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Topic: Discrepancies in Mozart score (Read 1941 times)

lovettmusic

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Discrepancies in Mozart score

on: September 04, 2012, 02:25:43 PM

I've been working on Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, and I was wondering if anyone could offer some insight.

First movement; In the left hand where one would expect a V7 pattern, my pinky is kept on the G, while the rest alternate the expected C and D. It seems to me that I should replace my G with an A. It just doesn't seem right; do I have a bad score? Is this just a gross mistake of the editor or is this right?

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quantum

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Re: Discrepancies in Mozart score

Reply #1 on: September 04, 2012, 05:25:48 PM

You could check the full score to see what it says.
https://dme.mozarteum.at/DME/nma/nma_cont.php?vsep=125&gen=edition&l=1&p1=43

If you are referring to the sequence starting in bar 5, then a held G in the bass is correct. The technical term for this is pedal point.

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