... rhythms. Theme In the theme of 'Die Forelle', only strings are used with no piano. The melody has dotted rhythms, which was not in the original. The piece is however still in binary from (A :|| B). There is ornamentation of A major added in part A with extra notes, and in part B with an acciaccatura trill. The piece modulates to the dominant chord near the end. Variation 1 The similarities of Variation 1 to the theme are that it has mainly the same notes, the same structure and the same modulation. The same dotted notes are still obvious and the same chords are used. However there are many differences in Variation 1 to the theme too. The piano plays the main themes, and it was absent from playing before. The piano plays two octaves in the treble register. There is a viola in the background playing a counter melody, which slows towards the ...

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