Vivaldi - "Winter" Opening - Roman Numerals & Figured Bass

from “The Four Seasons“ This music frequently uses trills (a rapid alternation between the written pitch and the note directly above written pitch) but these are not shown to keep the score from becoming too “busy“. Trillls, however, do aod in the establishment of the current scale/key. This provides many examples of common chord modulations and direct modulations, as well as secondarychords (not lasting long enough to be considered modulation- worthy). Suspensions and their resolutions are also used extensively. They are gold-highlighted. Chains of cIrcle progressions are plentiful, and there are even a couple chains of circle progressions involving seventh chords.