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Nocturne Op. 9 No. 3

Chopin — a song over a rocking bass

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% Chopin's Op. 9 No. 3 sways in 6/8 (meter 3 at sixteenth units):
% a ROCKING left hand — low B, then the harmony spread above it —
% under a melody that leans on the flattened third before resolving:
 
bpm 99
meter 3
unit 1/4
key b4 maj
 
Rock ::= ..1 _2 .5 _4 .3 _2 .5 _4
Tune ::= 5 _2 3 _2 3b _2 2 _6
 
{Tune, Rock}
 
 
% The melody's TURN ornament is four sixteenths at double speed —
% scale steps from wherever the line sits, so the same turn decorates
% every degree:
 
Turn ::= s1/ s-1/ s-1/ s1/
 
5 _2 Turn 3 _4 5 _2 Turn 6 _4 5 _2 Turn '1 _4
 
 
% Put the song over the sway — the first phrase, then its
% restatement a step higher, Chopin's own sequence:
 
Phrase ::= Tune Tune@~1 5 _2 6 _2 5 _2 3 _6
 
{Phrase, Rock *3}
 
 
% The middle (m.89) breaks the spell: AGITATO, the mode tipped
% toward B minor — the flattened third from the melody's first sigh
% now owns the key. The line strains upward in long holds (this is
% the literal m.89 melody):
 
Storm ::= 1 _2 .7 _3 1 3b _8 2 _8 3 _12 3b _2
 
Storm
Storm @~1
 
 
% The long goodnight: the bass sinks to a deep fifth and HOLDS
% while the melody drops its last three notes, then the tonic is
% laid to rest:
 
{...5 _30 - _3, - _9 2 1 3 - _21}
{.1 _12, 1 _12, 3 _12}
 
 
% The whole nocturne: the song, its ornamented return, the
% B-minor storm, the song once more, and the goodnight:
 
{Phrase, Rock *3}
{5 _2 Turn 3 _4 5 _2 Turn 6 _4 5 _2 Turn '1 _4, Rock *3}
Storm Storm @~1 Storm
{Phrase, Rock *3}
{...5 _30 - _3, - _9 2 1 3 - _21}
{.1 _12, 1 _12, 3 _12}
 
 
% THE WHOLE NOCTURNE — the right hand at full length, all 179
% measures from the verified grammar: the song, every ornamented
% return, the agitato, the coda.
 
bpm 99
meter 6
unit 1/8
key b4 maj
mode diatonic
 
% The cast — every motif and chord the lead line uses:
 
