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complained about the custom of his day in which timpani tuned to A and E a fifth apart were notated C and G a fourth apart, a custom which survived as late as the music of
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952:-Major Works of the Classical Period".
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607:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
568:Fantasia for flute solo
278:chords of A major are:
224:download the audio file
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260:is placed lower than C
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116:, with the pitches A,
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642:String Quartet No. 18
612:Violin Concerto No. 5
594:Johann Sebastian Bach
451:are both in A major.
250:, it would require a
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895:String Quartet No. 2
807:Piano Concerto No. 2
772:, Op. 90 ("Italian")
719:String Quartet No. 5
678:Ludwig van Beethoven
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429:and other music for
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826:Violin Sonata No. 2
745:Piano Sonata No. 20
707:Violin Sonata No. 9
701:Violin Sonata No. 6
695:Piano Sonata No. 28
654:Là ci darem la mano
636:Piano Sonata No. 11
599:English Suite No. 1
555:concerto for violin
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449:Piano Quintet No. 2
408:23rd Piano Concerto
270:Scale degree chords
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551:, Op. 9/6 RV 348
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513:Trio Sonata
416:Tchaikovsky
388:Mendelssohn
314:Subdominant
252:ledger line
110:major scale
66:Subdominant
1502:Categories
1032:0520045009
1008:0835714187
962:(2): 178.
933:References
796:, Op. 28/7
721:, Op. 18/5
703:, Op. 30/1
499:See also:
336:Submediant
292:Supertonic
248:tenor clef
207:accidental
200:supertonic
159:has three
983:The Strad
903:, Op. 141
871:, Op. 183
788:Polonaise
697:, Op. 101
691:, Op. 2/2
601:, BWV 806
372:Beethoven
287:– A major
197:flattened
183:chord on
112:based on
88:, D, E, F
1474:♯
1464:♯
1454:♭
1444:♭
1427:♯
1417:♯
1407:♭
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1382:♯
1372:♯
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1352:♭
1337:♯
1322:♭
1312:♭
1297:♯
1277:♭
1262:♯
1242:♭
1212:♭
1091:Diatonic
1022:(1981).
949:♭
911:See also
897:, Op. 68
884:, Op. 82
834:, Op. 26
822:, Op. 16
747:, D. 959
715:, Op. 69
709:, Op. 47
685:, Op. 92
672:, K. 622
666:, K. 581
660:, K. 527
650:, K. 488
644:, K. 464
638:, K. 331
632:, K. 305
626:, K. 134
620:, K. 201
614:, K. 219
380:Bruckner
325:Dominant
263:♯
257:♯
254:and so G
243:♯
237:♯
171:and its
151:♯
142:♯
125:♯
97:♯
91:♯
85:♯
1054:A major
998:(1996)
809:, S.125
794:Prelude
741:, D 664
588:, No. 3
582:, No. 8
576:, No. 5
570:, No. 1
481:timpani
431:strings
368:G major
364:D major
358:History
330:E major
319:D major
303:Mediant
297:B minor
204:natural
177:A minor
106:A major
82:A, B, C
71:D major
59:E major
47:A minor
20:A major
1154:minor
1151:Major
1135:Sharps
1094:scales
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459:, and
396:Mozart
163:. Its
161:sharps
155:. Its
146:, and
1147:minor
1142:Major
1130:Flats
964:JSTOR
284:Tonic
108:is a
1098:keys
1096:and
1028:ISBN
1004:ISBN
443:and
402:and
386:and
274:The
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