X:1
T:Songs Without Words
T:Felix Mendelssohn
T:Op. 85 No. 3 (#39/48)
%%score { ( 1 2 ) | ( 3 4 ) }
L:1/8
Q:1/4=98
M:4/4
I:linebreak $
K:Eb
V:1 treble nm="Piano" snm="Pno."
V:2 treble 
V:3 bass 
V:4 bass 
V:1
"^Presto."!f!"_#39" z/ [G,B,E]/[G,B,E]/[G,B,E]/ z/ [G,B,E]/[G,B,E]/[G,B,E]/ z/ [A,E]/[A,E]/[A,E]/ z/ [A,C]/[A,C]/[A,C]/ |: %1
 x4 z/ [B,E]/[B,E]/[B,E]/ z/ D/D/E/ | x4 z/ E/E/E/ z/ E/E/E/ | %3
 z/ [CE]/[CE]/[CE]/ z/ [C=E]/[CE]/[CE]/ z/ [CF]/A/[CF]/ z/ C/F/C/ | %4
 x4 z/ [A,E]/[A,E]/[A,E]/ z/ C/C/C/ | x4 z/ [B,E]/[B,E]/[B,E]/ z/ [B,D]/[B,D]/E/ | %6
 z/ [B,E]/[B,E]/[B,E]/ x2 x4 | x8 | %8
 x2"^con fuoco" z/ [DF]/[DF]/[DF]/ z/ [C=E]/[CE]/[CE]/ z/ [C_E]/[CE]/[CE]/ | %9
 z/ [B,D]/[B,D]/[B,D]/ z/ [DF]/[DF]/[DF]/ z/ [C=E]/[CE]/[CE]/ z/ [C_E]/[CE]/[CE]/ | %10
 z/ [B,D]/F/[B,D]/ z/ [DF]/[DF]/"^cresc."[DF]/ z/ [CE]/=A/[CE]/ z/ [F_A]/[FA]/[FA]/ | %11
 z/ G/ z z/ [GB]/e/"^cresc."[GB]/!f! z/ [FB]/[FB]/[FB]/ z/ [F=A]/[FA]/[FA]/ | %12
 z/ [B,D]/[B,D]/[B,D]/ z/ [B,D]/[B,D]/[B,D]/!p! z/ [=A,E]/[A,E]/[A,E]/ z/ [A,E]/[A,E]/[A,E]/ | %13
 z/ [B,D]/[B,D]/[B,D]/ z/ [B,D]/[B,D]/[B,D]/ z/ [=A,E]/[A,E]/[A,E]/ z/ [A,E]/[A,E]/[A,E]/ |1 %14
 z/ [B,D]/[B,D]/[B,D]/ z/ [B,D]/[B,D]/[B,D]/ z/ A,/A,/A,/ z/ [A,C]/[A,C]/[A,C]/ :|2 %15
 z/ [B,D]/[B,D]/[B,D]/ z/ [B,D]/[B,D]/[B,D]/ z/ [_DF]/[DF]/[DF]/ z/ F/F/F/ || %16
 x4 z/ [=EG]/[EG]/[EG]/ z/ [EG]/[EG]/A/ | x4 z/ [GB]/[GB]/[GB]/ x2 | x4 x4 | %19
 x2 z/ [CE]/[CE]/[CE]/ z/ [DF]/[DF]/[DF]/ z/ [DF]/[DF]/[DF]/ | %20
 z/ [CE]/[CE]/[CE]/ z/ [CE]/[CE]/[CE]/ z/ [DF]/[DF]/[DF]/ z/ [DF]/[DF]/[DF]/ | x4 x4 | x4 x4 | %23
 x4 x4 | x4 z/ ^F/F/F/!p! z/ F/F/F/ | %25
 z/ [DG]/[DG]/[DG]/ z/ [DG]/[DG]/[DG]/ z/ ^F/F/F/!p! z/ F/F/F/ | %26
 z/ [DG]/[DG]/[DG]/ z/ [DG]/[DG]/[DG]/ z/"^cresc." [_DG]/[DG]/[DG]/ z/ [DG]/[DG]/[DG]/ | %27
 z/ [CF]/[CF]/[CF]/ z/ C/C/C/ z/ [A,C]/[A,C]/[A,C]/ z/ [A,C]/[A,C]/[A,C]/ | %28
 x4 z/ [B,E]/[B,E]/[B,E]/ z/ [B,D]/[B,D]/E/ | x4 z/ [A,E]/[A,E]/[A,E]/ z/ [A,C]/[A,C]/[A,C]/ | %30
