Augmented Sixth Chords

Creator: 
Nathan Ryland
Description: 

A selection from the third movement of Mozart's Piano Sonata in D Major, K. 284 (Var. VII)

The selection contains an Italian augmented sixth chord (at 0:05), followed shortly after by a German augmented sixth chord (at 0:10).  Augmented sixth chords were often used in the eighteenth century to add drama and tension to a piece.

Contributor: 
Nathan Ryland
Format: 
wav
Type: 
Audio
Date: 
September 26, 2019
Subject: 

Piano, classical, sonata, harmony, eighteenth century

Duration: 
15 seconds
Bit Rate/Frequency: 
1411 kbps/44.1 khz