Scriabin Prelude, Op. 11, No. 4 in E Minor

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The Music


Color


Primary Analysis

The following picture relates chords and keys on various time scales in the movement. The x-axis represent time. The start of the movement is on the left-hand side, and the end of the movement is on the right-hand side.

The y-axis represents the scale of the analysis. The top of the picture represent the entire piece analysized as a single unit. The next line represents two analyses: one for the first half of the movement, and another for the second half of the movement. The movement is subsequently subdivided into more and more pieces until the bottom of the graph which divides the movement into one-beat units.

Therefore, the bottom of the picture shows the chord root, while the top of the picture shows the overall key of the movement. The intermediate regions are where modulations and tonicizations occur.

The y-axis is on a logarithmic scale. Click on the picture below to see more detail.

Good Features:

  1. Clearly in E Minor
  2. Clear relations between sections.

Continuous key plot.


Instantaneous Key

The following images blur the vertical axis of the primary analysis picture.
Vertical blurring of the primary analysis picture.
Vertical blurring of the primary analysis picture with more blurring.