How do you do a Schenkerian analysis?
Background Analysis
- identify the fundamental structure (descent from or )
- identify one of the basic prolongations of it as detailed in Prolonging the Fundamental Structure.
- remember that there may be an initial ascent or arpeggiation.
- tidy up your notation to make the graph as clear as possible.
What is the point of Schenkerian analysis?
Schenkerian analysis is a method of analyzing tonal music, based on the theories of Heinrich Schenker (1868–1935). The goal is to demonstrate the organic coherence of the work by showing how it relates to an abstracted deep structure, the Ursatz.