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Topic: CPE Bach Solfeggietto - notes doubt (Read 4114 times)

stormx

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CPE Bach Solfeggietto - notes doubt

on: December 26, 2009, 04:34:24 PM

Hi !!

i am currently learning this funny piece. I have 2 different editions, and they have slight differences:

1-Bar 13, left hand.
One edition has single notes (G and F), and the other has Octaves (G-G and F-F).

2-Bar 8. LAST note of the bar. One edition has C and the other has D.

What do you think is the correct way to play it?

Thanks !!!

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jbmorel78

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Re: CPE Bach Solfeggietto - notes doubt

Reply #1 on: December 31, 2009, 06:07:21 AM

Dear Stormx,

1) The left hand in bar 13 is in octaves, which helped to create the dynamic difference on Mr. Bach's piano.

2) D, without a doubt. The harmony is dominant seventh, and there is already a C on beat 4, which resolves to the Bb on the downbeat of the following measure (the D in question resolves down by 5th/12th).

Best wishes,
Jean-Baptiste Morel