D Minor 7 - Research on Harmony - Variations 6

D Minor 7 - Research on Harmony - Variations 6 — Arnaud Quercy
D Minor 7 - Research on Harmony - Variations 6 — Arnaud Quercy
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  • Medium: Acrylic on Paper
  • Dimensions: 15.0 × 21.0 cm
  • Weight: 0.1 kg
  • Date: 2026
  • Location: France
  • Certificate of Authenticity: N°20261002-0171
  • Catalogue Number: AQC1120
  • Collection: Harmonic Crossing
  • Availability: Sold

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A small piano étude translated into color. The D Minor 7 minor seventh chord — D0, D2, D3, A4, A5 — appears here as orange toward black, red-violet, yellow-orange and red, the harmonic-chromatic translation of this chord. From D0 to A5, the étude breathes across the full keyboard.
Played Lent — slowly, meditatively, mp — at a gentle, conversational volume, legato — the notes flowing into one another. Opening at A5 (yellow-orange), the line falls to D0 (black) — the phrase finding its resolution in the bass. Arnaud wrote it in triple time, the melody moves in a quiet, waltz-like motion.
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 D minor 7 chord acrylic on paper geometric abstraction yellow-orange color field Harmonic Crossing collection piano études vertical composition contemporary French painting

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