Look up predominant chord in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In music theory, a predominant chord (also pre-dominant) is any chord which normally resolves...
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Conventionally used with a predominant function (resolving to the dominant), the three most common types of augmented sixth chords are usually called the...
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Supertonic (redirect from Supertonic seventh chord)
chords. The supertonic chord normally functions as a predominant chord, a chord that resolves to a chord with dominant function. The supertonic chord...
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VII chords in a Bach-style chorale) are also not likely to be chosen as the pivot chord. The most common pivot chords are the predominant chords (ii and...
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half-diminished seventh chord (also known as a half-diminished chord or a minor seventh flat five chord) is a seventh chord composed of a root note,...
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rather than secondary dominants. Passing chord Predominant chord Tritone substitution Boyd, Bill (1997). Jazz Chord Progressions, p.43. ISBN 0-7935-7038-7...
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Modulation (music) (redirect from Common chord modulation)
the dominant of the quasi-tonic. The pivot chord is a predominant to the modulating dominant and a chord common to both the keys of the tonic and the...
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musical chords and simultaneities: Added tone chord Altered chord Approach chord Chord names and symbols (popular music) Chromatic mediant Common chord (music)...
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Dominant (music) (redirect from Dominant chord)
A maqam may have more than one dominant. Predominant chord Secondary dominant Secondary leading-tone chord For use of the term "dominant" as a reciting...
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augmented sixth chord F–A–D♯, based after Hugo Riemann on the principle that there are only three chord functions: tonic, predominant, and dominant. The...
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Subdominant (redirect from Subdominant chord)
tonic chord produces the so-called plagal cadence. As with other chords which often precede the dominant, subdominant chords typically have predominant function...
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Diminished triad (redirect from Equivocal chord)
the supertonic diminished triad has a predominant function, almost always resolving to a dominant functioning chord. If the music is in a minor key, diminished...
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'50s progression (redirect from List of songs with the doo-wop chord progression)
common practice to precede the dominant chord with a suitable predominant chord, such as a IV chord or a ii chord (in major), in order to maintain interest...
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Jazz harmony (section Chord symbols)
jazz harmony, though in jazz it more often follows a ii or II chord serving as predominant. To cite Rawlins and Bahha, as above: "The ii-V-I [progression]...
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Tritone substitution (category Chord substitution)
which serve in a classical context as predominant chords, functioning similarly to a ii chord in a ii - V - I chord sequence. This can also be seen as a...
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it. In modern Schenkerian analysis, the chord of IV or II is often dubbed the "predominant" chord, as the chord that prepares the dominant one, and the...
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Ii–V–I progression (category Chord progressions)
In minor, a seventh chord built on the supertonic yields a half-diminished seventh chord, which is a very strong predominant chord. Due to what is considered...
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partita Chord Chord chart Chord substitution Chording Chordioid Chord progression Chord-scale system Chordal space Chroma feature Chromatic chord Chromatic...
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Vi–ii–V–I (category Chord progressions)
minor key, the progression is i–iv–VII–III–VI–ii°–V–i. Approach chord Predominant chord Dominant (music) Extended dominant Ragtime progression - V7/vi–V7/ii–V7/V–V7–I...
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Quartal and quintal harmony (redirect from Fourth chord)
second because with this chord Wagner actually provoked the sound or structure of musical harmony to become more predominant than its function, a notion...
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Patti Smith (redirect from Three chord rock merged with the power of the word)
10, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2016. "Patti Smith – Biography. 'Three chord rock merged with the power of the word'". Arista Records. June 1996. Archived...
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I–IV–V–I (category Chord progressions)
namesake of Tetsuya Komuro who popularised the progression. Predominant chord Three-chord song V–IV–I turnaround ii–V–I progression Ragtime progression...
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added "edgy, aggressive, loud, and fast" melodies and runs to the predominant chords-and-riffs pattern of early rock guitar. Mack's early instrumentals...
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the rhythmic linear technique using the alternation of notes, pitches, or chords. In medieval practice of hocket, a single melody is shared between two (or...
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temperament is the most widespread system in music today. It has been the predominant tuning system of Western music, starting with classical music, since...
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vocals that dissolved into incoherent screaming. They ranged from crude one-chord music (like the Seeds) to near-studio musician quality (including the Knickerbockers...
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perceived as dissonant as it is a half step above the major third (E) of the chord. It is for this reason commonly avoided. Using the major pentatonic scale...
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lift is the predominant component of propulsion. For apparent wind angles behind the sail, lift diminishes and drag increases as the predominant component...
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on this form of composition in contrast to the chord progression predominant in bebop, stating: No chords ... gives you a lot more freedom and space to...
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the same pitch but are notated differently. Similarly, written intervals, chords, or key signatures are considered enharmonic if they represent identical...
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