Beethoven Sonata 9 in E-minor Movement 2 Harmonic Analysis

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This is the quick harmonic analysis of the second movement of Beethoven's Sonata no. 9 in E-minor.

Beethoven teaches us a few interesting things in this movement when it comes to the harmony:
use of secondary dominants and diminished seventh chords to various degrees in the given key (sometimes they are spelt in a different way then how it is indicated by the chord symbol, but sound the same);
melodic suspensions (they are not a harmonic movement but happen as a result of leading the melody);
pedal points over which passing chords appear (I notated them as regular functions because the pedal is sustained from the previous chord or bar);
Italian augmented sixth chord (when respelt enharmonically, they can be seen as bVI7 chord with no fifth - in Italian augmented sixth chord the root note of the key is doubled);
the appearance of subdominant after dominant (V - IV);
sudden change of the polarity of the main key (bars 49 - 62) from E-minor to E-major (repeated plagal cadence);
chromatic chord changes (e.g. bars 3-4 C# dim7 to Am7, similar in 11-12, then 43-44 dm7 to D7) - surprising and interesting.



Look for them in the video!
The chords are notated in a jazz style and with roman numerals.

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