M102 ::= eb5 _2 -
M41 ::= M102 3b 3 _2 3b _2 - 2
S12 ::= M41 3b _2 2 _8 3 _2 4 _2 5 _2 6 _3 5 3 _2? 5b 5 _3 4? 5b 4 _10 3 _2
M101 ::= b4 c#5 _2
M59 ::= ..7 _2 ..5 _2
M10 ::= .3 _4/3 .4 _4/3 .3 _4/3
M109 ::= 7b _2/3 7 _2/3
Run ::= 6 _3/2 5 _3/2 5b _3/2 3 _3/2
M51 ::= 3 _2/5 2 _2/5
M39 ::= M51~@2 _3 M51@1 _3 3 _6/5
M112 ::= 2 _13/15 3b _13/15
M92 ::= 3b _2/3 3 _2/3
M8 ::= M92 4 _2/3 5b _2/3
M40 ::= M109 M59@~15/3 5b _2/3
M52 ::= 3 _2 2 _2
S6 ::= .7 _26/3 M109@-16 Run~@-7/3 M39 M39@-1 2 _103/15 2b _5/6 M112 3 _5/6 M112@3 M8@4 M40@1 M8@3 M40 4 _10 M52
M88 ::= .6 _4 2 _23/15
M103 ::= eb5 _3 c#5
M100 ::= f#4 _7/30 c#5 _7/30
M104 ::= b5 _3 bb5
Wave ::= 2 _23/15 3 _7/30 5b _7/30 3 _3 2 _8/15
M97 ::= g#4 _4 c#5 _2
M120 ::= e5 _12 - _2
M43 ::= M120 .5 .6 .7 M101 - _2
M31 ::= 2 _7/15 M97 M43
M96 ::= eb5 _2 b4 _8
S8 ::= M88 M100 7 _2 M104 Run Wave M31 M96
M84 ::= 2 _2 3 _2
M79 ::= 6/2 5/2
Ped ::= 4 _8 4 _2*2
M114 ::= .6 _2/5 M51@~-3
M36 ::= M51~@~-2 2 _2/5
M90 ::= 3 _2 5b 4 3b 3
M72 ::= 5b _23/30 5 _11/15
M38 ::= 5 _11/15 M72@6 ''2b _23/30 5 _11/15
S10 ::= M97 7 _6 Run
M89 ::= 7 _2 '1 _3
M65 ::= 1 _2 2 _6 5 _4
M115 ::= 3 _2 2 _6
M91 ::= 5b 5 6 1 2
M124 ::= 3 _4 1 _2 .7 _4 .6 _2
M55 ::= 1 _2/3 .5b _2/3 .7 _2/3 .6 _6
M116 ::= -*8
M33 ::= 2b 3 _2/3 2 _2/3 2b _2/3 2b _2 - _2
M67 ::= 3b _2 3b _4 3 _2
M50 ::= 7b _13/30 5 _13/30
M85 ::= .3b _2 .7 _6 1 _2
M19 ::= M103 S10 Wave 2 _7/15 .6 _4 2 _23/15 M100
S11 ::= M89 7 Run M84 2 _23/15 M31
M98 ::= b4 _23/15 b4 _7/15
M93 ::= '5b/2 '3/2
S16 ::= M93 '5/2 M93@-4 '3/2 7/2
M63 ::= 1 _12 .7 _3 1
Turn ::= 3 _8 2 _8 4b _12 3 _2
M28 ::= Turn {4b, 1, .7b, .4b} _2
M45 ::= {.5, .3} _4
M46 ::= .1Min$5-1-3 _4
M71 ::= {.5, .3} _2
M26 ::= M46@~-2 {.6, .3} _4
M2 ::= 4 _16 2b _4 M45@~1 M26 {.7b, .6, .2b} _2 - _2 {6, .7b, .6} _4 - _4 M46@~-2 .2bMaj$3-5-1 _4 M45@~1 M26 {.7, .6} _12
M58 ::= {3, .5, .3} _8 {.5, .4} _8
M15 ::= - _2/3 - _2 {'2, '1, 6#, 2} _8 .5Min$5-1-3 _8
M27 ::= {5, .7b} _4 {1, .7b} _4
M77 ::= - _2 {'6, 6} _4
M20 ::= {6, 4b} _4 .6Maj$5-1-3 _2 M77 - _4
M78 ::= {'4, 6} _4 6 _4
M108 ::= - _2/3 - _16
M117 ::= -*4
M74 ::= '3 _5/6 '2 _5/6
Run2 ::= 5 _7/10 6 _11/15 7 _11/15 '1 _11/15
M75 ::= '2 '5 '6b '2 '3
S17 ::= '4 M75 '4
M110 ::= {''2, '7} '6b
M23 ::= {5, 3} 2 {5b, 3b}
M87 ::= 2 {5b, 3b}
M4 ::= 3 M23@1 M87
M121 ::= i-2 i-2 i-5
S18 ::= ...1 ...5 ..1 ..5 .1 .2
 
meter 4
unit 1/4
key b4 harm
key c#4 harm
key b4 harm
key b4 maj
meter 6
unit 1/8
% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F1a1 ::= 5 _2 S12 2 _3 M101 M102 2
F1a2 ::= | M59~@20 4 _8 |
  | 4 _4 .6 _2 .7 _2 M10@~5/2 .7 1 |
F1a3 ::= 3 _3/2 2/2 S6 M52 M88 2 _7/15 7 _6 Run 2 _2 M103 S8 - _2
F1a1 F1a2 F1a3
 
% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F21a1 ::= - _2 M41 3 _2 2 _8 3 _2 M84@3 6 _2 M79 M79 5b _2 5 5b '1 5b 4 _6 4 _4
F21a2 ::= M52 - 1 M84 - 2 M59~@~12 Ped M114 M36@-3 M51~@-2 M36@5 6b _2/5 M51@~4 M51@~2 M114@~4 2 _2/5
F21a3 ::= M51~@~1 .6 _2/5 3 _3/5 2/5 .7 _44/5 .5b _4/5 .5 _4/5 .6 _2/5 M36 M90 M90@-1 2 _8 2b 2
F21a4 ::= 3 4 M72 6 _23/30 M38 M72@-1 5 _23/30 M38@-1 4 _10 M52 M52 S10 M89@~-5 2 _8/15 2 _7/15 S8 .7 _2
F21a6 ::= M115 1 _6 M104 6 5 M91 .6 .7 _12 .7 _6 M124 6 _7 5 5b 3 M8 _3/2 .7b .7 M55 .5 _5 .5b .5b _4 .7 _6
F21a7 ::= .7 _2*2 1 _2 M116 1 _3 M33 2b _4 Ped@-3 3b _8
F21a8 ::= M67 '5 _103/15 '5b _5/6 '3 _13/15 '2 _13/15 '1 _5/6 '3 _13/15 7 _13/15 M50 5b _2/5 3 _13/30 3b _13/30 M50@~-2 2 _13/30 1 _13/30 .7 _2/5 M50@~-7 M50@~-9 M85 2b _2 2 _2 M19 S11
F21a9 ::= M96 .7 _2 M65
F21a10 ::= M115 M98 '1 _5 7 Run _2/3 M91 .7 .7 _171/10 1/5 -/30 .7/5 .7b _7/30 2 _7/30 M124 6 _203/30 5 _11/15 5b _23/30 3 _11/15 M72@-3 3b _23/30 2 _11/15 M8 M92@~-3
F21a11 ::= | M55 .5 _4 |
  | - .5b .5b _2 .7 _8 |
  | .7 _2 M59~@~9 - _6 |
  | 1 _4 - M33 |
F21a12 ::= 2b _4 2 _8 2 _4 3b _8 M67 '5 _13/2 S16 6b/2 '2/2 M79 7b/2 S16@-12
F21a13 ::= .7b/2 .5/2 M93@-24 M85
F21a14 ::= 2b _2 M89@~-5 2 S10 2 _11/10 3 _13/30 5b _7/15 M103 .6 _4 2 _11/10 .5 _13/30 2 _7/15 S11 3b _2
F21a1 F21a2 F21a3 F21a4 M65 F21a6 F21a7 F21a8 F21a9 F21a10 F21a11 F21a12 F21a13 F21a14
 
meter 4
unit 1/4
key b4 harm
% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F89a ::= M63 M28 5 _8 4 _4 1 _8 M45@~3 {3, 1, .4} _4 {1, .4} _4 {2, 1, .4} _2 - _2 {'1, 1} _4 - _4
F89a
 
 
% ——— Part 2, from m.1 ———
 
% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F94a ::= M46 {1, .6} _8 {1, .5} _8 {2, 1, .5b} _8 .4 _10 .3 _4*2 M45 M71 M28 M2 - _4 M58 .1Min$3-5-1 _8 - _16/3
F94a
 
key c#4 harm
% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F106a ::= M15@-2 {'3, '1} _16 M27@8 2bMin$3-5-1 _4 M20 {'1, 5b} _4 M45@~9 2 _4 M27@2 {5, .7} _2 M77@-1 - _16/3
F106a
 
% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F112a ::= M15 {'4, '2, 4} _16 M78 {'3, 5b} _4 M20@2 .5Dim$5-1-3 _4 M78@-8 M27 .6# _4 1 _4 M27 {4, .6#} _4 - _28/3
F112a
 
 
% ——— Part 3, from m.1 ———
 
key b4 harm
% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F119a2 ::= - _2 M63 Turn {4b, .7b, .4b} _2 M2 M117 M58 {6#, 2, 1, .6#} _8
M108 F119a2
 
key b4 maj
% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F130a1 ::= .6 _8 M43 3b _2 S12#4 2 _2 - M101
F130a2 ::= M102 2 M59~@~12 4 _8
F130a3 ::= 4 _4 M74 '1 _5/6 6 _5/6 4 _5/6 M74@-14 .6 _5/6 .7 _5/6 1 _5/6 M74@-12 S6 M19 7 _2
F130a4 ::= M104 Run 2 _2 M52
F130a5 ::= M97 M120 .5 _11/15 Run2@~-6 3 _11/15 4 _7/10 -/30 Run2 '2 _2/3 - _2/3 '3 _2/3 '1 _6 7 _4
F130a1 F130a2 F130a3 F130a4 F130a5
 
meter 6
unit 1/8
% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F152a ::= | 6 _2 5 _6 4 _4 |
F152a
 
 
% ——— Part 4, from m.1 ———
 
% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F153a ::= M52 M52 {1, .6b} _4 .7 _2 .6 _83/15 .6b _7/30 .6 _7/30 .7 _4 M98 .5 _10 1 _2 M59~@~11 5 _2 '1 _2 '2 _2
F153a
 
% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F157a1 ::= '3 _2 S17 M75 '4 M75 S17 M110 {''2b, '7b} M4@16 '4 {'6, '5b} '3 M110@~-3 M23@12 '2b M23@10
F157a2 ::= | 7 {'1, 6} M4@6 5 M23@4 |
F157a1 F157a2
 
% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F162a ::= M4@1 M87 2b 4 _2 .7 _3/2 .4/2 {1, .3} _2 !'7 M121 '1 5 !3 M121 S18@36 ''3 _16
F162a

% Chopin's Op. 9 No. 3 sways in 6/8 (meter 3 at sixteenth units):
% a ROCKING left hand — low B, then the harmony spread above it —
% under a melody that leans on the flattened third before resolving:

bpm 99
meter 3
unit 1/4
key b4 maj

Rock ::= ..1 _2 .5 _4 .3 _2 .5 _4
Tune ::= 5 _2 3 _2 3b _2 2 _6

{Tune, Rock}

% The melody's TURN ornament is four sixteenths at double speed —
% scale steps from wherever the line sits, so the same turn decorates
% every degree:

Turn ::= s1/ s-1/ s-1/ s1/

5 _2 Turn 3 _4 5 _2 Turn 6 _4 5 _2 Turn '1 _4

% Put the song over the sway — the first phrase, then its
% restatement a step higher, Chopin's own sequence:

Phrase ::= Tune Tune@~1 5 _2 6 _2 5 _2 3 _6

{Phrase, Rock *3}

% The middle (m.89) breaks the spell: AGITATO, the mode tipped
% toward B minor — the flattened third from the melody's first sigh
% now owns the key. The line strains upward in long holds (this is
% the literal m.89 melody):

Storm ::= 1 _2 .7 _3 1 3b _8 2 _8 3 _12 3b _2

Storm
Storm @~1

% The long goodnight: the bass sinks to a deep fifth and HOLDS
% while the melody drops its last three notes, then the tonic is
% laid to rest:

{...5 _30 - _3, - _9 2 1 3 - _21}
{.1 _12, 1 _12, 3 _12}

% The whole nocturne: the song, its ornamented return, the
% B-minor storm, the song once more, and the goodnight:

{Phrase, Rock *3}
{5 _2 Turn 3 _4 5 _2 Turn 6 _4 5 _2 Turn '1 _4, Rock *3}
Storm Storm @~1 Storm
{Phrase, Rock *3}
{...5 _30 - _3, - _9 2 1 3 - _21}
{.1 _12, 1 _12, 3 _12}

