Music from the Classical period is mainly based on the primary chords - I, IV and V, and the secondary chords - II, III, VI and VII. All four cadences can be found in Classical music. Perfect and ...
The Atrium String Quartet put on an impressive show when it passed this way in February 2013. Formed in 2000 at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and now based in Berlin, the foursome straddled eastern ...
This is our second story in our series on the characteristics of musical keys. We started with the “people’s key,” C major. From there it’s an easy skip to D, the root of today’s subject, the “saddest ...