Questions tagged [roman-numerals]
The harmonic analysis of music using Roman Numerals to express the function of harmony.
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Analyzing an unfamiliar Roman numeral analysis: Cm/G-G notated as V6/4-5/3?
I was following a question, https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/57733/tips-on-how-to-add-non-diatonic-chords-to-my-music, and one of the answers introduced a chord progression involving ...
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Cadences: Voicing and Roman numerals
In a cadence (2 part) will the upper note always be the last note? For example, I have to write GBD for chord V (C major). So the bass will have G but will the top part have a B or a D?
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How should repeated chords be notated in Roman numeral analysis
In bar one, should I write chord I twice or should I write I_________
Also, in bar 3, am I right if I added chord symbols to each of the last three notes or should I add it to only one?
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Where is the IV-V-I progression in this example?
Out of curiosity was reading about the IV-V-I progression on Wikipedia.
Apparently this example has this progression in there somewhere:
Since C major is [C, D, E, F, G, A, B] and IV-V-I seems to ...
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Finding Roman Numeral Degree of Measure with Accidentals
I'm working on a Roman numeral analysis of the Minuet in G Minor by Petzold. The piece is in the key of G minor. In measure 12, there is an accidental which changes the B flat to a B natural. I've ...
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Determining quality of triad in F Major
I'm working through identifying triads with roman numerals, but I've come upon one that has stumped me. The triad is the notes E, G, and B and the key is F Major. I believe that it is a 7th(VII) triad ...
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What is the roman numeral assigned to an Eb major chord in the key of F major?
What is the roman numeral assigned to an E♭ major chord in the key of F major? would it be a VII˚
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Roman numeral chord notation in minor scale?
I need help to understand chord intervals (not single note intervals) explains what the numbers I, IV, vi, III+ usually stand for in major chord theory.
But what's it like with a minor scale? What ...
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Extra accidents in Roman Numeral analysis in Modulation by Max Reger
I've been thumbing though Modulation by Max Reger and while he explains most of his notation, there is one thing about the figured bass in his Roman Numeral analysis that bothers me. For example, in ...
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Strikethrough and Roman numeral analysis in Schoenberg
I've bumped into this very brief analysis in Structural Function of Harmony by Schoenberg and I've found that strikethrough V. Now, the chord is an D diminished seventh chord, leading to the dominant ...
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What is V65/III in D major?
In the key of D major what is V65/III but, the III is natural? I'm having a hard time with this. Also, V7/bVI?
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What roman numeral should be used to identify a note that is not in key?
For example, in the key of c sharp minor we would normally have a d sharp. But what if the given bass note is a d natural? How would this be notated with roman numerals and figured bass? Is it just a ...
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Roman Numeral Analysis: What is a Bb/Db/F chord in the key of C Major?
In the key of C Major what is the Roman numeral for a B ♭/D ♭/F chord that goes to a flat VI?
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Putting Roman numeral chord notation into practice
I was reading the wiki page on chords [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_(music)], specifically the Roman numeral notation section, and they have an example chord progression [C: vi6 ii V6 I] along with a ...
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Triad inversion question - How can I tell which one this is if I know the key?
If I know that this triad is in the key of A major, how can I tell if this a root, first inversion, or second inversion? I know in second inversion, the fifth is usually doubled, but how can I tell ...
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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 numerals analysis
I'm studying music theory in https://www.musictheory.net
I have reach a point where the roman numeral analysis is explained.
A couple of lessons later, I found the next image:
I really can't make ...
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Use of Roman numeral notation when a new key is introduced within original key
I would like to use Roman numeral notation for songs and do not know what to do when the piece transitions to a new key: e.g., from C to E flat major. I know this is basic, but do I try to use the ...
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In any major key, what Roman Numerals indicate the major, minor, and diminished chords?
I was wondering what the Roman Numerals are. I though it was I,III, V, for major key but that was not it.
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Harmonic analysis of the B section of "Have You Met Miss Jones"
I've been studying the standard Have You Met Miss Jones and I came across a very interesting chord progression in the B section of the piece. The A section is pretty typical and the key it's in is F ...
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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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How exactly tell the root of a song over a defined scale on ambiguous harmonic context?
I play a song in either C major key or A minor key.