% THE WHOLE NOCTURNE — the right hand at full length, all 179
% measures from the verified grammar: the song, every ornamented
% return, the agitato, the coda.

bpm 99
meter 6
unit 1/8
key b4 maj
mode diatonic

% The cast — every motif and chord the lead line uses:

M102 ::= eb5 _2 -
M41 ::= M102 3b 3 _2 3b _2 - 2
S12 ::= M41 3b _2 2 _8 3 _2 4 _2 5 _2 6 _3 5 3 _2? 5b 5 _3 4? 5b 4 _10 3 _2
M101 ::= b4 c#5 _2
M59 ::= ..7 _2 ..5 _2
M10 ::= .3 _4/3 .4 _4/3 .3 _4/3
M109 ::= 7b _2/3 7 _2/3
Run ::= 6 _3/2 5 _3/2 5b _3/2 3 _3/2
M51 ::= 3 _2/5 2 _2/5
M39 ::= M51~@2 _3 M51@1 _3 3 _6/5
M112 ::= 2 _13/15 3b _13/15
M92 ::= 3b _2/3 3 _2/3
M8 ::= M92 4 _2/3 5b _2/3
M40 ::= M109 M59@~15/3 5b _2/3
M52 ::= 3 _2 2 _2
S6 ::= .7 _26/3 M109@-16 Run~@-7/3 M39 M39@-1 2 _103/15 2b _5/6 M112 3 _5/6 M112@3 M8@4 M40@1 M8@3 M40 4 _10 M52
M88 ::= .6 _4 2 _23/15
M103 ::= eb5 _3 c#5
M100 ::= f#4 _7/30 c#5 _7/30
M104 ::= b5 _3 bb5
Wave ::= 2 _23/15 3 _7/30 5b _7/30 3 _3 2 _8/15
M97 ::= g#4 _4 c#5 _2
M120 ::= e5 _12 - _2
M43 ::= M120 .5 .6 .7 M101 - _2
M31 ::= 2 _7/15 M97 M43
M96 ::= eb5 _2 b4 _8
S8 ::= M88 M100 7 _2 M104 Run Wave M31 M96
M84 ::= 2 _2 3 _2
M79 ::= 6/2 5/2
Ped ::= 4 _8 4 _2*2
M114 ::= .6 _2/5 M51@~-3
M36 ::= M51~@~-2 2 _2/5
M90 ::= 3 _2 5b 4 3b 3
M72 ::= 5b _23/30 5 _11/15
M38 ::= 5 _11/15 M72@6 ''2b _23/30 5 _11/15
S10 ::= M97 7 _6 Run
M89 ::= 7 _2 '1 _3
M65 ::= 1 _2 2 _6 5 _4
M115 ::= 3 _2 2 _6
M91 ::= 5b 5 6 1 2
M124 ::= 3 _4 1 _2 .7 _4 .6 _2
M55 ::= 1 _2/3 .5b _2/3 .7 _2/3 .6 _6
M116 ::= -*8
M33 ::= 2b 3 _2/3 2 _2/3 2b _2/3 2b _2 - _2
M67 ::= 3b _2 3b _4 3 _2
M50 ::= 7b _13/30 5 _13/30
M85 ::= .3b _2 .7 _6 1 _2
M19 ::= M103 S10 Wave 2 _7/15 .6 _4 2 _23/15 M100
S11 ::= M89 7 Run M84 2 _23/15 M31
M98 ::= b4 _23/15 b4 _7/15
M93 ::= '5b/2 '3/2
S16 ::= M93 '5/2 M93@-4 '3/2 7/2
M63 ::= 1 _12 .7 _3 1
Turn ::= 3 _8 2 _8 4b _12 3 _2
M28 ::= Turn {4b, 1, .7b, .4b} _2
M45 ::= {.5, .3} _4
M46 ::= .1Min$5-1-3 _4
M71 ::= {.5, .3} _2
M26 ::= M46@~-2 {.6, .3} _4
M2 ::= 4 _16 2b _4 M45@~1 M26 {.7b, .6, .2b} _2 - _2 {6, .7b, .6} _4 - _4 M46@~-2 .2bMaj$3-5-1 _4 M45@~1 M26 {.7, .6} _12
M58 ::= {3, .5, .3} _8 {.5, .4} _8
M15 ::= - _2/3 - _2 {'2, '1, 6#, 2} _8 .5Min$5-1-3 _8
M27 ::= {5, .7b} _4 {1, .7b} _4
M77 ::= - _2 {'6, 6} _4
M20 ::= {6, 4b} _4 .6Maj$5-1-3 _2 M77 - _4
M78 ::= {'4, 6} _4 6 _4
M108 ::= - _2/3 - _16
M117 ::= -*4
M74 ::= '3 _5/6 '2 _5/6
Run2 ::= 5 _7/10 6 _11/15 7 _11/15 '1 _11/15
M75 ::= '2 '5 '6b '2 '3
S17 ::= '4 M75 '4
M110 ::= {''2, '7} '6b
M23 ::= {5, 3} 2 {5b, 3b}
M87 ::= 2 {5b, 3b}
M4 ::= 3 M23@1 M87
M121 ::= i-2 i-2 i-5
S18 ::= ...1 ...5 ..1 ..5 .1 .2

