This scale consists of the pitches, D, E, F, G, A, B♭, and C. Let’s start with the D natural minor scale. They are the natural, melodic and harmonic minor scales. There are three types of minor scales and we shall take a look at all of them here.

You might note that the little on-stage orchestra is playing little wind version of popular operas of the day, including “Non più andrai” from Mozart’s own opera, The Marriage of Figaro.This lesson is all about the D minor scale.

We’re supposed to be impressed with the majesty and pomp of the dinner. This is the opening of the final scene of Don Giovanni where Leporello is preparing the feast for his master that ends so very badly. Allegro ma non troppo (Joseph Szigeti, violin New York Philharmonic Orchestra Bruno Walter, cond.) Allegro ma non troppoīeethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. I’ll make a couple of suggestions and the reasons and see what you might add to these:īeethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. It’s interesting to note the absence of Bach and Telemann, for example – the music of that earlier generation had not yet reached the level of veneration it now holds. I suspect this list might have formed his basic repertoire in teaching at the Royal College of Music and would not have been unusual for the time. Another guideline might be to note the relatively small list of composers he gave as examples: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert Rossini, Weber, and Spohr – all stalwarts of German classicism / romanticism. What pieces do you think should be added here? Keep in mind that the piece should date from before 1876, when Pauer’s book was published. Pauer’s key characteristics for D major are that it: “… expresses majesty, grandeur, pomp, and adapts itself well to triumphal processions, festival marches, and pieces in which stateliness is the prevailing feature.” For the rest of the major and minor keys, he left us the attributes but not list of pieces. Fragonard: Don Juan and the statue of the CommanderIn our earlier series on C major and minor and G major and minor, we listed Ernst Pauer’s suggestions from 1876 of pieces that fit the particular affect he assigned for a key.

A flat major D major scale