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00100 /IT WILL BE SEEN THAT ANY DEGREE OF EITHER A MAJOR OR MINOR
00200 SCALE MAY BE TONICIZED. /USUALLY THE NEW TONICS WILL BE MAJOR OR
00300 MINOR, DEPENDING ON THE NORMAL FORMS OF THE VARIOUS TRIADS IN THE
00400 ORIGINAL TONIC. /WHEN THE ORIGINAL KEY IS MAJOR, /I/I, /I/I/I AND /V/I
00500 WILL MOST OFTEN BE TONICIZED AS MINOR KEYS, WHILE /I/V AND /V WILL
00600 BE MAJOR. /V/I/I WILL RARELY BE TONICIZED, SINCE IT PRESENTS A
00700 DIMINISHED CHORD IN THE HOME KEY. (/THE CHORD BUILT ON THE
00800 LEADING TONE OF /C MAJOR IS /B, /D, /FN.) /ON THE OTHER
00900 HAND, /V/I/I FREQUENTLY APPEARS AS A TONIC GOAL WHEN THE FIRST KEY
01000 IS MINOR. (/THE CHORD BUILT ON THE SEVENTH TONE OF THE C MINOR
01100 SCALE IS /BB, /D, /F.) /WITH A MINOR SCALE WE HAVE /I/I/I, /V/I,
01200 AND /V/I/I FORMING MAJOR TONICS, AND /I/V AND /V MINOR TONICS. /SINCE THE
01300 CHORD ON THE SECOND DEGREE OF THE MINOR SCALE IS NORMALLY DIMINISHED,
01400 /I/I NOW BECOMES RARE AS A TONIC, WHEREAS THE MAJOR TONIC ON B/I/I,
01500 THE /PHRYGIAN SECOND, IS OFTEN USED. (/SEE /BEETHOVEN, /SONATA #23 IN F,
01600 /OP.57, OPENING BARS; /SONATA #29 IN /BB, /OP.106, THIRD MOVEMENT.)
01700 /IN ACTUAL PRACTICE, ESPECIALLY IN THE MUSIC OF THE 19TH CENTURY, THE
01800 MAJOR AND MINOR ELEMENTS ARE FREELY INTERCHANGEABLE.
01900
02000 /FROM THIS POINT ON, THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN MAJOR AND