 x4 z/ [G,D]/[G,D]/[G,D]/ x2 | z/ [EG]/[EG]/[EG]/ z/ [EG]/[EG]/[EG]/ x4 | x8 | %33
 z/ [EG]/B/[EG]/ z/ [GB]/[GB]/[GB]/ z/ [F=A]/[FA]/[FA]/ z/ [F_A]/[FA]/[FA]/ | %34
 z/ [EG]/B/[EG]/ z/ [GB]/[GB]/[GB]/ z/ [F=A]/[FA]/[FA]/ z/ [F_A]/[FA]/[FA]/ | %35
 z/ [EG]/B/[EG]/ z/"_cresc." [GB]/[GB]/[GB]/ z/ [FA]/[FA]/[FA]/ z/ [B_d]/[Bd]/[Bd]/ | %36
 z/ c/ z z/ [ce]/a/[ce]/!f! z/ [Be]/[Be]/[Be]/ z/ [cf]/[cf]/[cf]/ | %37
 z/ [Ac]/[Ac]/[Ac]/ z/ [=EB]/[EB]/[EB]/"^ritard."!f! z/ [FA]/[FA]/[FA]/ z/ [_DG]/[DG]/[DG]/ | %38
 z/ [CF]/[CF]/[CF]/ z/ [_CF]/[CF]/[CF]/ z/ [B,_E]/[B,E]/[B,E]/ z/ [B,=D]/[B,D]/[B,D]/ | %39
[K:bass]"^a tempo"!ff! [G,B,E][G,B,] (!>![G,B,]2 [F,=A,]2) [F,_A,B,]2 | %40
[K:bass] G,G, ([G,B,]2 [F,=A,]2) [F,_A,B,]2 | G,2 [F,A,B,]2 G,2 [F,A,B,]2 | %42
 [F,A,B,E]2 [F,A,B,D]2[K:treble] [A,B,DG]2 [A,B,DF]2 | [A,B,DB]2 [A,B,DA]2 [A,B,DF]2 [A,B,D]2 | %44
!ff! x8 | x8 | x8 | x8 |] %48
V:2
 x4 (A2 GF) |: E(EDE) G2 F>E | E3 F/G/ A2 G2 | c2 B2 (BAGF) | E2 D2 (A2 GF) | E(EDE) G2 F>E | %6
 B4- B(=ABc) | .d.B (f3 ec=A) | FF !>!G3 .F/.G/ (B=A) | z F !>!G3 .F/.G/ (B=A) | %10
 z F !>!G3 =A !>!B2- | B.c/.d/ (fe) d2 c2 | B2 z2 (=A2 GF) | F2 z2 (=A2 GF) |1 F2 z2 (_A2 GF) :|2 %15
 F2 z2 (_d2 cB) || .A(AGA) !>!c2 B>A | .A(AGA) (e2 _d>c) | .c(c=Bc f_e=dc) | %19
 .=B.G !>!A3 .G/.A/ (cB) | z G !>!A3 .G/.A/ (c=B) | z!f! c g2- g/(g/f/e/ d/c/=B/c/) | %22
 z A g2- g/(g/f/"_più"!f!e/ d/c/=B/c/) | z/ (g/!f!f/e/ d/c/=B/c/) z/ (g/f/e/ d/c/B/c/) | %24
 z/ (g/f/e/ d/c/=B/c/) (e2 dc | =B2) z2 (e2 dc | =B2) z2 (_d2 c_B | =A2) z2 (_A2 GF) | %28
 .E.[G,B,E].[G,B,D].[G,B,E] (G2 F>E) | E4 (A2 GF) | .E.[G,B,E].[G,B,D].[G,B,E] (G2 F>E) | %31
 e4- e(def) | .g.e (b3 afd) | BB !>!c3 .B/.c/ (ed) | z B !>!c3 .B/.c/ (ed) | z B !>!c3 d !>!e2- | %36
 e.f/.g/ (!>!ba) g2 f2 | e2 _d2 c2 B2 | =A2 _A2 G2 F2 |[K:bass] x2 C3 .B,/.C/ (ED) | %40
[K:bass] z B, !>!C3 .B,/.C/ (ED) | z .B,/.C/ ((ED)) z .B,/.C/ ((ED)) | x4[K:treble] x4 | x8 | %44
