>Taris Flashpaw wrote: > >> Hi all >> I've run into a bit of a quandary with the finale to a work I'm >> currently trying to finish (which has been ongoing for about five >> years). The fourth movement (of five) is a lovely passacaglia and the >> bass line (on which the whole movement is based) only ever cadences >> when another repetition follows it (it ends with a V7 and starts with a >> i chord), so naturally, come the end of the movement, the cadence is >> nowhere to be found. My intentions are to have an attacca into the >> fifth movement and have the final i chord of the passacaglia kick off >> the finale (of course, modulating to the new key). >> >> Here's my problem. The passacaglia is in D minor and the Finale is in B >> minor. What key signature should I use for the start of the Finale? >> Should I use D minor to easier show the modulations, or should I notate >> the whole thing in B minor (the modulation will only take a few bars, >> so by bar 10, it will be in B minor). I see it as kind of pointless to >> use a key signature for only ten bars and then change it... >> >> What would you recommend? > >I would make the key signature B minor for the finale, right from the start. > >-- >David H. Bailey
I would to. You'll just have an harmonic progression leading to B minor at bar ten. Giovanni Andreani _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
