Enharmonic Spellings and Enharmonic Modulations
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What are the two primary reasons composers use enharmonic spellings, as distinct from enharmonic modulation?
View answer and explanationAccording to the discussion of enharmonic spellings, when a vii-diminished-7/V chord moves to a cadential I-6-4, why might a composer respell a note like A-flat as G-sharp?
View answer and explanationIn the discussion of enharmonic spellings for performer convenience, why does Schubert notate a passage in f-sharp minor instead of its enharmonically equivalent key, g-flat minor, in his String Trio D. 581?
View answer and explanationWhat is the key difference between an enharmonic spelling for convenience and an enharmonic modulation?
View answer and explanationWhich four sonorities can be reinterpreted enharmonically to function in different keys, thus enabling enharmonic modulation?
View answer and explanationOf the four sonorities that can be reinterpreted for enharmonic modulation, which two are most commonly used in tonal music?
View answer and explanationA major-minor seventh chord can be enharmonically reinterpreted between which two common harmonic functions?
View answer and explanationIn the context of an enharmonic modulation using a major-minor seventh sonority, what is the most common functional relationship between the chord in the first key and its reinterpretation in the second key?
View answer and explanationIn Example 23-7 from Schubert's 'Der Neugierige', a G7 chord is reinterpreted as a Ger+6. What is the new key that this modulation leads to?
View answer and explanationWhy is the diminished seventh chord a particularly flexible tool for enharmonic modulation?
View answer and explanationDespite its flexibility, how does the frequency of use of the diminished seventh chord in enharmonic modulations compare to that of the major-minor seventh chord?
View answer and explanationIn Example 23-9, Haydn modulates from A-flat major to f minor. What chord functions as the pivot in this enharmonic modulation?
View answer and explanationWhat is the function of the enharmonicism found in Example 23-11 from Schubert's Impromptu op. 90, no. 3?
View answer and explanationIn Example 23-10 from Beethoven's Piano Sonata op. 2, no. 2, a C-sharp-diminished-7 chord in measure 140 is treated as a vii-diminished-4-2 in what key?
View answer and explanationA D-flat 7 chord (Db-F-Ab-Cb) can function as a V7 in which key, and be enharmonically reinterpreted as a Ger+6 in which key?
View answer and explanationAn E-diminished-7 chord (E-G-Bb-Db) can be reinterpreted as the vii-diminished-7 of all the following keys EXCEPT one. Which one is it?
View answer and explanationIn Example 23-2, Mendelssohn notates a passage that tonicizes F-sharp major by writing the parts in which enharmonically equivalent key?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary implication when a listener hears a major-minor seventh or diminished seventh sonority, according to the chapter?
View answer and explanationWhat does the term 'enharmonic modulation' specifically refer to?
View answer and explanationIn an enharmonic modulation, what is the most important aspect of the common chord?
View answer and explanationIf a B-flat 7 chord is acting as a pivot, functioning as a V7/IV in F major, what would its function be if it were reinterpreted as a Ger+6 to modulate to a new key?
View answer and explanationAccording to Example 23-8, a diminished seventh chord consisting of the notes G-sharp, B, D, and F can resolve as a leading-tone chord to all of the following keys EXCEPT:
View answer and explanationIn the context of enharmonic modulation, what is the role of the It+6 (Italian augmented sixth) chord?
View answer and explanationIn the textural reduction of Schubert's String Trio (Example 23-3), the key of g-flat minor is notated as what key for convenience?
View answer and explanationWhen the last chord of measure 145 in Beethoven's Piano Sonata (Example 23-10) is heard, it sounds like a vii-diminished-7/vi in F-sharp. How is it actually treated and notated?
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