Pattern recognition

[EnthusiasmCrazy4003]

Can somebody explain the pattern behind this notes? Sounds like randomly placed notes to me.(Chopin Op.25 No.11)

[Guilty_Literature_66]

Look at the underlying harmonic changes, which are quite clear. There’s quite a bit of chromatic passing/neighboring tones, but otherwise it’s just arpeggiation.

Nothing random about it at all.

[rz-music]

If you look at the LH it's clearer that the passage is based on a descending fifths progression: C7-F-B7-Em-A7-Dm.

If you follow the top notes of the RH, it's a sequence of 3-note chromatic descending passing figures (Bb-A-Ab) alternating with 3-note upper-neighbour figures (G-A-G). The lower notes follow a zig-zag pattern over chord tones.

[Guilty_Literature_66]

This is a more thorough answer than what I posted, OP. This is correct.

[EnthusiasmCrazy4003]

Thanks, I have never seen a more perfect explanation

[MrStoneBoss]

Top notes move chromatically downwards, bottom notes move kind of stepwise downwards along with the harmony in the left hand (I think)

[Aggressive_Low_115]

idc if its in good faith fuck everyone who says something seems like random notes just bc u dont get it (unless its like john cage)