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There are 5 keys which a Bach chorale could modulate to*. Two of these are the dominant and the subdominant (based on the 5th and 4th degree of the home key respectively). If the home key is major then th...

Clear harmonic structure is used. The melody strays little from its main purpose and most key changes are heavily related.

Sonata form is formed of an exposition, development section and a recapitulation. The exposition comprises of a first subject, a bridge passage, a second subject and a codetta. The development section bui...

Bach; Monteverdi; Handel; Scarlatti; Albinoni; Corelli

This piece is written in 3/4. The first notable moment rhythmically is the hemiola at the end of the orchestral introduction. A hemiola is when music sounded in two time is written in three time and the m...