Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 11

Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 11 — Arnaud Quercy
Bb Major - Research on Harmony - Variations 11 — Arnaud Quercy

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  • Medium: Acrylic on Paper
  • Dimensions: 13.0 × 18.0 cm
  • Weight: 0.1 kg
  • Date: 2026
  • Location: France
  • Certificate of Authenticity: N°20261002-0159
  • Catalogue Number: AQC1107
  • Collection: Harmonic Crossing

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A small piano étude translated into color. The Bb Major triad — Bb1, F4, Bb4, D5 — appears here as violet toward black, orange toward yellow-orange and red-violet, the harmonic-chromatic translation of this chord. From Bb1 to D5, the étude breathes across the full keyboard.
Played Lent — slowly, meditatively, p — softly, with restraint, legato — the notes flowing into one another. Rising from Bb1 (black) to D5 (light yellow-orange) at the crest, the line folds back — an arch, a breath held and released. Arnaud wrote it in four, the pulse walks with a steady, even tread.
This painting belongs to my Harmonic Crossing series, an ongoing practice of translating harmonic relationships into visual form. Each variation is a study — direct, unadorned, focused on the essential character of the chord.

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harmonic-chromatic mapping cycle of fifths Bb Major triad acrylic on paper geometric color zones red-violet and orange Harmonic Crossing collection piano études contemporary French painting small format acrylic color-harmony system Bb Major series

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