Questions tagged [functional-harmony]
For questions to related to the accepted uses of harmonic progression within the common-practice period. Questions may also necessitate the chord-progressions tag.
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Analyzing harmony
I'm trying to analyze this simple exercise from schubert but i can't really find the harmonic function here beside the satisfying voice leading that i hear when i play it
I wanna write such a piece ...
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When chord tones of ii are beamed to IV, is it IV ii or IV with an auxiliary sonority?
In blue-boxed measure, at 1st downbeat the chord seems to be IVMaj7.
Beamed notes seem to suggest ii triad.
I have read that IV and ii might come together from time to time and collectively they were ...
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Is there a way to describe this type of non-functional music?
As far as I could tell, this instrumental piece has the static chord vamp Bbmaj9-Am7 that never deviates in any section (let me know if I'm wrong). The main focus that the composer has chosen here is ...
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VII7 to I in romantic era harmony
In the opening bar of Emil von Sauer's Etude de Concert no. 1, he starts on G flat major, then transitions to an F major 7 that resolves back to G flat major (VII7 to I).
I know this is late romantic ...
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Purpose of interlude in Bach WTK II, Fugue 16
This is an excerpt of Bach WTK II, Fugue 16 (mm. 15-20). The part I have marked red is (in my opinion, hope not be mistaken) an interlude between the last entrance of the theme in the bass and the ...
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Why Bb7#9 in 'Michelle' and not Bbm7?
The second chord in the first Verse of the song 'Michelle' by the Beatles is often interpreted as Bb7#9. Isn't that a bit of an overkill? I actually don't really hear the major triad dominantly and if ...
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Enharmonic Mediant
In mixolydian mode, does the major chord on the subdominant lowered by a half step have any name? For example in E-mixolydian it is Ab-major and enharmonically, it would be the mediant. But what ...
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Is there a name for raising the v chord to a dominant V
From what I've understood from other questions, the dominant chord is always major. So in a minor key, the v chord is not considered dominant.
Considering that, is there a name for when we're in a ...
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Why prolongational instead of cadential progression
I have some questions regarding Mozarts piano sonata K. 283.
According to Hauser, "these four measures prolong tonic. Measures two and three are contrapuntal chords that are surrounded by the ...
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How to analyze introduction of Rachmaninoff's Paganini variation?
I'm trying to analyze the introduction of Rachmaninoff's Paganini variations (picture below). I'm thinking the whole thing is a sequence and I only have to analyze the first two measures. The F# makes ...
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F#m7 chord in “Misty” in C major
I'm analyzing the accompaniment for 'Misty' in C major. In measure 16 (“how hopelessly I am lost”) there's an F#m7 chord accompanying the B in the melody. Although F#m7 seems unusual in C major, it ...
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Can the subdominant move to the tonic in simple functional harmony?
I'm working on making a progression using solely functional harmony for my music lessons. At the end of my progression, I have a V-iii-ii-I. Is this at all justified? I ask because (as far as I ...
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What's the role of a bVI chord preceding a ii V I?
I'm talking about the chord progression of The Beach Boys' "Heroes & Villains" outro ("Bridge to Indians").
The progression is the following:
I I7 IV bVI7 I bVI7 ii7 V7 I (C# C#...
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is iii7 a dominant chord with scale degree 3?
As a mediant chord the iii chord has scale degrees ^3 ^5 and ^7. If we add the 7th (^2) it will have all degrees of the scale the serve a dominant function. Can it be said then that iii7 is actually a ...
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Notes for simple progression
I struggled a bit to find a good title for this question since I can only really describe it with an example.
I have been spending some time on chord progressions and improvising and would think that ...
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