Usually I determine the root (C or A) taking into account clues like:
The happy or sad feel of it all
The first chord (C or Am)
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Roman Numeral Analysis of Chords Outside Of The Key: C7 in the key of E major
I'm completing a roman numeral analysis in E Major, but there's several chords marked out that fall outside of the key - either with an accidental that shouldn't be there or they're marked as minor.
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Is there more than one use for Roman Numerals in music notation?
I'm used to the standard use of Roman Numerals to note chord sequences in a key-independent way e.g. I vi IV V
But I'm sure I've seen people also use them in some other context in answers on this ...
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Question about analyzing a Dm C A# chord progression
Say I play the chords
Dm C A#
How would you describe the chord progression? There seems to be a relationship between Dm and A# but I don't understand how to describe it. They aren't a perfect 5th ...
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How do I determine the chord progression Roman numerals?
Let's say I'm playing the chords D, G, A and Bm. I know that D is my key, which would be Roman numeral I. How do I associate the other chords with their proper roman numerals? How would I determine ...
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Roman numeral notation for a suspended chord?
On the Wikipedia entry for Roman numeral analysis, it says that major chords use the upper case numerals (e.g. IV for the F major chord in the C major scale) and lowercase letters for minor chords (e....
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Which roman numeral should I use for F# diminished chord in the key F Major?
In the key of F major, what roman numeral is the F# A C chord? I know it is a diminished chord. It is going from a F to F#dim to Gm7
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Alternative Analysis for Non-Functioning Secondary Dominants
I've been reading though my Pocket Music Theory book and in the chapter on secondary dominants there is a concept that confuses me. The book says there can be non-functioning secondary dominants that ...
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Harmony and roman numeral analysis: how to deal with chromaticism?
I recently started playing piano.
While learning and performing new pieces, I found that it helps me a lot to have some certainty of what's going on with the notes, the chords, and the harmony.
I ...
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What is this Chord Notation using Roman Numerals with super and sub script? [duplicate]
I know how to read Roman numerals for chord progressions, but I've seen something recently I don't understand. I've attached an image below. What are those super-/subscripts?
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What do the numerator and denominator of a chord name in roman numerals mean?
I'm reading a paper on music theory and I keep coming across names of chords expressed as a fraction - I/I, I/V, ii/I, etc. Based on the use of these names in the paper, I'm reading this as:
I/I: A ...
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How to analyze chord progressions in tonal music?
I've been told that you have to analyze progressions according to the key at the end, despite how many keys/tonality that precede it. Is this true?
If a composition contains one key in long duration,...
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What does the roman numeral notation mean for this borrowed chord?
I am working my way through Asturias (Leyenda) in E minor for classical guitar. I believe the arrangement is based on the one by Segovia. I am using this sheet music, and comparing it to the tablature ...
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Differentiating between II and II7 (secondary dominant V of V)
I'm studying harmony and start to make roman numeral analysis on Bach pieces.
I often mistake a II (second degree) for a secondary dominant on the 2nd degree(V7 of V).
I guess there are some notes ...
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Score analysis: Minuet in G Minor BWV Anh 115
The piece modulates from G minor to Bb major between the bars 12-14 but I don't know how to mark these chords as they have B natural in them, which doesn't belong neither to G minor nor Bb major. So, ...
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Nashville numbers in major vs minor keys
Some songs refer to their key as specifically major or minor, but others use both the major and relative minor as key centers, in an even enough proportion where it can be hard to say whether the I ...
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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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Chord number notation for a minor song switching to a major sound
I have a song that I am using Roman numeral analysis for a song I have written. The first part based on D minor.
The minor progression looks like this:
I__ Isus __ VII
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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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What is bad about Roman Numeral Analysis?
I have studied Roman numeral analysis in my theory courses, and I think that it's a good way of describing and understanding classical music, especially that of the classical and early romantic ...
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Franz Liszt Liebestraum No. 3 Bar 17 Roman Numeral Analysis
I'm going through Liszt's Liebestraum No. 3 in Ab M.... in bar 17, I don't know how to mark the A natural chord. It's either a #1 or the song has modulated to the natural minor, in which case it would ...
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I need help to understand chord intervals (not single note intervals)
I understand intervals between notes. Each number of steps between two notes has a particular name. Like this:
But some times I see people refering to intervals between chords, not single notes. Like ...
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