Timeline for Is Fantaisie Impromptu actually in G# Phrygian?
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| Dec 18, 2022 at 13:48 | comment | added | Dekkadeci | @chopinliszt - I'm guilty of also singing just the accented melody notes in Bars 13-16 whenever I sing Fantaisie-Impromptu (this does contrast awkwardly with my need to sing all the right-hand notes in measures beforehand, though). However, D# does indeed appear in F# minor - D# is in the F# melodic minor scale, which means that D# does get used in F# minor music. | |
| Dec 18, 2022 at 13:05 | comment | added | chopinliszt | I don't really consider the non-accented notes part of the melody but rather an ornamentation and part of the harmony. If I were to modify the harmony I would modify these notes as well. | |
| Dec 18, 2022 at 13:01 | comment | added | chopinliszt | Thanks, your answer is very interesting and well thought out. I assumed the E sharp/F natural was an example of chromaticism so never considered a possible F# tonic. I'm not completely convinced though because of the occurrence of the D# which doesn't appear in F# minor. I wonder if the melody is passing through multiple modes/keys, as you point out it appears to end in E major. Or perhaps it is just ambiguous. I'm very curious now to see whether it could be harmonised in G# Phrygian. Perhaps I'll try to rewrite the left hand if I have some spare time. | |
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| Dec 17, 2022 at 17:20 | history | edited | Dekkadeci | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 17, 2022 at 17:11 | history | answered | Dekkadeci | CC BY-SA 4.0 |