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?
Taris
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