Sonata in G major, Hob. XVI:27: I. Allegro con brio

9.4 Hear a dominant of another chord

Study the first movement (Allegro con brio) of Haydn’s Sonata in G, Hob. XVI:27. Wherever a sharp or natural foreign to G appears, such as the C sharp that turns A into a dominant of D, ask which chord it makes a temporary tonic, and hear the brief arrival. At the keyboard: tonicise a scale degree with its dominant.

Ideas

• Applied dominants
• Tonicisation and local keys

Theory cards

• Applied dominants
• An applied leading-note chord

Technique

• G major scale, hands separately, 2 octaves