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Ex.32: Symphony No.2 movement I, bars 85-91.
The harmonic quirk mentioned above is present in this extract,
although here it becomes a succession of notes a perfect fifth apart to
notes a major third apart, rather than perfect fourth to major third as
before. The sequential repetition (once begun at bar 81) gives rise to
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a change in the natural grouping of the notes within the 4 bar. In this
extract, the grouping is changed from two groups of three to three groups
of two, by virtue of the fact that it is a two-note motif being repeated.
The demarcation line between the development section and the
recapitulation section of this movement is signposted by the sequential
repetition of a motif, from the first subject group, that was explored
extensively during the development section:
Ex.33: Symphony No.2 movement I bars 174-81.
This sequence shows a rebuilding of tension, after a period of relative
calm, towards the end of the development section. The repetition of the
motif beginning midpoint 1n bar 17~ shifts the accents onto the second
and fifth crotchet beats of the bar, grouping the three-beat motif
across the bar and the half bar-line. This is most noticeable in bar
180, overlapping into bar 181.