source file: mills2.txt Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 10:01:20 -0800 Subject: Re: Milne/Wolf 4-5-6-7-8 and Gr Aug6th/Fr Aug6th chords From: Brian Belet Actually, the various Aug. 6th chords don't need any acoustical foundation (if one exists, that's fine, but not overly important). These "chords" are the by-product of very nice chromatic voice-leading. I.E., they are linear structures, not vertical sonorities. Our traditional "music theory" courses (I prefer to call them "music systems" courses, for they examine past, well-established practices, and really do not address 'theory' at all) get too carried away with Harmony as the primary structure, while linear melodic connections are actually the most important area of construction. While isolated as chords, these Aug. 6th creatures are really chromatic approaches to the region of the dominant (usually, or initially), and are thus alternate pre-dominant strucutures. Once this linear principle is established (aurally and systematically) it is a small step to extend this connection to areas other than the dominant (e.g., tonic). -- Brian Belet *********************************************************** * Brian Belet, D.M.A. bbelet@sjsuvm1.sjsu.edu * * Music Systems Coordinator VOX: (1)-408-924-4632 * * School of Music & Dance FAX: (1)-408-924-4773 * * San Jose State University * * One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192-0095, USA * *---------------------------------------------------------* * http://www.music.sjsu.edu/Comp/belet.html * *********************************************************** Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Sun, 16 Mar 1997 19:24 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA30652; Sun, 16 Mar 1997 19:24:14 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA30654 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id KAA26614; Sun, 16 Mar 1997 10:22:10 -0800 Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 10:22:10 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu