Marche funèbre del Signor Maestro Contrapunto in C minor, K. 453a

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1,756–1,791)

Key: C minor
Style: Classical
Level: Level 5
Roughly: RCM 5 · ABRSM 5 · Trinity 5 · Henle 3
Lesson: 5.2 Find a chord on each degree
Musicianship: 5.2 Triads on every degree
Focus: dotted rhythms, steady pulse, chordal texture

What its lesson teaches

5.2 Find a chord on each degree

Study Mozart’s Marche funèbre del Signor Maestro Contrapunto, K. 453a, in C minor: a march in full chords. Name the chord on each beat of the opening bars by its Roman numeral (i, iv, V…). At the keyboard: play the diatonic triads.

Ideas: Triad qualities
Triads on every degree
Roman-numeral analysis
Theory cards: Augmented and diminished triads
Triads on every degree
Roman numerals
Technique: C harmonic minor scale, hands together, 2 octaves
C minor broken triad, hands together, 2 octaves

Edition and licence

Score: Mutopia Project · public domain

Marche funebre KV 453a

Typeset by Maurizio Tomasi.

Public Domain

Source: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=446

Licence: Public Domain (Mutopia Project licensing: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/legal.html)

Adapted by Musalea: converted to MusicXML and prepared for interactive practice.

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