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That's stating something that we can sing,
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that we can remember.
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But Beethoven has to get from point A,
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the minor,to point B, the more lyrical major,
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so he writes a transition.
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So the second functional type here is transitional music.
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We want to be able to differentiate thematic music
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from transitional music.
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Then there are passages--and in sonata-allegro form
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it's in the middle of the movement--
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that are exclusively developmental,
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where you take the material and play with it.