Rondo in C major, Op. 42 No. 1

Johann Baptist Vanhal (1,739–1,813)

First published: 1805
Key: C major
Style: Classical
Level: Level 3
Roughly: RCM 3 · ABRSM 3 · Trinity 3 · Henle 2
Lesson: 3.4 Resolve the dominant seventh
Musicianship: 3.4 The dominant seventh
Focus: Shape the phrasing and balance the voices clearly.

What its lesson teaches

3.4 Resolve the dominant seventh

Study bars 5–8 of Vanhal’s Rondo in C, Op. 42 No. 1. Find the dominant-seventh harmony and hear it resolve to the tonic: the leading note rises, the seventh falls, resolving the tritone inside the chord. At the keyboard: resolve V7 to I.

Ideas: The dominant seventh
The tritone
Theory cards: The dominant seventh (V7)
The tritone
Technique: C major scale, hands separately, 2 octaves

Edition and licence

Score: Mutopia Project · public domain

Rondo

Typeset by Bas Wassink.

Public Domain

Source: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=192

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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