first thing i played was a bit of bach... then some
the easy bits of rhapsody in blue... then some schubert. annoyingly i've hardly had a chance to play it very much yet though!
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Originally Posted by Campestral  btw what's the difference in a sonata, why do they have different parts? ... what happened to verse chorus versus bridge chorus verse? |
"sonata" is used to mean two distinct, if connected, things:
"a sonata" is a work for solo instrument (doesn't necessarily mean unaccompanied, but for example either a solo piano work, or a work
showcasing one instrument while it's accompanied by others) - a sonata usually has three or four movements and these will vary in speed and character.
"sonata form" means something very specific about how the composition is organised, sorta like
verse chorus versus bridge chorus verse but a lot more complicated - there's a good explanation
here but it is a bit involved.
very briefly it goes
exposition (
first subject group in tonic key,
transition to key of
second subject group, usually in dominant key or relative major; codetta);
development (of material heard earlier);
recapitulation (with
first subject group,
transition now altered so as NOT to modulate,
second subject group in tonic key and codetta) and possibly a final
coda. it's actually somewhat more complicated than that though
and perhaps confusingly, often one movement of
a sonata will be in
sonata form. Quote:
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number one sounds different and still amazing but i don't get how they are all the same song, is there some kinda underlying riff that i'm missing?
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the different movements of a sonata are presumably supposed to fit together in some pleasing way but maybe the way to think of them is more like different songs on an EP as opposed to different verses of one song... the connection between them may not be obvious but they're probably born out of one mind-set, at least...
so you have to tell us, what tune did you first play on it once you got it all set up?