02100 MINOR TONICS IN THE UPPER TWO LEVELS OF AN ANALYSIS WILL BE INDICATED
02200 BY THE USE OF UPPER AND LOWER CASE /ROMAN NUMERALS RESPECTIVELY. /THE
02300 FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE TONICS (THE LOWEST LEVEL OF AN ANALYSIS) WILL
02400 CONTINUE TO BE SHOWN BY UPPER CASE NUMERALS. /NON-FUNCTIONAL ALTERATIONS,
02500 SUCH AS THE "TIERCE DE /PICARDIE" (/I#3 IN THE MINOR), MAY BE SHOWN IN
02600 THE USUAL FASHION.
02700
02800 /HOWEVER, WHEN A TEMPORARY TONIC APPEARS AS MAJOR AFTER THE
02900 PRECEDING MUSIC LEADS ONE TO EXPECT A MINOR TONIC, CERTAIN PROBLEMS
03000 ARE SOMETIMES RAISED. /OFTEN SUCH CHORDS ARE EXPERIENCED AS DOMINANT
03100 FUNCTIONS TO CHORDS MORE CLOSELY RELATED TO THE SCALE OF THE
03200 ORIGINAL KEY, AS IN IN BAR 8 FOLLOWING (SEE ALSO /CHAPTER /V).
03300
03400 /EXAMPLE 44. /SCHUBERT, /MEERES /STILLE, /OP.3, #2
03500
03600
03700
03800
03900
04000 /FIGURE 44
04100
04200
04300
04400
04500
04600 /FOLLOWING IS A COMPLETE TABLE OF INDICATIONS FOR THE POSSIBLE
04700 TEMPORARY TONICS THAT MIGHT BE FOUND IN DIRECT RELATION TO A BASIC
04800 TONIC OF /C MAJOR. /ADD THE APPROPRIATE ACCIDENTALS WHEN DEALING
04900 WITH OTHER BASIC TONICS.
05000
05100 /FIGURE 45
05200
05300
05400
05500
05600
05700
05800
05900
06000
06100 /GROUP 1 LISTS THE TONIC CHORDS AVAILABLE FROM THE RESOURCES
06200 OF THE UNALTERED /C SCALE. /THE SECOND GROUP INCLUDES TONIC CHORDS
06300 THAT ARE AVAILABLE AS THE RESULT OF FLATTING ANY OF THE ORIGINAL
06400 SCALE DEGREES EXCEPT THE 1ST, 4TH AND 5TH; HENCE, C MINOR. (/THE
06500 BVII, BB, AS A TONIC IS RARE, BUT SEE THE OPENING OF /MOZART'S
06600 /QUARTET IN /C, /K.465.) /GROUP 3 IS SET APART BECAUSE IT INCLUDES THE
06700 LESS COMMON TEMPORARY TONICS, ALL OF WHICH INVOLVE EITHER FLATTING OR
06800 SHARPING OF THE 1ST, 4TH OR 5TH OF THE ORIGINAL SCALE IN ORDER TO
06900 PRODUCE THE NEW TONIC CHORD. /THESE CHORDS, EVEN WHEN SURELY APPROACHED
07000 AS TONICS, OFTEN PROVE TO BE WORKING AS DOMINANT OR SUBDOMINANT FROM THE
07100 LARGEST POINT OF VIEW. **********(ADD EXAMPLES)***********
07150 (BEETHOVEN, BAGATELLE IN F)
07200
07300 /IT WILL BE NOTED THAT THERE IS NO TEMPORARY TONIC LISTED
07400 ABOVE THAT HAS AS ITS ROOT A SHARPING OF ANY PART OF THE ORIGINAL
07500 TONIC MAJOR SCALE OR A FLATTING OF THE 1ST, 4TH OR 5TH DEGREES.
07600 /IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH A
07700 DIRECT RELATIONSHIP OF TONICS. (/SEE /CHAPTER /V/I, /ALTERNATING
07800 /PROGRESSION.)
