MUSIC THEORY
Music 222
Mod 37
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Subject of the Day: Approaches to the Seventh
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Reading Assignment: None
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Written Assignment: Given Soprano (handout)
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Semester Schedule
The resolution of the seventh of dominant 7th chords is down by step.
The approach to the seventh of the Dominant 7th influences the aural
effect of the chord and its resolution. If this seventh is preceded
by the same note, it resembles the suspension figure. [note carefully,
that this in not indeed a suspension, but only appears to be so.
Remember there cannot be a non-chord tone where every note is part of a
chord]
If the note before the 7th is a step higher, the 7th appears to be like
a passing tone.
If the note before the 7th is a step lower, the 7th appears to be like
a neighboring tone.
If the note before the 7th is a skip, the 7th appears to be like an
appoggiatura. Most commonly this is an ascending leap.
Click on each measure to play
Review for Exam III
Review Items:
Non-chord tones I
Non-chord tones II
Dealing with the sixth and seventh degrees of
the scale
Procedures for harmonizing a given soprano
Procedures for harmonizing a figured bass
Dominant Seventh Chord
Dominant Seventh In Inversion
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William S. Bartolotta
Music Department
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529