Is there a term for this compositional technique?
There are many examples of a particular compositional technique, so I was wondering if it had a name. The example closest to me right now is Beethoven piano sonatina in F, 2nd movement (Anhang 5), starting around measure 27. We see a chromatic scale that leads perfectly into the intro theme. I love when I see it - a seemingly unrelated musical idea that just so naturally leads back to something we've heard before. Is it just good composition or is there a term for it?
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Julia S. answered • 10/01/19
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Julia - Voice/Piano/Theory/Composition
That's a great question! I will give you my opinion (but advise to keep searching): as a piano player this sounds to me like an extended version of appogiatura. If you notice he starts it on the 5th scale degree and then ornaments that C again right before he lands on it in beat 1. In many Chopin scores those long appogiaturas would be written 'out of time' and much faster, leaving a lot to players individual interpretation.
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Howard F.
This is quite simply a transition that is designed to have some characteristics relating to material towards which the transition is moving. And yes, it is good composition technique to know how to write a successful transition that logically moves between one idea and another through some common identifiable feature, whether a repeated rhythmic figure or something as simple as a chromatic scale passage. HowardF05/20/20