Prelude no 15 in Db major by Chopin

The song prelim none15 by Chopin, also known as the raindrop prelude is compose in tierce form, which means its an ABA structure. Its structure un standardised galore(postnominal) other preludes has a very wanton Ternary form structure with a coda at the end to turn back the piece nicely. Section A is written in Db, while section B is written enharmonically in C minor. Although it is in Ternary form the piece put forward be split into 4 parts. The Coda, A, B, and A again.Melody and RhythmJust like the name of the piece, Raindrop, throughout the piece continue get downs are used to act as the continuous raindrops falling. During the piece such as in the first bar, Chopin uses descending notes and arpeggios to trifle falling raindrops. He also uses septuplets and turns to effect similar effects. He changes to the relative minor and dominant keys to bring out conversion indoors the melody.TonalityThe Raindrop preliminary is written in Db major with 5 flats. Bb, Eb, Ab, Db and Gb. The piece is generally tonal and uses many different relative keys to create variation throughout the piece.Texture.Although the Raindrop Prelude is written and compete on one lenient the food grain is generally quite thick throughout. Chopin, in the B section, uses a technique called manifold to create a powerful and a build up of the texture. This is where a note is played in octaves in two hands creating a more aroused feeling as well, as a feature of romantic music. The texture could be described as both polyphonic and homophonic as the melody preceding(prenominal) the pedaled notes is more complex but fits in with many of the sustained notes.Use of Piano.Because Prelude no. 15 is written for delicate Chopin uses the abilities of the pianissimo assai very well to create variation among sections. For example, in section B the melody is played in the remaining hand rather than the Right which created a low forceful and powerful sound. overly by using pedaled notes in both the harmony and melody the sound of the piano created the feel of raindrops. Chopin also wrote Prelude no. 15 because many pieces of music were created for the piano in the Romantic era as the instrument was developed and made larger which enables it to create Cantabile sounds and sustained slurs with pedals. excessively pianos were now able to make larger ranges of dynamics, articulation and pitches because of the use of hammers on set up and the extension of octaves.