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Before the advent of Roman-numeral analysis, did musicians conceptualize applied/secondary chords as somehow moving towards their temporary tonics?
As discussed in Origin of Roman Numeral Analysis, Roman numerals weren't a widespread analytical tool until at least the 19th century.
With this in mind, imagine that you're a musician in 1770; you're ...
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Are all modes relative to Ionian (major) in Roman numeral analysis?
I saw in this Wikipedia article that there are a lot of flats and sharps in the modal natural chords. And I was wondering if it's because they all refer to Ionian.
So in Aeolian the "bIII" chord is ...
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7th chord notation confusion
I simply cannot understand the notation used in this question:
I need to express this chord in 4-part, open or close position; I just can't seem to understand how the notation works. I know that this ...
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Roman Analysis of "Ab B G" chord
I am currently analyzing a bit of music for homework which consists of four voices (string quartet).
It is in the key of G Major, but the chord that it ends on, is a Ab on the cello, B on the Viola, ...
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Intro of A Whiter Shade of Pale: is my analysis of chords correct?
I wonder about 2 points in this intro (I can ask them in to different questions if desired)
I'm not sure whether I hear this progression correct ...
The beginning ...
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Roman Numeral Analysis - Tonicization of relative major key in minor key
I have a passage that I am trying to analyse with roman numerals:
The passage is in B minor, but the section in question briefly tonicizes D major - the relative major key.
My question is, how can ...
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Roman Numeral Chords with Slash
This chart has a listing for a chord V/1 and I'm having trouble interpreting this chord, specifically the "/1" part. I think the "/1" part might have one of the following meanings....
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Inversions of diminished 7th chords
I have the following passage in D minor which features two diminished 7th chords:
I have labelled most of the chords, but I am at a loss of how to label these two diminished 7th chords.
If I could ...
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Score analysis: Beethoven - Menuetto IV in F major (WoO9) at measure 4
I'm new to music and I'm trying to learn analysis, my question is, what chord is represented in the last bar of this excerpt? It has C in bass, so it could be a dominant chord, but rest of the notes ...
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Song structures and tonality
It has to be prety basic but I never understood how it is conventionally explained.
Usually a pop song has a fixed key like in:
Cmajor:
Verse: C-Am-F-G
Bridge: Am-G, Am-G
Chorus: F-G-Am
How is ...
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What is the roman numeral of the subtonic chord in a minor scale, VII or V/III?
What should we call a subtonic chord in minor scale, VII or the secondary function of III (V/III)? I think, especially in the case of subtonic seventh chord, V7/III- III progression makes more sense ...
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Help me correct/understand the harmonic analysis of this
Am I missing something here? (Note: the circled notes aren't included so we just ignore that. I'm only trying to analyze the rest.) In measure 8 (the second measure in the below excerpt), after Em, I ...
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Understanding function of some non-diatonic chords in Jack Johnson's "Belle"
Jack Johnson's "Belle" has the following chord progression:
Gmaj7 Gmaj6 Gm7 Gm6
Gmaj7 Gmaj6 Bm7 Cm6
Am7 Am6 Am7 Ab7
Gmaj7 Cm6 Am7 Ab7 :||
I'm trying to write down the Roman numerals ...
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What is this lead-sheet chord?
So, I have recently been studying for a theory test (blecch!), and as part of that I have been learning lead sheet notation.
In one of the review questions I have come across this chord which I can't ...
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What's wrong with my harmonic analysis?
Similar to my last post, I'm having trouble looking for my mistakes here. The big red 2 means I have 2 mistakes apparently but I don't know which ones are wrong. Or maybe I have more mistakes? Please ...
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