Music 1649A/B Lecture Notes - Leading-Tone, Tritone, Passing Chord

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Oct 4 readings/class notes theory dim 5ths tend to contract into a smaller interval (3rd) Dom 7th to tonic: fifth omitted = incomplete. Phrase a directed tonal motion toward a goal the cadence. Also the basic unit of musical form. The extension of a chord in time. Methods of expansion: repeat using one position: i-i, v-v, repeating using different positions: i-i^6, v-v^6, decorate with a neighbour chord - i-v^6-i, decorate with a passing chord i-vii^o6-i^6. Passing tones: fill in the gaps between two notes fully stepwise motion. Neighbour tones: stepwise motion: decorating a single pitch eg. e on strong beat, F on weak beat going back to e on strong beat. Parallel 10ths and voice exchange are very common. Initial tonic expansion - can have several chords that all set the tonic.

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