... This transition between G and D (I-V), so common in this kind of music, is achieved with the sharing of the melody between the two parts, in a phrase free of complicated harmonic progression. ... Bach uses the C natural as a leading note and only sharpens it in the lower part just before the last chord, (something commonly done in the Baroque age) which has to be a major one. ... In the last beat of the bar we find an F sharp which warns us of a new modulation. ... It is interesting to see that the structure of the last bars is almost the same with that of the first part. ... In the last bar Bach uses the natural F, as he used the natural C in the first part, to achieve that recognizable harmony before the last chord.
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