MUSC 232 Chapter Notes - Chapter 27: Neapolitan Chord, Voice Leading, Chapter 27
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Chromatic predominant chords: the neapolitan sixth and the family of chords called augmented sixths share the same position in the basic phrase as chromatic predominant chords that intensify motion to v. A neapolitan sixth is a chromatic predominant chords that includes b2, 4, and b6. It appears in minor keys, and in major keys with mixture. The neapolitan substitutes for iio6 or ii6 in the basic phrase, and like those chords usually appears in first inversion, though with a major quality: bii6. Spelling and voicing: to spell neapolitan sixths: Find b2, spell a major triad from this root, then place it in the first inversion; or. Spell iv, then its fifth a minor second, to b2. In major keys, remember to begin with the minor iv, from mixture, alter 6 to b6. Double 4 (usually the bass) is the norm in four-part writing.
