Composers added chromatic notes to their chords and melodies to make their music more expressive. In the slow movement of Sergei Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2, the opening flute melody ...
The score below is from Sicut Cervus by Giovanni Pierlugi da Palestrina. The notes on the first and third beats of the bar form part of a chord in G major - the key of the piece. Also, the ...