Further Elements of the Harmonic Vocabulary

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Question 1

What is the defining characteristic of a dominant chord with a substituted 6th (Vsubs6th)?

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Question 2

In the typical resolution of a V or V7 with a substituted 6th, how does the 6th move?

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Question 3

In a V7subs6th chord, what is the required voicing relationship between the 7th and the substituted 6th?

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Question 4

How is the V+7 chord, an augmented dominant, described in terms of its sonority?

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Question 5

What is the typical resolution of the raised 5th in a V+ or V+7 chord?

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Question 6

The augmented dominant (V+ or V+7) is typically found resolving to a tonic chord in which mode?

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Question 7

What does the chapter state about the prevalence of true eleventh and thirteenth chords before the Impressionistic period?

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Question 8

What is described in the chapter as the most common way the 9th of a ninth chord is treated before the chord resolves?

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Question 9

What is the definition of a common-tone diminished seventh (cto7) chord?

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Question 10

What is the primary harmonic function of a common-tone diminished seventh (cto7) chord?

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Question 11

When a common-tone diminished seventh (cto7) chord is used to embellish a tonic chord (I) in a major key, how is it most often spelled?

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Question 12

When a common-tone diminished seventh (cto7) chord is used to embellish a dominant chord (V), what is its usual spelling?

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Question 13

According to the table in Chapter 24, how can a musician distinguish a common-tone diminished seventh (cto7) from a leading-tone diminished seventh of the dominant (viio7/V)?

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Question 14

What is the key difference in the resolution of the altered pitch in a V+7 chord compared to a V7subs6th chord?

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Question 15

Why is the V7subs6th chord not considered a true 13th chord in the context of the textbook?

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Question 16

What two chords are most frequently embellished by a common-tone diminished seventh chord?

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Question 17

When a common-tone diminished seventh (cto7) embellishes a major triad or dominant seventh chord, which member of the embellished chord is the common tone?

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Question 18

The chromatic alteration in an augmented dominant (V+) is described as being useful because the raised 5th creates a leading tone to which part of the tonic triad?

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Question 19

The substituted 6th in a Vsubs6th chord is often prepared in a way that makes the theorist analyze it as a V chord with what type of nonstandard nonchord tone?

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Question 20

While dominant ninths are the most frequently encountered ninth chords, Chapter 24 provides a clear example of a ninth chord built on which other scale degree?

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Question 21

In the progression V9 to i, how does the 9th of the V9 chord typically resolve?

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Question 22

What does the text say about the use of inversions for ninth chords compared to triads and seventh chords?

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Question 23

What analytical convention does the text adopt for common-tone diminished seventh chords to indicate their weak harmonic function?

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Question 24

The V+7 chord in a major key is enharmonically equivalent to which chord in the minor mode?

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Question 25

In addition to embellishing I and V, Chapter 24 shows that common-tone diminished seventh chords can also be used to embellish what other type of chord?

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Question 26

What are the most common secondary dominants to appear in augmented form, according to the chapter?

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Question 27

Why might a composer, like Chopin in Example 24-10, use an enharmonic spelling for the notes of a V+7 chord?

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Question 28

Although a V+7 chord may contain the interval of an augmented 6th depending on its voicing, why should it not be confused with conventional augmented sixth chords?

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Question 29

How does the chapter suggest analyzing inversions of ninth chords, given the cumbersomeness of figured bass?

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Question 30

In the context of common-tone diminished seventh chords, the text mentions that examples in which mode are rare?

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Question 31

What does the text indicate about inversions for common-tone diminished seventh chords?

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Question 32

What is the relationship between a dominant with an added 6th (like IVadd6) and a dominant with a substituted 6th (Vsubs6th)?

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Question 33

In Example 24-2c, the Vsubs6th chord contains the same scale degrees as which diatonic triad?

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Question 34

In most instances of V+ or V+7, what diatonic chord often precedes them?

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Question 35

According to the text, what is a potential alternative analysis for the 9th of a Vb9 chord?

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Question 36

In Example 24-21 from Mozart, the common-tone diminished seventh chord is interpolated between what two harmonic events?

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Question 37

In Example 24-25 from Brahms, how is the cto7 chord embellishing the tonic spelled, and why?

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Question 38

In the lead-sheet symbol V7(b9), what does the 'b9' indicate?

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Question 39

In Example 24-29 by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, a diminished seventh chord in measure 12 is heard first as a potential viio7/vi but then functions as what?

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Question 40

Is the Vsubs6th the same as a triad with an added sixth?

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Question 41

What is the reason given in the chapter for why the augmented dominant is not found resolving to a minor triad?

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Question 42

The fourth inversion of a ninth chord is described as being what?

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Question 43

In the Tchaikovsky and Sousa examples (24-23 and 24-24), a prominent common-tone diminished seventh chord is shown embellishing what harmony?

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Question 44

In the Schumann 'Lento espressivo' (Ex. 24-27), a chord spelled as a D-flat diminished 7th (a cto7 of I) resolves in a way that requires what analysis?

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Question 45

What is the key functional difference between a Vsubs6th chord and a iii6 chord, despite them containing the same scale degrees?

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Question 46

In the Checkpoint section of Chapter 24, how is the resolution of the raised 5th of a V+ or V+7 described?

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Question 47

The Checkpoint section of Chapter 24 asks how the 9th resolves in the progression V9 to i. What is the implied answer based on the chapter's content?

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Question 48

According to Checkpoint question 8 in Chapter 24, the cto7 that embellishes the tonic is usually spelled as a #iio7, whereas the one that embellishes the dominant is usually spelled as what?

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Question 49

What does the text say is the only criterion for the spelling of a common-tone diminished seventh (cto7) chord?

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Question 50

In the summary of Chapter 24, what analysis is one cautioned NOT to make for a viio7/V?

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