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How do I analyse these chords in this chorale?
Just to add a little to Aaron's answer which lays out the harmonic details, here are a couple general concepts at work:
Chords decorated or embellished by non-chord tones. This is what happens in the ...
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Bach St. Matthew Passion section 33 key shift
Initially, it is in E minor but then I don't know how the key shifts during the music. There are so many accidental adding to my confusion
These accidentals arise, as they typically do in this period,...
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Bach St. Matthew Passion section 33 key shift
You need to take more pictures of the St. Matthew's Passion. The beginning and ending pictures are in E minor, but the middle picture's rough chord progression is G - D (implied I - V in G major) ...
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How do I analyse these chords in this chorale?
The analytical principal here — and a good tool in general when unsure of a chord — is to look at what the following, and sometimes preceding, chords are.
Chord 1: The chord is A7, but on beat one — ...
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How do I analyse these chords in this chorale?
I'm not good at staff reading, but...
A, E, D, A: Oops, I misread one of the tones. Could be D9 but I'm less sure of it now.
G, B, D, E: Either G6 or Emi7, I can never tell a difference. I guess I'd ...
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Harmonic Analysis of Polka, Op. 39, No. 14 by Tchaikovsky
I will focus on the request for a functional interpretation of the first question using Riemannian music theory which is the foundation of Functional Harmonic Theory. The C#o7 chord as was mentioned ...
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Harmonic Analysis of Polka, Op. 39, No. 14 by Tchaikovsky
Both chords in question are instances of common-tone diminished chords. These are chords that serve to prolong, expand, or, in this case, delay the arrival of a principal harmony with which there is a ...
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Harmonic Analysis of Polka, Op. 39, No. 14 by Tchaikovsky
Bars 1-2 are basically this:
one of the most common harmonic cliches throughout Common Practice music! The diminished chord is used as a chromatic link. It COULD have been used as a modulation to ...
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