINANT PREPARATIONS ii and IV

Original Example 20: The Healing Harp	I - ii - V - I
J. Strauss: Blue Danube Waltz	ii - V - I
Schubert: Ave Maria	vi - ii6 - V - I
Bizet: Habanera from Carmen	2/4: I \| I \| I \| I \| ii \| ii \| ii \| V - - - \| I V I \|\| (first meas. incomplete)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1	I - ii - V - I - V
Grieg: Piano Concerto Kjell Baekkelund, piano	i - iv6 - V6
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453, III	4/4: I \| V I \| ii6 V7 \| I \|\|
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2, K. 314, II	3/4: I \| IV \| Cad.6/4 V7 \| I (with appogiatura) \|\|
Bach: Prelude 1 from Well Tempered Clavier Edwin Fischer, piano	I ii4/2 V6 I

CIRCLE OF FIFTHS PROGRESSIONS

Original Example 16: Curiouser	I - vi - ii - V - I
Original Example 17: Chopin's Straightjacket	I - vi - ii - V - I
Vivaldi: Spring: I from The Four Seasons	vi ii V7 I (V) I

TONIC EXPANSIONS

Gruber: Silent Night	3/4: I (IV6/4) I \| I (I6/4) \|\|
Original Example 21: Slow Hard Blues	I - - - ; IV - I - ; (V7 ...)
Attr. to C. Pezold: Minuet 1 from The Notebook of A M Bach	I to I6 with bass passing tone
Handel: Andante from Water Music	i to i6 with bass passing tone
Bach: Chorale Harmonization	i - vii^o6 - i6
Bach Family: Chorale from The Notebook of A M Bach	I - vii^o6 - I6
Schumann: "The Wild Horseman"	i - iv6/4 - i
Hofstetter (formerly attr. to Haydn): String Quartet Op. 3 No. 5	I - IV6/4 - I
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"	I6's and Arpeggiated I6/4's
Handel: "Hallelujah" from Messiah	I - IV I, I - IV I, I IV I, I IV I, I V - I
Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight"	i - V6/5 - i
Schumann: The Happy Farmer	I IV I with Arpeggiated 6/4's
Bach Family: Minuet 2 from The Notebook of A M Bach	3/4: I - V \| I - - \| I - V \| I - - \| IV - - \| I6 - - \| . . .

OTHER DOMINANT EXPANSIONS AND EXPANSIONS OF ii and IV

Beethoven: Sympony No. 3: I	3/4: I \| I \| I \| I \| ii \| ii \| IV \| IV \| V \| V \|\|
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4: III Leon Fleisher, piano	2/4: IV - \| IV - \| IV - \| IV - \| ii - \| V - \| V - \| I - \| ii V \| I - :\|\|
Vivaldi: Summer, II from The Four Seasons	i - - - \| vii^o6 - V - \| i - - - -\|\|

TO III IN MINOR

Beethoven: Fur Elise	i V i, i V i, III V7/III i V
Mozart: Rondo Alla Turk	i - - - v - - - III V/III, III V/III , i v...
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2	i iv7 i, III V/III III V i

MODULATIONS

Handel: Hornpipe from Water Music	to V
Schumann: Chorale from Album for the Young Diane Hidy, piano	to V
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: III	to V
Clementi: Sonatina Op. 36, No. 1: I	to V
Offenbach: from Orpheus in Hades	to IV
Vivaldi: Spring: I from The Four Seasons	to relative minor
Handel: Adagio from Water Music	to relative major
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1	to relative major
Haydn: Symphony No. 94 "Surprise": II	to parallel minor
Bizet: "Habanera" from Carmen	to parallel major