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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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Purpose of interlude in Bach WTK II, Fugue 16

It is an episode. If you find that modulation is an essential feature of an episode, consider that it begins in D minor, complete with C♯ and E♮ in the cadence, then moves to E♭, C♮, and B♮; then in …
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Deviations from IV-V-I progression

I would like however to get a better theoretical understanding of what is happening here (and also why it is followed by the major chord: IIm-II-V-I) You seem to understand already: simply using I …
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Is there a name for raising the v chord to a dominant V

The dominant chord is so called because the fifth degree of the scale. Normally, in traditional functional harmony, it's major. This arises because of conventions of chromatic alteration that were e …
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Starting harmonization with chords or bass?

In general the approach is reasonable or indeed even common; whether it is appropriate for a beginner as a pedagogical matter is another question entirely. I would suggest that you try it and see for …
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