Rolled chords
A wavy line asks for the chord to be spread from the bottom note upward.
- Category
- Ornaments
- First taught in
- 4.6 Open the tonic arpeggio
- Theory cards
- Rolled chords (Level 4)
- Small hands: spreading and leaving notes out (Licentiate)
In the lessons
3 lessons and 3 pieces where the Method teaches or uses it, in teaching order.
| Lesson | Lesson and piece |
|---|---|
| 4.6 | Open the tonic arpeggioBallade, Op. 100 No. 15, Friedrich Burgmüller |
| D.11 | Keep clarity inside a compact modern sonata movementSonatine, M.40 — I. Modéré, Maurice Ravel |
| L.7 | Sustain direction through a long contrapuntal spanPrelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 869 — complete pair, Johann Sebastian Bach |
In Musicianship
The units whose theory questions ask about it.
| Unit | Title |
|---|---|
| 4.6 | Major and minor cadences |
In the app, the Theory library has the whole cards, with their questions, and a deep dive into this idea. The glossary from A to Z
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