And your favorite Beethoven Symphony is?

Originally Posted by Jordan

well, I'm going to go with the two that every person on the street would recognize : the 5th and the ninth. those two are highly publicized for a reason, and I'll give you a hint : it's not because they are the worst ones.

between the two, the 5th. it just wins. they are both great, but that small little triplet pattern... it's such an amazing development. it just wins.

Bah. The 9th pwns the 5th.

Originally Posted by Jordan

well, I'm going to go with the two that every person on the street would recognize : the 5th and the ninth. those two are highly publicized for a reason, and I'll give you a hint : it's not because they are the worst ones.

between the two, the 5th. it just wins. they are both great, but that small little triplet pattern... it's such an amazing development. it just wins.

It's not a triplet....at least, not at first (comes back later as a triplet, I believe, but that's besides the point). In the first movement, Beethoven's 5th symphony starts off with in 2/4 meter and the motif is simply 4 eighth notes (starting on the second one of the measure: ...and 2 and 1 (not 1 2 3 1) is how it goes, with the rest indicated by an ellipsis ).

Anyway, thought I should mention that so you know a triplet and three notes aren't the same . Oh, and Beethoven's 5th symphony is amazing. Definitely one of my favorite, though I'd probably say my favorite Beethoven symphony is his 9th.

I dig the third. My ladyfriend here is a big fan of the ninth.

..........ill never be able to decide

Originally Posted by M_is_D

Bah. The 9th pwns the 5th.

uh, no, it doesn't.

I notice nobody has mentioned the first, second, or eighth. Why is that?

I won't pick a favorite, since I haven't heard them all through, but I'm particular to the second at the moment, we're playing it in youth orchestra. Such a typical piece by Beethoven's standards. It's like a Haydn but with a twist (or several for that matter).

I like the second.

I like his eleventh.

Originally Posted by MusicManJ4

I notice nobody has mentioned the first, second, or eighth. Why is that?

I won't pick a favorite, since I haven't heard them all through, but I'm particular to the second at the moment, we're playing it in youth orchestra. Such a typical piece by Beethoven's standards. It's like a Haydn but with a twist (or several for that matter).

Do you know what the last movement of the 2nd is supposedly about?

No, I don't. If we were playing the whole symphony I'm sure our conductor would eventually tell us about it, but we're only playing the first movement as of now. So go ahead, enlighten me (and the rest).

Rafn, he only wrote nine, you know! He started sketching a tenth, but never finished and we don't have enough of it to surmise what it would've been like. He hadn't even begun to think of an eleventh. (Yes, I know you were kidding )