Chromatic Harmony Midterm

Test in class on Friday, November 7th

Secondary Function

Creating a chord progression or melody that deliberately tonicizes a chord or note that isn’t the actual tonic

Mode Mixture

Borrowing chords or notes from parallel modes/keys

Neapolitan Chord

The flat major second chord, used to resolve to the five in classical settings.

Augmented Sixth Chord

Another pre-dominant chord used mainly in classical music. Consists of three types - Italian, French, and German

Italian

1 | #4 | b6

French

1 | 2 | #4 | b6

German

1 | b3 | #4 | b6

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To avoid parallel fifths, this chord is usually followed by a one chord in first inversion, which still has a dominant function

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Enharmonic to a dominant seven chord