Poulenc Trio for Oboe, bassoon and Piano

Overall key

Bb major

Structure of this piece?

Ternary (A B A1)

Feature in left hand piano (bass) at beginning?

Tonic pedal

Cadence at bar 7 and in what key

Cadential 6/4 in F

Alternating between what chords at bar 9?

Bb and Ebmaj7

Key at bar 12?

Db major

Key at bar 18?

E minor

In bar 18 F\# and D\# are what?

Appoggiatura’s

Feature in bar 20 and 21?

Upper auxiliary’s in octave displacements (1)

Scale and harmony suggested in bars 21-22

Octatonic scale

Key in bar 23?

B minor

What’s unusual about the Bm chord in bar 23?

Its in first inversion as the start of a new section

How does the key in bar 23 relate to the tonic of the piece?

Semitone up- Neapolitan feature

Flavour in bar 30?

Octatonic and dominant flavour

Scale in left had of bar 34?

Octatonic

What’s interesting about the cadence into bar 35?

Tierce de Picardie flavour

Key in bar 35?

B major

Cadence in bar 37-38?

Interrupted cadence in Cm

What do the chords on the first beat of the following bars all have in common: 37, 38, 40, 41, 42?

1st inversion chords that chromatically rise in sequence by semitone step

Feature in left hand (bass) in bar 41 and 42?

Upper auxiliary with octave displacement (2)

Harmony in bar 45 to 48?

Entirely diatonic

Key in bar 45?

C major

Key in bar 52?

F major

What’s odd about the tonicisation of F major in bar 52?

Tierce de Picardie flavour as it feels like it should go to Fm

Feature in left hand piano at bar 52, 53, 54 and 55?

Descending chromatic acciaccatura’s

What scale does the B natural acciaccatura in bar 58 suggest?

F lydian

Which section starts here?

B Section

Which section starts here?

A1