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accompanied Allegretto Allegro non troppo Andante appears arpeggios ascending passage Beethoven Brahms Brahms's cadence cellos and basses chord clarinet and bassoon coda cres crescendo crotchets descending notes diminuendo dolce dominant seventh dotted-note double basses double bassoon drums E minor eight bars espress exposition F major F minor F sharp F sharp major falling thirds fifth bar flat major flute and oboe follows fortissimo four bars four notes fourth bar full orchestra gives place heard immediately repeated inversion last movement leads legato lower strings melody modulation mood ninth bar octaves opening bars passionato phrase pianissimo pizzicato pizzicato strings played recapitulation rhythm scale passages second bar second subject second violins semiquavers sharp major staccato symphony syncopated Theme in bass third bar Third Movement thirds and sixths three notes tion triplet quavers trombones trumpets tune upper strings violas and cellos violins violins take wood-wind and horns