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Old Mar 24 2007, 4:11 AM
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Parody Sonata: A Logical Fallacy

Given the title, it's easy to guess that I must have had fun writing this. In fact I had a lot of fun. The Sonata should be played jokingly.

This three movement sonata is about a logical fallacy, and goes through the process of the creation and execution of a logical fallacy. The character is trying to make an argument with a logical fallacy, but that simple mistake makes the whole argument invalid. Therefore, the sonata attempts to be valid, but something's clearly off. Somewhere in the Sonata the character hits a brick wall in the argument, and momentarily comes back to reality... before recapitulation.

Things get a bit interesting in the second theme (Measure 28), when the character acts upon false logic (chaos and disasater happens of course).

The Sonata is a rough Sonata Allegro form. It starts in Eb Minor, and the 2nd Theme almost Modulates to Sub-Mediant (6th) D flat minor, but instead falls a half-step below at C minor. This progression would be right if the Key was E flat Major, but then again, this is a logical fallacy and the sonata probably became confused. During development the piece passes through G minor (5th). This more traditional transition's made when the character's coming to terms with reality. Then the recapitulation goes from G minor to F# Minor (recap) back to Eb Minor, a modulation path which makes quite a bumpy ride... perhaps the return to reality didn't last that long.

The Right Hand part of Bars 21-24 of the second theme are a mis-quotation of The Highlander by Douglas Court.
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