meter 4
unit 1/4
key b4 harm
key c#4 harm
key b4 harm
key b4 maj
meter 6
unit 1/8
% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F1a1 ::= 5 _2 S12 2 _3 M101 M102 2
F1a2 ::= | M59~@20 4 _8 |
  | 4 _4 .6 _2 .7 _2 M10@~5/2 .7 1 |
F1a3 ::= 3 _3/2 2/2 S6 M52 M88 2 _7/15 7 _6 Run 2 _2 M103 S8 - _2
F1a1 F1a2 F1a3

% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F21a1 ::= - _2 M41 3 _2 2 _8 3 _2 M84@3 6 _2 M79 M79 5b _2 5 5b '1 5b 4 _6 4 _4
F21a2 ::= M52 - 1 M84 - 2 M59~@~12 Ped M114 M36@-3 M51~@-2 M36@5 6b _2/5 M51@~4 M51@~2 M114@~4 2 _2/5
F21a3 ::= M51~@~1 .6 _2/5 3 _3/5 2/5 .7 _44/5 .5b _4/5 .5 _4/5 .6 _2/5 M36 M90 M90@-1 2 _8 2b 2
F21a4 ::= 3 4 M72 6 _23/30 M38 M72@-1 5 _23/30 M38@-1 4 _10 M52 M52 S10 M89@~-5 2 _8/15 2 _7/15 S8 .7 _2
F21a6 ::= M115 1 _6 M104 6 5 M91 .6 .7 _12 .7 _6 M124 6 _7 5 5b 3 M8 _3/2 .7b .7 M55 .5 _5 .5b .5b _4 .7 _6
F21a7 ::= .7 _2*2 1 _2 M116 1 _3 M33 2b _4 Ped@-3 3b _8
F21a8 ::= M67 '5 _103/15 '5b _5/6 '3 _13/15 '2 _13/15 '1 _5/6 '3 _13/15 7 _13/15 M50 5b _2/5 3 _13/30 3b _13/30 M50@~-2 2 _13/30 1 _13/30 .7 _2/5 M50@~-7 M50@~-9 M85 2b _2 2 _2 M19 S11
F21a9 ::= M96 .7 _2 M65
F21a10 ::= M115 M98 '1 _5 7 Run _2/3 M91 .7 .7 _171/10 1/5 -/30 .7/5 .7b _7/30 2 _7/30 M124 6 _203/30 5 _11/15 5b _23/30 3 _11/15 M72@-3 3b _23/30 2 _11/15 M8 M92@~-3
F21a11 ::= | M55 .5 _4 |
  | - .5b .5b _2 .7 _8 |
  | .7 _2 M59~@~9 - _6 |
  | 1 _4 - M33 |
F21a12 ::= 2b _4 2 _8 2 _4 3b _8 M67 '5 _13/2 S16 6b/2 '2/2 M79 7b/2 S16@-12
F21a13 ::= .7b/2 .5/2 M93@-24 M85
F21a14 ::= 2b _2 M89@~-5 2 S10 2 _11/10 3 _13/30 5b _7/15 M103 .6 _4 2 _11/10 .5 _13/30 2 _7/15 S11 3b _2
F21a1 F21a2 F21a3 F21a4 M65 F21a6 F21a7 F21a8 F21a9 F21a10 F21a11 F21a12 F21a13 F21a14