07900
08000 ------------------------
08100
08200 /AUGMENTED /SIXTH /CHORDS
08300
08400 /IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT CHROMATIC ALTERATION IN A CHORD VERY OFTEN
08500 CHANGES ITS FUNCTION. /THIS WILL MOST OFTEN BE TRUE WHEN THE
08600 ALTERATION INVOLVES THE 1ST, 4TH, 5TH OR 7TH DEGREE OF THE SCALE,
08700 OR WHEN IT OCCURS WITHIN A PHRASE RATHER THAN AT ITS END. /AS STATED
08800 BEFORE, EVERY JUDGMENT MUST BE BASED ON THE WHOLE OF ANY PARTICULAR
08900 CONTEXT UNDER CONSIDERATION.
09000
09100 /THE ALTERATIONS THAT GO INTO MAKING CHORDS OF THE AUGMENTED
09200 SIXTH (/A6) GIVE US A SPECIAL CASE. /SUCH CHORDS EVOLVED AS SEPARATE
09300 ENTITIES FROM THE PRACTICE OF "FREEZING" THE CHROMATIC PASSING TONE
09400 BETWEEN THE 4TH AND 5TH OF THE SCALE. /WHEN THESE CHORDS ARE USED IN
09500 THEIR CONVENTIONAL MANNER AND WITHIN A SINGLE TONALITY, THEY GIVE
09600 US AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE THAT THE 4TH OF A SCALE, AS A CHORD TONE,
09700 MAY NOT BE ALTERED WITHOUT CAUSING A SHIFT OF TONICS. /THE
09800 TRADITIONAL NAMES FOR THE THREE MOST COMMON AUGMENTED SIXTH CHORDS
09900 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
10000
10100 /EXAMPLE 46
10200
10300
10400
10500
10600
10700 /STRICTLY SPEAKING, THEY SHOULD BE INDICATED THUS: /IT.6=/I/V#6-B1,
10800 /G6=/I/V#6-5-B1, /F6=/I/I#6-4-3-B1 (ALL IN /C MAJOR). /IT WILL GENERALLY
10900 SUFFICE TO REFER TO THEM ALL IN THE ABBREVIATED MANNER, /A6. /WHEN
11000 THEY ACTUALLY ARE USED AS AUGMENTED SIXTH CHORDS, THEY ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE
11100 PRIMARILY CONTRAPUNTAL SIGNIFICANCE, THE OUTER VOICES EXPANDING BY
11200 HALF STEP MOVEMENT.
11300
11400
11500 /EXAMPLE 47
11600
11700
11800
11900
12000 /HOWEVER, SINCE THEY ARE SO OFTEN USED AS A MEANS OF TONICIZING
12100 NEW AREAS (SEE /EXAMPLE 30), IT IS USUALLY ADVISABLE TO MAKE THEIR
12200 PRESENCE CLEAR IN AN ANALYSIS. /THE AUGMENTED SIXTH INTERVAL CREATES A
12300 SITUATION WHEREIN THE DOMINANT TENDS TO BE TONICIZED (/EXAMPLE 47, /F#
12400 LEADS TO /G) AND AT THE SAME TIME A TONIC ROLE FOR THE DOMINANT
12500 IS WEAKENED BY THE EFFECT OF PRESENTING ITS 2ND AS FLATTED (/AB TO /G).
12600 /THE ACTUAL RESULT IS THAT ADDED STRENGTH IS GIVEN TO THE DOMINANT ROLE
12700 OF THE FINAL "RESOLUTION" OF THE /A6 CHORD, SINCE THE FLATTED NOTE IS
12800 MOST EASILY TAKEN AS THE B6 OF THE ORIGINAL TONIC. /THUS, AUGMENTED
12900 SIXTH CHORDS WILL BE SAID TO FUNCTION AS PART OF A TONIC A MAJOR 3RD
13000 ABOVE THE LOWER MEMBER OF THE AUGMENTED SIXTH INTERVAL (SEE /EXAMPLE 47).
13100
13200 /BECAUSE THE /G6 CHORD PRESENTS THE IDENTICAL ACOUSTICAL
13300 SITUATION AS AN ORDINARY DOMINANT 7TH CHORD (I.E., MAJOR 3RD,
13400 MINOR 3RD, MINOR 3RD), ITS ENHARMONIC FORM WILL OFTEN BE USED AS A
13500 MEANS TO MOVE RAPIDLY TO A RELATIVELY DISTANT TONIC.
13600
13700 /EXAMPLE 48
13800
13900
14000
14100
14200
14300
14400
14500 /FIGUERE 48
14510
14520
14530
14540
14600 /EVEN WITHOUT RECOURSE TO ENHARMONIC CHANGE, THE /F6 CHORD MAY WORK
14700 AS THE /V7-B5 STRUCTURE OF THE ORIGINAL KEY'S DOMINANT
14800 (SEE /EXAMPLE 46.) /ONE NOTABLE USE OF THE /V7-B5 OCCURS AT
14900 THE END OF /SCHUBERT'S /QUINTET IN /C, /OP.163.
15000
15100 /EXAMPLE 49
15200
15300
15400
15500
15600
15700
15800 /IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE IT MIGHT BE INFERRED (PERHAPS
