Originally posted by Peter:
It isn't discordant - the chord is a simple dominant 7th. The effect is caused simply by the 'cello playing that high F out of the blue - for several bars prior to this the 'cello part plays the tonic note D in the same register as the piano and then it leaps up to that F. I bet you're not bothered by the first few bars of the 4th movement, yet B uses exactly the same chord and spacing as he does on that first dominant 7th chord.
It isn't discordant - the chord is a simple dominant 7th. The effect is caused simply by the 'cello playing that high F out of the blue - for several bars prior to this the 'cello part plays the tonic note D in the same register as the piano and then it leaps up to that F. I bet you're not bothered by the first few bars of the 4th movement, yet B uses exactly the same chord and spacing as he does on that first dominant 7th chord.
PS. I do understand about sevenths. When I grow up, I hope to buy a big book about ninths
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PDG (Peter)
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