Piano Forum

I found several threads that discussed the issue of the final chord in bar 3 of Prelude No. 20, and it seems that there are plenty of players who do it each way. C major sounds right to me, not only because of the G7, C7 F min which precedes it (following the tonic dominant 7th C7, I hear the F min as the the minor subdominant of C major), but because of the D7 G7 D7,13 which follows. An E natural could be added to the D7,13 and hardly be noticed, and the A natural over the D7,13 further confirms the tonality of C major.

I'm a guitarist, vocalist, and arranger, not a pianist. I have arranged all 24 of Chopin's Preludes for five singers (soprano, alto, tenor, and two baritones), guitar, bass, and drums (plus violin for No. 16). I will soon be releasing a CD of the John Link Project performing my arrangements of the Chopin Preludes. In the meantime you can hear the forthcoming recording of Prelude No. 3 here: https://www.myspace.com/johnlinkproject That page also contains recordings of my arrangements of Preludes 4 and 6, but not the versions that will be on the CD.