To get the most from these demonstrations move the pointer over each lowest level syntactic element on the parsing diagram in turn. For example: Static Harmony ..... Dynamic Harmony ..... Chord V ..... Chord I. The descriptions for each element are different on each demonstration and should be read carefully.
Don't move the pointer whilst the demo is playing. If you do this, then press the reload button to recover or wait until the music stops completely. These normally take 20 to 30 seconds to download via a 56k modem.
I hope you find these useful and that they encourage you to learn more about Syntactic Structures in Music.
1) A simple syntactic structure, Haydn: Sonata in D major, Hob XVI:37, III
2) A longer syntactic structure, Mozart: Sonata in A minor, KV 310 (300d)
3) A phrase with a dynamic introduction: Chopin: Prelude Op. 28, No 7.
4) A phrase with a Dominant Prolongation: Bach: Well Tempered Clavier, Book II, Prelude XII
5) A phrase with a Static Coda: to follow
Note: there are old versions of these demos that use midi files. These may sound better on some machines but midi files are not fully supported on all machine/browser environments. Please refer to the old demo menu if you want to try them. They include a demo not in the list above.