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For questions about the "vertical" aspects of music and how to build and study them.

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Can the harmony change at the resolution of a suspension?

In my interpretation, the harmony changes at this point to F major. In A minor, these would be chords III and VI. Is this correct? … the bass will change to a note that changes the harmony all together? …
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Can you solve these figured bass queries?

In bar 10, the harmony moves from F7 to G minor. F7 is chord VII in G NATURAL minor, but (apart from this example) I have yet to come across the natural minor scale being used in figured bass. …
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Is this some sort of suspension? If so, how do I write it in?

Hi guys, We are in F sharp minor. There is a G sharp being held over V7 (Csharp7), the second inversion tonic chord (Fsharp minor), and then the ii7 chord that follows. The G sharp is a chord tone of …
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Who knows whats happening in this score?

Ran into some confusion when trying to work out the harmony of this keyboard piece, I have labelled the problem bars, '3, 4 and 5'. …
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Is this a Neapolitan 6?

I have a couple of questions regarding this passage. Have labelled the bars in question ''1'', ''2'' and ''3''. The stave in question is second from bottom (directly above ''N6??''). We are in G minor …
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Is this a deceptive cadence?

Or can I just leave it blank until the harmony changes? How do I know when a figure is required when the harmony stays the same? thanks! Ed …
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Is this an example of III7 augmented chord?

I seem to have come across a III7 chord in A harmonic minor, and I'm not quite sure about its function. I initially thought it might have been V7, but there is a leap of a third between the C and E in …
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Is this a harmonic sequence?

I have loosely marked the harmony as V7-I-V-?-landing back on minor i. There is a b flat repeated on each chord (which is never a chord tone- perhaps some sort of pedal point?) …
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When does a jazz tune actually modulate?

Bars 13-16 (for this one, justinguitar made a couple of alterations to the Real Book harmony, as he believed it to be a more accurate representation of the harmony- this can be seen in pencil (A-7-D7, …
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Do 'avoid' notes depend on register?

Looking at 'avoid' notes, it seems that the general rule is: do not play a note which is a minor second above a chord note e.g avoid F over a C major chord as this forms a minor 2nd interval with E. T …
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Does melodic minor ever function as a key (or tonality) in of itself?

I am getting into jazz harmony, so have recently started learning chords derived from the modes of the melodic minor scale. … So apart from the triad-based classical music which uses melodic minor (and even in this case, the harmony is primarily derived from natural and harmonic minor), does the melodic minor scale ever work …
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Interpolated chords: How do they work?

Recently, I studied the tune 'Misty' by Eroll Garner. I was slightly confused as to the middle section of the piece, as it involves a passage with some delayed resolutions. I have come across three di …
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Do sus chords exist in Locrian?

I have recently been exploring chords in the Locrian mode. Down to the flattened 5th and 9th degrees, I have come up with some pretty bizarre sus chords. This got me thinking: Are such chords still re …
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Which modulation is correct? (amongst other things!)

Hi guys. I’ll try and be as concise as possible. Forgive the messy score, its just a product of the confusion! I have a few query areas, but please feel free to correct me in any other areas. 

 Bar …
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Have I successfully/legitimately modulated?

Hi guys! Just wondering if I've done this properly. We are newly in Csharp minor from the relative major E major, and we need to finish in the home key- F sharp minor. As it stands, I have written th …
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