source file: mills2.txt Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 10:11:26 -0800 Subject: Re: Milne/Wolf 4-5-6-7-8 and Gr Aug6th/Fr Aug6th chords From: alves@Orion.AC.HMC.Edu (Bill Alves) >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 * >*********************************************************** ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ Bill Alves email: alves@hmc.edu ^ ^ Harvey Mudd College URL: http://www2.hmc.edu/~alves/ ^ ^ 301 E. Twelfth St. (909)607-4170 (office) ^ ^ Claremont CA 91711 USA (909)621-8360 (fax) ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 19:30 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA03616; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 19:30:07 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA03609 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id KAA07667; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 10:28:07 -0800 Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 10:28:07 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu