Further Elements of the Harmonic Vocabulary
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What is the defining characteristic of a dominant chord with a substituted 6th (Vsubs6th)?
View answer and explanationIn the typical resolution of a V or V7 with a substituted 6th, how does the 6th move?
View answer and explanationIn a V7subs6th chord, what is the required voicing relationship between the 7th and the substituted 6th?
View answer and explanationHow is the V+7 chord, an augmented dominant, described in terms of its sonority?
View answer and explanationWhat is the typical resolution of the raised 5th in a V+ or V+7 chord?
View answer and explanationThe augmented dominant (V+ or V+7) is typically found resolving to a tonic chord in which mode?
View answer and explanationWhat does the chapter state about the prevalence of true eleventh and thirteenth chords before the Impressionistic period?
View answer and explanationWhat is described in the chapter as the most common way the 9th of a ninth chord is treated before the chord resolves?
View answer and explanationWhat is the definition of a common-tone diminished seventh (cto7) chord?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary harmonic function of a common-tone diminished seventh (cto7) chord?
View answer and explanationWhen 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?
View answer and explanationWhen a common-tone diminished seventh (cto7) chord is used to embellish a dominant chord (V), what is its usual spelling?
View answer and explanationAccording 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)?
View answer and explanationWhat is the key difference in the resolution of the altered pitch in a V+7 chord compared to a V7subs6th chord?
View answer and explanationWhy is the V7subs6th chord not considered a true 13th chord in the context of the textbook?
View answer and explanationWhat two chords are most frequently embellished by a common-tone diminished seventh chord?
View answer and explanationWhen a common-tone diminished seventh (cto7) embellishes a major triad or dominant seventh chord, which member of the embellished chord is the common tone?
View answer and explanationThe 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?
View answer and explanationThe 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?
View answer and explanationWhile 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?
View answer and explanationIn the progression V9 to i, how does the 9th of the V9 chord typically resolve?
View answer and explanationWhat does the text say about the use of inversions for ninth chords compared to triads and seventh chords?
View answer and explanationWhat analytical convention does the text adopt for common-tone diminished seventh chords to indicate their weak harmonic function?
View answer and explanationThe V+7 chord in a major key is enharmonically equivalent to which chord in the minor mode?
View answer and explanationIn 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?
View answer and explanationWhat are the most common secondary dominants to appear in augmented form, according to the chapter?
View answer and explanationWhy might a composer, like Chopin in Example 24-10, use an enharmonic spelling for the notes of a V+7 chord?
View answer and explanationAlthough 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?
View answer and explanationHow does the chapter suggest analyzing inversions of ninth chords, given the cumbersomeness of figured bass?
View answer and explanationIn the context of common-tone diminished seventh chords, the text mentions that examples in which mode are rare?
View answer and explanationWhat does the text indicate about inversions for common-tone diminished seventh chords?
View answer and explanationWhat is the relationship between a dominant with an added 6th (like IVadd6) and a dominant with a substituted 6th (Vsubs6th)?
View answer and explanationIn Example 24-2c, the Vsubs6th chord contains the same scale degrees as which diatonic triad?
View answer and explanationIn most instances of V+ or V+7, what diatonic chord often precedes them?
View answer and explanationAccording to the text, what is a potential alternative analysis for the 9th of a Vb9 chord?
View answer and explanationIn Example 24-21 from Mozart, the common-tone diminished seventh chord is interpolated between what two harmonic events?
View answer and explanationIn Example 24-25 from Brahms, how is the cto7 chord embellishing the tonic spelled, and why?
View answer and explanationIn the lead-sheet symbol V7(b9), what does the 'b9' indicate?
View answer and explanationIn 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?
View answer and explanationIs the Vsubs6th the same as a triad with an added sixth?
View answer and explanationWhat is the reason given in the chapter for why the augmented dominant is not found resolving to a minor triad?
View answer and explanationThe fourth inversion of a ninth chord is described as being what?
View answer and explanationIn the Tchaikovsky and Sousa examples (24-23 and 24-24), a prominent common-tone diminished seventh chord is shown embellishing what harmony?
View answer and explanationIn 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?
View answer and explanationWhat is the key functional difference between a Vsubs6th chord and a iii6 chord, despite them containing the same scale degrees?
View answer and explanationIn the Checkpoint section of Chapter 24, how is the resolution of the raised 5th of a V+ or V+7 described?
View answer and explanationThe 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?
View answer and explanationAccording 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?
View answer and explanationWhat does the text say is the only criterion for the spelling of a common-tone diminished seventh (cto7) chord?
View answer and explanationIn the summary of Chapter 24, what analysis is one cautioned NOT to make for a viio7/V?
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