Beethoven vocabulary

• suspension

  dissonance
• development

  second section in sonata form
• first subject


  first section of the exposition
• interrupted cadence

  5-6 chord. Sounds unfinished and lifted (in the intro)
• coda/codetta

  fourth section in conata form
• Alberti bass


  broken left hand to create harmony and rhythm
• exposition


  first section in sonata form
• demisemiquaver

  1/32
• recapitulation

  third section in sonata form
• murky bass

  tremelo in the bass
• extreme dynamics


  low to high or high to low with no notes inbetween
• chromatic

  going up or down in semitones
• sforzando


  suddenly loud (sf)
• 1c -V7 - 1

  perfect cadence - common chord sequence
• link

  in between the exposition and development using notes from the introduction
• hemidemisemiquaver


  1/64
• transition

  between 1st and 2nd subject
• simple duple

  2/2 time
• dominant pedal


  long held note in bass
• melodic motif

  in bass short phrase comes back
• imperfect cadence

  sounds unfinished
• diminished

  harmony chord
• tonic minor of the relative major

  E flat minor --> second subject
• grave

  solemn --> sad
• pathetique

  passionate
• movement 1

  2 to go
• allegro di molto e con brio

  much fast end with energy
• rubato

  push and pull rhythm --> features of romantic music
• mordent

  note up and down
• grace note

  short note
• first time bar

  end of exposition
• staccato

  short, sharp note
• simple quadruple

  4/4
• homophonic

  texture
• periodic phrasing

  tunes of equal length
• augmentationtune goes up
• enharmonic

  E.g. G sharp is the same as A
• relative major

  E flat major
• augmentation


  notes become longer