More about Mozart's chord progression

The idea to use a chord progression of Mozart came from a post by @floyd jane in my previous song "This Tree". Floyd noted that the backing of This Tree had a classical-music flavour, and he asked if it was due to Mozart's influence. Floyd's comment got me thinking that Mozart could definitely be a treasure trove for songwriters. So I began experimenting

Mozart's Piano Sonata K331 in A major is one of my favourite piano works. I learnt it many years ago and have always enjoyed playing it.


I manually transcribed the chord progression and typed it into BIAB. Because this work of Mozart's is rather lengthy, I only used the first part of the chord progression up to the section that is labelled "Var. I". The progression up to this point is a variation of AABA format. Since the AABA format is one of my personal favourites, I stayed with it.

The song was originally in the key of A major (the same that Mozart used). As I played around with it, though, I changed chords here and there and put it into a 3/4 time signature. I also transposed the song to C major so that it sat more comfortably for a male tenor.

If anyone is interested listening to my original BIAB chordsheet in A major, it can be downloaded using the link below. Please feel free to use it if you wish to.

Mozart Piano Sonata K331 - chord progression

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