<P> The exposition begins with the cellos introducing the first theme . By the fifth bar of the melody ( m . 7 ) , a chromatic note ( C ♯ ) is introduced , thus introducing the harmonic tension of the work . The melody is finished by the first violins , with a syncopated series of Gs ( which forms a tritone with C ♯ of the cellos ) . The first theme is then played again by the various instruments . </P>
<P> The exposition begins with the cellos introducing the first theme . By the fifth bar of the melody ( m . 7 ) , a chromatic note ( C ♯ ) is introduced , thus introducing the harmonic tension of the work . The melody is finished by the first violins , with a syncopated series of Gs ( which forms a tritone with C ♯ of the cellos ) . The first theme is then played again by the various instruments . </P>
who plays the first theme in eroica the first time
who plays the first theme in eroica the first time
the cellos
the cellos