 z/ [G,B,E]/[G,B,E]/[G,B,E]/ z/ [B,EG]/[B,EG]/[B,EG]/ z/ [EGB]/[EGB]/[EGB]/ z/ [GBe]/[GBe]/[GBe]/ | %45
 z/ [Beg]/[Beg]/[Beg]/ z/ [egb]/[egb]/[egb]/ z/ [gbe']/[gbe']/[gbe']/ z/ [be'g']/[be'g']/[be'g']/ | %46
 b'2 z2 [F,A,B,D]2 z2 | [G,B,E]2 z2 !fermata!z4 |] %48
V:3
 E,,2 E,2 C,2 A,,2 |: B,,4 B,,4 | E,2 D,2 C,2 B,,2 | A,,2 G,,2 F,,2 A,,2 | B,,4 C,2 A,,2 | %5
 B,,4 B,,2 A,,2 | G,,2 G,2 _G,4 | F,2 F,2 F,2 E,2 | D,2 (=B,,2 C,2 F,,2 | D,2) (=B,,2 C,2 F,,2 | %10
 B,,2) (=B,,2 C,2 D,2 | E,2) E,2 F,2 F,2 | B,,2 (D,2 C,2 F,,2 | B,,2) (D,2 C,2 F,,2 |1 %14
 B,,2 D,2!f! C,2 _A,,2) :|2 (B,,2 F,,2 B,,2 _D,2) || C,4 C,4 | F,2 F,2 G,4 | A,2 A,2 A,2 A,2 | %19
 G,2 (C,2 D,2 G,,2 | C,2) (E,2 D,2 G,,2 | E,2) E,/E,/E,/E,/ E, z z2 | F,2 F,/F,/F,/F,/ F, z z2 | %23
 [G,CEG] z z2 [A,CEG] z z2 | [=A,CEG] z z2 z2 D,2 | G,2 D,2 z2 D,2 | (G,2 F,2) z2 =E,2 | %27
 F,2 C,2!mf! F,,2 _A,,2 | .B,,.[B,,E,].[B,,E,].[B,,E,] B,,2 A,,2 | G,,2 _D,2 C,2 A,,2 | %30
 .B,,.[B,,E,].[B,,E,].[B,,E,] =B,,2 B,,2 |"^cresc." C,2 C2[K:treble] _C4 | B,2 B,2 B,2 A,2 | %33
[K:bass] (G,2 =E,2 F,2 B,,2) | (G,2 =E,2 F,2 B,,2) | E,2 =E,2 F,2 G,2 | A,2 A,2[K:treble] x4 | %37
 x4[K:bass] x4 | x4 x4 | x4 x4 | x4 x4 | x4 x4 |!ff! x2 x2 x2 x2 | x2 x2 x2 x2 | %44
 [E,,G,,B,,E,]2 [G,,B,,E,G,]2 [B,,E,G,B,]2 [E,G,B,E]2 | %45
[K:treble]"^sempre" [G,B,EG]2!ff! [B,EGB]2 [EGBe]2 [GBeg]2 | [Begb]2 z2[K:bass] [B,,,B,,]2 z2 | %47
 [E,,E,]2 z2 !fermata!z4 |] %48
V:4
 x4 z/ E,/E,/E,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ |: %1
 z/ [G,B,]/[G,B,]/[G,B,]/ z/ [G,B,]/[G,B,]/[G,B,]/ x2 z/ [A,B,]/[A,B,]/[A,B,]/ | %2
 z/ [G,B,]/[G,B,]/[G,B,]/ z/ [G,B,]/[G,B,]/[G,B,]/ z/ A,/A,/A,/ z/ B,/B,/B,/ | %3
 x4 z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ | %4
 z/ [G,B,]/[G,B,]/[G,B,]/ z/ [F,B,]/[F,B,]/[F,B,]/ z/ E,/E,/E,/ z/ A,/A,/A,/ | %5
 z/ [G,B,]/[G,B,]/[G,B,]/ z/ [G,B,]/[G,B,]/[G,B,]/ x4 | %6
 x2 z/ [B,E]/[B,E]/[B,E]/ z/ [B,E]/[B,E]/[B,E]/ z/ [B,E]/[B,E]/[B,E]/ | %7
