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221:Subdominant
93:major scale
66:Subdominant
1629:Categories
1177:, muted.io
1124:edited by
931:References
671:, D. 812 (
409:, BWV 1009
403:, BWV 1005
376:See also:
262:Twenty of
239:Submediant
203:Supertonic
1151:317594202
1085:975135582
673:Grand Duo
472:(1797–98)
422:(1761–65)
392:, BWV 564
362:Bob Dylan
199:– C major
95:based on
1601:♯
1591:♯
1581:♭
1571:♭
1554:♯
1544:♯
1534:♭
1524:♭
1509:♯
1499:♯
1489:♭
1479:♭
1464:♯
1449:♭
1439:♭
1424:♯
1404:♭
1389:♯
1369:♭
1339:♭
1218:Diatonic
904:See also
771:, Op. 61
765:, Op. 18
763:Arabeske
759:, Op. 17
697:, D. 956
665:, D. 934
644:, Op. 86
615:, Op. 21
609:, Op. 15
578:, KV 338
572:, KV 200
566:, KV 162
560:, KV 128
548:, KV 545
542:, KV 330
536:, KV 309
530:, KV 279
524:, KV 503
518:, KV 467
512:, KV 415
495:, KV 265
460:The Bird
450:The Bear
320:Sibelius
230:Dominant
147:and its
131:has no
1169:C major
782:Te Deum
753:, Op. 7
751:Toccata
725:, Op. 3
470:Emperor
430:Le Midi
312:Te Deum
288:timpani
284:trumpet
272:D major
243:A minor
234:G major
225:F major
216:E minor
212:Mediant
207:D minor
153:C minor
145:A minor
89:C major
71:F major
59:G major
47:C minor
35:A minor
20:C major
1281:minor
1278:Major
1262:Sharps
1221:scales
1149:
1142:
1083:
1073:
1033:932894
1031:
976:(2005)
842:(1940)
830:Boléro
683:Little
482:(1796)
462:(1781)
452:(1786)
442:(1774)
432:(1761)
316:Gounod
297:Mozart
280:valves
139:. Its
137:sharps
119:, and
1274:minor
1269:Major
1257:Flats
1029:JSTOR
197:Tonic
133:flats
91:is a
1225:keys
1223:and
1147:OCLC
1140:ISBN
1081:OCLC
1071:ISBN
951:alto
886:In C
347:'s "
286:and
188:The
125:keys
1252:No.
1021:doi
894:: "
341:".
329:Of
307:.)
299:'s
266:'s
151:is
143:is
135:or
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1472:6
1432:5
1397:4
1362:3
1332:2
1307:1
1302:a
1286:0
1134:,
1079:.
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1027:.
1017:73
1015:.
972:,
945:,
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478:,
468:,
458:,
448:,
438:,
428:,
322:'
250:–
241:–
232:–
223:–
214:–
205:–
155:.
115:,
111:,
107:,
103:,
1598:e
1588:G
1578:d
1568:F
1563:8
1551:a
1541:C
1531:a
1521:C
1506:d
1496:F
1486:e
1476:G
1461:g
1456:B
1446:b
1436:D
1421:c
1416:E
1411:f
1401:A
1386:f
1381:A
1376:c
1366:E
1356:b
1351:D
1346:g
1336:B
1326:e
1321:G
1316:d
1311:F
1299:C
1295:a
1290:C
1210:e
1203:t
1196:v
1087:.
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681:(
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172:.
121:B
117:A
113:G
109:F
105:E
101:D
97:C
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