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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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Is this cadence an example of the German theory that the mediant chord can have tonic function?
Well, I suppose this could be characterized as a rare and quite unusual application of the German notion of a Gegenklang. Though first it should be noted that this comes out of German functional theo …
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Is the passing 6/4 also used as a passing chord between root position chords?
Can this happen? Sure. Is it common? No.
(For this answer, I'm going to assume you're interested in standard "theory" answers that are grounded in stuff like textbooks that do four-part harmony in …
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How to determine the degree to which diminished seventh chords and half-diminished seventh c...
Yes, diminished seventh chords usually resolve as leading tone chords and would be labeled as viio7 or viiø7 of the chord to which they resolve. Often the spelling is a clue to the function of the ch …
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What is the functional role of the subtonic chord?
I basically agree with Michael Curtis's answer. But I might summarize/classify the uses a bit differently:
The most common use of VII in minor is actually not as functional VII at all, but rather a …
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Can anyone confirm or discredit the term "Prime Scales" when dealing with the modern modes
I'd honestly say it's a bit of hokum. "Prime scale" is not a standard theoretical term (to my knowledge), and the various associations of "prime" in theory don't really accord with anything this auth …
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Neo-Riemannian Theory, The Minor Plagal Cadence, and Chromatic Voice Leading
In my reading, a criticism that I have heard leveled against Neo-Riemannian theory is that it does not explain the smooth chromatic voice-leading possible in the iv - I instance of the plagal cadence, …
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Avoiding parallel fifths in harmonization
The answer for avoiding parallel fifths is basically to rearrange voices so that doesn't happen. In addition to changing from open to closed position (or the reverse), you might double different notes …
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