Dream Song
Original teaching materials
Overall analysis
"Dream Song" is selected from the seventh song of "Childhood Scenes", Schumann likes to travel in the world of fantasy, he has written many fantasy songs, this is one of the most popular, and it is also the most wonderful and charming piece of the whole set of "Childhood Scenes", often played alone. The song uses beautiful melodies and colorful harmonies and rich counterpoint techniques to reveal the pure dream mood of children.
Specific analysis
It is a reproduction of a single trilogy, the whole piece begins in F major, using a series of transpositions, the mode is very rich, 4/4 beats, not too fast line board. The structure of the whole song is simple and clear, and each of the three sections contains two phrases, all of which are square sentences.
peculiarity:
1. The whole piece is a single trilogy structure A-B-A1, where B is the middle of the development, each section is 8 bars, which is composed of two square 4+4 phrases, with symmetrical characteristics.
2. Every festival begins with a weak beginning.
3. This piece is 24 bars, and its highest note ♭, B, is exactly at the Golden Section, at the 14th bar.
4. The melody of each phrase is first up, then down, and the structure is symmetrical.