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Old May 12 2008, 9:36 AM
healey.cj healey.cj is offline

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Yes, you are right albyth. Romantic really isn't a good term for what I'm talking about.

It isn't even particularly romantic.

It is that very early-Stravinsky harmony and melodic stuff.

Just gorgeous.

I think it is the way the melody interacts with the lush minor-harmony chords.
It seems to modulate every two bars nearly in the section I'm thinking of.

I just had a look at the chord progression:

For first 3 bars of the melody:
Gdim alternating in quavers with a Gminor (6/3) chord.

One bar of Bbm7
One bar of Dbdim7/E (natural) or something like that - alternating in quavers with Cminor
one bar Ebm7 alternating with Gminor
one bar Ab7 alt with Fminor
Abm7 alt with Cmin

etc.

Not a major chord in sight (excluding the Ab7 base triad)

Does the above mean anything to any of you?

lol

Chris :-)
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