Ab Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 12

Seven notes played Animé, mf, legato, in triple time — the loudest waltz in the series, the line climbing from Ab2 to C6 in a steady ascent. The fifth at Eb4 holds the center, blue-violet spreading wide. D3 and D5 bracket the chord with orange accents below and above, warm visitors flanking the cool triad. All three chord tones present, the harmony complete.

Blue toward black sits at Ab2 in the bass. The orange at D3 warms the lower middle, a dark amber glow. Blue-violet fills the center at Eb4, the fifth's color at its most saturated. Red at C4 adds the third's warmth nearby. Higher, the orange returns at D5, brighter now, and Ab5 cools to steel-blue. C6 dissolves to pale warmth at the top. The palette is evenly distributed — six distinct fields, none overwhelming.

The most balanced waltz. Every chord tone present, every register claimed, the orange visitor given exactly enough space to warm the frame without taking it over.