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Analytic topics and Analyses of pieces, arranged in alphabetical order.



Main Topic or Piece Summary Details
Antecedent/Consequent Phrases    
  Examples of this common phrase structure, an online test, and an interactive Shockwave module to practice on Example.

Test yourself.

Interactive module
Blues Structures    
Chord organization and sequence in traditional blues forms. Some examples and an online test. Blues examples


Test yourself
Cadences in Tonal Music    
  The three most common types of cadence in tonal music. Definitions and Examples. Authentic

Half

Deceptive
Clementi's Sonatin in C, Op.36 No. 1    
Some analytical approaches to this piece. Bass movement

Harmony & form

2-part structures
Corelli's Trio Sonata Op.2 No. 12    
  Analytic approaches to this piece, concentrating on linear motion Descending tetrachord

Modulation

Sequences & imitation

Suspensions
Minuets in G major and minor, (Bach/Petzold)    
  Analysis of various aspects of these two pieces Contour

Descending Tetrachord

Sequences & imitation

2-part structures

Annotated score
Texture    
  Examples of instrumental testures from an orchestral piece, an online test, and some illustrations of how texture relates to harmony. Examples of textures

Test yourself

Texture & harmony