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Gillock, William : ACCENT ON SOLOS Snowman

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Music ID : 60435
Instrumentation:Piano Solo 
Genre:Educational works
Total Playing Time:0 min 25 sec
Copyright:Under Copyright Protection

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Author : Kumamoto, Ryohei

Last Updated: April 3, 2025
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

It is in a single-part form: a (measures 1-4) + a1 (measures 5-8).

For it to be in A minor, the leading tone G# does not function, and G natural is used instead. Therefore, this is considered a church mode, specifically the Aeolian mode with A as the final.

The two phrases are similar, but while the harmonic cadence of the first phrase (a) is Tonic → Dominant → Tonic, the harmonic cadence of the second phrase (a1) moves as Tonic → Subdominant → Dominant → Tonic from measures 5 to 8. From this, although the slur ends at measure 6, the harmonic cadence does not conclude there, so one should play with awareness of the following measure.

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