Harmonic signatures
A recurring bass motion, chord or delay that gives a work its voice.
- Category
- Form and analysis
- First taught in
- C.5 Make cyclic returns audible without announcing them
- Theory cards
- Harmonic signatures (Fellowship and Concert)
In the lessons
2 lessons and 2 pieces where the Method teaches or uses it, in teaching order.
| Lesson | Lesson and piece |
|---|---|
| C.5 | Make cyclic returns audible without announcing themPrélude, choral et fugue, FWV 21, FWV 21; CFF 24, César Franck |
| C.7 | Reveal an embedded line inside bilateral arpeggiosÉtude in C minor, Op. 25 No. 12, Frédéric Chopin |
In Musicianship
The units whose theory questions ask about it.
| Unit | Title |
|---|---|
| C.5 | A transformed answer |
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