 z/ [B,D]/[B,D]/[B,D]/ z/ [=B,D]/[B,D]/[B,D]/ z/ [CE]/[CE]/[CE]/ z/ [F,=A,C]/[F,A,C]/[F,A,C]/ | %8
 z/ [F,B,]/[F,B,]/[F,B,]/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ | %9
 z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ | %10
 z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ G,/G,/G,/ z/ G,/G,/G,/ z/ _B,/B,/B,/ | %11
 z/ B,/B,/B,/ z/ [B,C]/[B,C]/[B,C]/ z/ D/D/D/ z/ E/E/E/ | %12
 z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ | %13
 z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ |1 %14
 z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ :|2 %15
 z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ [F,B,]/[F,B,]/[F,B,]/ z/ [F,B,]/[F,B,]/[F,B,]/ || %16
 z/ [F,A,C]/[F,A,C]/[F,A,C]/ z/ [F,A,C]/[F,A,C]/[F,A,C]/ z/ [G,B,C]/[G,B,C]/[G,B,C]/ z/ [G,B,C]/[G,B,C]/[G,B,C]/ | %17
 z/ [A,C]/[A,C]/"^cresc."[A,C]/ z/ [A,_C=D]/[A,=CD]/[A,CD]/ z/ [B,_D_E]/[B,DE]/[B,DE]/ z/ [B,DE]/[B,DE]/[B,DE]/ | %18
 z/ [CE]/[CE]/[CE]/ z/ [CE]/[CE]/[CE]/ z/ [CF]/[CF]/[CF]/ z/ [C^F]/[CF]/[CF]/ | %19
 z/ [=B,D]/[B,D]/[B,D]/ z/ G,/G,/G,/ z/ G,/G,/G,/ z/ G,/G,/G,/ | %20
 z/ G,/G,/G,/ z/ G,/G,/G,/ z/ G,/G,/G,/ z/ G,/G,/G,/ | %21
 z/ [G,C]/[G,C]/[G,C]/ [G,C]/[G,C]/[G,C]/[G,C]/ [G,C] x3 | %22
 z/ [A,CE]/[A,CE]/[A,CE]/ [A,CE]/[A,CE]/[A,CE]/[A,CE]/ [A,CE] x3 | x8 | %24
 x4 z/!pp! [=A,C]/[A,C]/[A,C]/ z/ [A,C]/[A,C]/[A,C]/ | %25
 z/ =B,/B,/B,/ z/ B,/B,/B,/ z/ [=A,C]/[A,C]/[A,C]/ z/ [A,C]/[A,C]/[A,C]/ | %26
 z/ =B,/B,/B,/ z/ B,/B,/B,/ z/ _B,/B,/B,/ z/ B,/B,/B,/ | %27
 z/ =A,/A,/A,/ z/ A,/A,/A,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ | x8 | %29
 z/ [E,G,]/[E,G,]/[E,G,]/ z/ [E,G,]/[E,G,]/[E,G,]/ z/ E,/E,/E,/ z/ F,/F,/F,/ | x6 z/ G,/G,/G,/ | %31
 x4[K:treble] z/ [EA]/[EA]/[EA]/ z/ [EA]/[EA]/[EA]/ | %32
 z/ [EG]/[EG]/[EG]/ z/ [=EG]/[EG]/[EG]/ z/ [FA]/[FA]/[FA]/ z/ [B,DF]/[B,DF]/[B,DF]/ | %33
[K:bass] z/ B,/B,/B,/ z/ B,/B,/B,/ z/ B,/B,/B,/ z/ B,/B,/B,/ | %34