15900 FANCIFULLY) THAT THIS CHORD IS USED TO POINT IN THE SUBDOMINANT
16000 DIRECTION, A TRADITION OF LONG STANDING FOR ENDINGS. /THUS:
16100
16200
16300 MIGHT IMPLY
16400
16500
16600
16700
16800
16900 /FOR A STRONGER EXAMPLE, THIS TIME EMPLOYING THE /G6, WE TURN TO
17000 /SCHUBERT'S POSTHUMOUS /SONATA IN /A. /HERE, THERE IS LITTLE POSSIBILITY
17100 OF CONFUSION WITH AN ALTERED /V, SINCE THERE IS NO ROOT OF /V PRESENT.
17200
17300 /EXAMPLE 50. /SCHUBERT, /SONATA IN /A
17400
17500
17600
17700
17800
17900
18000
18100 /OF THE TWO FOLLOWING POSSIBLE ANALYSES, THE SECOND IS BEST.
18200 /IN THE FIRST, WE ASSUME THAT SINCE THE /F IS OMITTED AT (*), AN
18300 /E, THOUGH NOT PRESENT, MIGHT BE IMPLIED. (/EVEN SO, THIS WOULD GIVE THE
18400 SOUND OF THE SUBDOMINANT'S /F6.) /IN THE SECOND, WE MORE
18500 REASONABLY ASSUME THAT THE /F PERSISTS IN THE MEMORY AND THAT THE CONTEXT
18600 DOES NOT LEAD US TO INTERPRET THE CHORD /BB-/D-/F-/G# AS AN INVERSION
18700 OF /A: /V/I/I7-B3.
18800
18900 /FIGURE 50
19000
19100
19200
19300
19400
19500
19600
19700 /IT SHOLD BE POINTED OUT AGAIN THAT NO CHORD MAY BE EVALUATED
19800 UNTIL ALL ITS PARTS HAVE BEEN HEARD. /HOWEVER, NO SET RULES CAN BE
19900 GIVEN FOR THIS; AS USUAL, THE CONTEXT MUST BE THE DETERMINING FACTOR.
20000 /IN THE /SCHUBERT /SONATA, THE /BB CHORD FILLS A MEASURE AND A QUARTER
20100 BEFORE THE APPEARANCE OF THE /G#. /THUS THE RELATIVELY SIMPLE PROGRESSION
20200 OF /I TO B/I/I HAS TIME TO BE ACCEPTED BEFORE THE FUNCTION IS ALTERED BY
20300 THE ADDITION OF A FOURTH PITCH. /SUCH PARTICULARS ARE CERTAINLY OPEN TO
20400 VARYING INTERPRETATIONS. /IN BOTH OF THESE /SCHUBERT PIECES, SUCH AMBIGUOUS
20500 PROCEDURES ARE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE EXTREMELY FIRM ESTABLISHMENT OF
20600 THE MAIN TONIC IN THE PRECEDING PASSAGES.
20700
20800 /A CASE WITH SOME SIMILARITY IS PRESENTED IN THE /PRELUDE #23
20900 IN /F OF /CHOPIN, WHERE AN /EB IS FOUND IN THE FINAL ARPEGGIATED
21000 CHORD. /THIS /EB IS USUALLY HEARD MERELY AS AN INTENSIFICATION OF
21100 THE ALREADY PRESENT 7TH PARTIAL OF THE BASS NOTE'S OVERTONE SERIES.
21200 /HOWEVER, IT IS UNDENIABLE THAT SOME TENDENCY TOWARD THE SUBDOMINANT,
21300 A TONAL AREA WHICH IS ALMOST COMPLETELY NEGLECTED IN THE PIECE, IS
21400 HEARD. /AT THE END OF A PIECE DEVOTED TO ALMOST NOTHING MORE THAN
21500 FIGURATION ON /I AND /V, THIS /EB COMES AS A WELCOME BIT OF
21600 FANTASY.
21700 ************************** ADD EXAMPLE??