meter 4
unit 1/4
key b4 harm
% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F89a ::= M63 M28 5 _8 4 _4 1 _8 M45@~3 {3, 1, .4} _4 {1, .4} _4 {2, 1, .4} _2 - _2 {'1, 1} _4 - _4
F89a

% ——— Part 2, from m.1 ———

% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F94a ::= M46 {1, .6} _8 {1, .5} _8 {2, 1, .5b} _8 .4 _10 .3 _4*2 M45 M71 M28 M2 - _4 M58 .1Min$3-5-1 _8 - _16/3
F94a

key c#4 harm
% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F106a ::= M15@-2 {'3, '1} _16 M27@8 2bMin$3-5-1 _4 M20 {'1, 5b} _4 M45@~9 2 _4 M27@2 {5, .7} _2 M77@-1 - _16/3
F106a

% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F112a ::= M15 {'4, '2, 4} _16 M78 {'3, 5b} _4 M20@2 .5Dim$5-1-3 _4 M78@-8 M27 .6# _4 1 _4 M27 {4, .6#} _4 - _28/3
F112a

% ——— Part 3, from m.1 ———

key b4 harm
% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F119a2 ::= - _2 M63 Turn {4b, .7b, .4b} _2 M2 M117 M58 {6#, 2, 1, .6#} _8
M108 F119a2

key b4 maj
% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F130a1 ::= .6 _8 M43 3b _2 S12#4 2 _2 - M101
F130a2 ::= M102 2 M59~@~12 4 _8
F130a3 ::= 4 _4 M74 '1 _5/6 6 _5/6 4 _5/6 M74@-14 .6 _5/6 .7 _5/6 1 _5/6 M74@-12 S6 M19 7 _2
F130a4 ::= M104 Run 2 _2 M52
F130a5 ::= M97 M120 .5 _11/15 Run2@~-6 3 _11/15 4 _7/10 -/30 Run2 '2 _2/3 - _2/3 '3 _2/3 '1 _6 7 _4
F130a1 F130a2 F130a3 F130a4 F130a5

meter 6
unit 1/8
% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F152a ::= | 6 _2 5 _6 4 _4 |
F152a

% ——— Part 4, from m.1 ———

% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F153a ::= M52 M52 {1, .6b} _4 .7 _2 .6 _83/15 .6b _7/30 .6 _7/30 .7 _4 M98 .5 _10 1 _2 M59~@~11 5 _2 '1 _2 '2 _2
F153a

% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F157a1 ::= '3 _2 S17 M75 '4 M75 S17 M110 {''2b, '7b} M4@16 '4 {'6, '5b} '3 M110@~-3 M23@12 '2b M23@10
F157a2 ::= | 7 {'1, 6} M4@6 5 M23@4 |
F157a1 F157a2

% mm.1-20 — Run; M59 at +20, in retrograde; M10 stepped through the scale, diminished · 3 voices.
F162a ::= M4@1 M87 2b 4 _2 .7 _3/2 .4/2 {1, .3} _2 !'7 M121 '1 5 !3 M121 S18@36 ''3 _16
F162a

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