 z/ B,/B,/B,/ z/ B,/B,/B,/ z/ B,/B,/B,/ z/ B,/B,/B,/ | %35
 z/ B,/B,/B,/ z/ C/C/C/ z/ C/C/C/ z/ _E/E/E/ | %36
 z/ E/E/E/ z/ [EF]/[EF]/[EF]/[K:treble] z/ [B,EG]/[B,EG]/[B,EG]/ z/ [=B,DF]/[B,DF]/[B,DF]/ | %37
 z/ [CE]/[CE]/[CE]/[K:bass] z/ [G,_B,_D]/[G,B,D]/[G,B,D]/ z/ [A,C]/[A,C]/[A,C]/ z/ [=E,G,B,]/[E,G,B,]/[E,G,B,]/ | %38
 z/ [F,=A,]/[F,A,]/[F,A,]/ z/ [_A,,F,_A,]/[A,,F,A,]/[A,,F,A,]/ z/ [B,,G,]/[B,,G,]/[B,,G,]/ z/ [B,,A,]/[B,,A,]/[B,,A,]/ | %39
 z/ [E,,B,,E,]/[E,,B,,E,]/[E,,B,,E,]/ z/ [_E,,B,,=E,]/[E,,B,,E,]/[E,,B,,E,]/ z/ [E,,B,,]/[E,,B,,]/[E,,B,,]/ [E,,B,,]2 | %40
 z/ [E,,B,,E,]/[E,,B,,E,]/[E,,B,,E,]/ z/ [_E,,B,,=E,]/[E,,B,,E,]/[E,,B,,E,]/ z/ [E,,B,,]/[E,,B,,]/[E,,B,,]/ [E,,B,,]2 | %41
 z/ [E,,B,,E,]/[E,,B,,E,]/[E,,B,,E,]/ [E,,B,,]2 z/ [E,,B,,E,]/[E,,B,,E,]/[E,,B,,E,]/ [E,,B,,]2 | %42
 z/ [E,,B,,E,]/[E,,B,,E,]/[E,,B,,E,]/ z/ [E,,B,,]/[E,,B,,]/[E,,B,,]/ z/ [E,,B,,]/[E,,B,,]/[E,,B,,]/ z/ [E,,B,,]/[E,,B,,]/[E,,B,,]/ | %43
 z/ [E,,B,,]/[E,,B,,]/[E,,B,,]/ z/ [E,,B,,]/[E,,B,,]/[E,,B,,]/ z/ [E,,B,,]/[E,,B,,]/[E,,B,,]/ z/ [E,,B,,]/[E,,B,,]/[E,,B,,]/ | %44
 x8 |[K:treble] x8 | x4[K:bass] x4 | x8 |] %48


Questions about this score:
What is the initial time signature?
What is the initial key?
What is the initial tempo marking?
In measure 7, are there accidentals, and what are they?
In measure 2, is there a repeat sign?
In measure 25, what dynamic markings are there?
In measure 1, is there an E♭ major chord?
In measure 1, what is the chord progression? (Use I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII)
In measure 1, is there a first inversion B♭ major chord?
In which voice does the principal theme first appear?
In which measure does the melodic motif appear?
What are the main characteristics of the motif?

Reference answers (in the same order):
4/4 time
E♭ major
Presto
Yes,G♭3;A♮4
Yes
p;pp; sf
Yes
I–IV6–II6
Treble Voice
Measures 1–2
Duet texture and chromatic pulse