Tag: Linear chromatic chords

Today’s lecture covered chromatic chords  derived from linear motion. Chopin’s Prelude No. 4 in E minor was the example piece, found on pp. 326 – 7 in the Anthology. The piece begins with a first inversion tonic triad, moving to a V7 in m. 10 (with iv6 as an embellishment) – 12. The chords in…