21800
21900 /AND THEN THERE IS THE STANDARD "/BLUES" PROGRESSION:
22000
22100 /EXAMPLE 51
22200
22300
22400
22500
22600 /FIGURE 51
22700
22800
22900
23000
23100 /MANY VARIANTS OF THE MAIN /A6 CHORDS MAY BE FOUND IN LATER
23200 TONAL MUSIC. /BUT ONCE THEY RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT THEY ARE, THEY SHOULD
23300 CAUSE NO DIFFICULTIES IN AN ANALYSIS. /SIMILARLY, THERE ARE MANY
23400 CHROMATIC VARIANTS OF THE DOMINANT, SUBDOMINANT (THE /A6! IS ONE), AND
23500 OTHER FUNCTIONS, EXCEPT FOR THE /I FUNCTION.
23600 /BUT REMEMBER THAT THERE IS ALWAYS THE POTENTIAL OF A CHANGE OF
23700 FUNCTION WHEN ANY CHROMATICISM IS INTRODUCED. /VARIOUS NOTES MAY BE
23800 ADDED TO TONIC FUNCTION, AND THE ROOT MAY EVEN BE OMITTED, BUT IF
23900 THE ROOT OR 5TH ARE ALTERED, THE TONIC FUNCTION BECOMES DUBIOUS.
24000
24100 /CHROMATICISM HAS ALWAYS CAUSED COMPOSERS TROUBLE WITH
24200 NOTATION. /THE AUGMENTED SIXTH AND DIMINISHED SEVENTH CHORDS IN
24300 PARTICULAR HAVE RAISED PROBLEMS, BECAUSE OF THE AMBIGUITY OF
24400 THE SITUATIONS IN WHICH THEY ARE OFTEN FOUND. /COMPOSERS CANNOT BE
24500 TOTALLY CONSISTENT IN NOTATING SUCH CHORDS WHEN ENHARMONIC
24600 EQUIVALENCE IS INVOLVED. /IT WILL ALWAYS BE NECESSARY TO DETERMINE
24700 THE FUNCTION OR FUNCTIONS OF CHROMATIC CHORDS BY STUDYING THEIR
24800 SURROUNDINGS RATHER THAN BY TAKING THEIR NOTATION AT FACE VALUE.
24900
25000
25100
25200
25300
25400
25500
25600 /EXERCISES FOR /CHAPTER /I/V
25700
25800 /ANALYZE THE FOLLOWING WORKS. /SHOW THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN
25900 MAJOR AND MINOR TONICS THROUGH THE USE OF UPPER AND LOWER CASE
26000 NUMERALS ON THE TWO HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE ANALYSES.
26100
26200 /FROM THE 371 /CHORALES OF /BACH:*
26300
26400 ****/NOTE THAT ALL BASS LINES IN THE /BACH /CHORALES ARE PROBABLY
26500 INTENDED TO BE DOUBLED AT THE OCTAVE BELOW. /HENCE, EVEN IF THE
26550 NOTATION OF THE BASS PART
26600 CROSSES ABOVE THE TENOR PART, THE BASS PART REMAINS THE TRUE BASS.****
26700 1. /CHORALE 11, UP TO THE 3/4
26800 2. " 37
26900 3. " 47
27000 4. " 94
27100 5. " 223
27200
27300 /FROM THE /SONATAS OF /MOZART:
27400
27500 6. /SONATA IN /D, /K.205B (284), LAST MOVEMENT, /VARIATION /V/I/I
27550
27600 7. /SONATA IN A, /K.300D (310), FIRST MOVEMENT, 24 BARS
27700 STARTING AT RECAPITULATION. (/IN CASES WHERE THERE ARE
27800 MANY SUSPENSIONS AND APPOGGIATURAS IT IS USUALLY BEST
27900 TO WRITE OUT A CHORDAL REDUCTION OF THE PASSAGE BEFORE
28000 WORKING OUT THE ANALYSIS.)
28100
28200 8. /SONATA IN /C, /K.300H (330), SECOND MOVEMENT, FIRST 20 BARS
28300
28400 /FROM THE /PRELUDES, /OP. 28, OF /CHOPIN:
28500
28600 9. /PRELUDE 1, IN /C
28700 10. /PRELUDE 6, IN B
28800 11. /PRELUDE 20, IN C