Chapter 3: Chord progressions Flashcards
What is harmonic progression?
Any two or more chords heard in succession.
What is chord progression?
Particular successions of chords.
What is the term used to describe harmony in the Baroque to Romantic eras?
Functional harmony which maintains a key.
What is a tonic group?
Chord I and occasional alternatives, such as VI.
What is a dominant group?
Chord V, V7, and chord VII (usually in first inversion, as VIIb).
What is a subdominant group?
Chord IV, plus chords II and II7.
What is the strongest chord progression?
V7-I.
What is a perfect cadence?
V/I.
How can the bass + soprano be used to strengthen a perfect cadence?
Descent of the bass from V-I + ascent of the soprano from note 7 to note 8.
What is a substitute chord for V7?
viib.
How to approach a perfect cadence?
Chords from subdominant group, then chord from dominant group, then chord I from tonic group.
What is a cadential 6/4?
Type of perfect cadence including the descent of notes 6+4 to notes 5+3 from chord Ic-V.
What is an interrupted cadence?
Perfect cadence but replacing chord I with another chord, such as vi.
What is an imperfect cadence?
Progression to chord V.
What is a plagal cadence?
Progression IV-I.
What is the seven-chord circle of 5ths?
Movement of chords up by a perfect 4th or augmented 4th 7 times.
What is a harmonic sequence?
Chord progression repeated at a different pitch.
What are 3 other effective chord progressions?
Roots that rise by a 5th, roots that rise by a 2nd, roots that fall by a 3rd.
What is a doo-wop progression?
Use of falling 3rds progression.
What is a pedal?
Sustained or repeated note held in the bass part.
What is an inverted pedal?
Pedal played at the top of the texture.
What is an inner pedal?
Pedal played in an inner part.
What is the most common modulation in the Baroque and Classical eras?
Modulation to the dominant.
What is a pivot chord?
Chord that exists both in the old key and the new.
What is a secondary dominant?
Major chord whose root is a perfect 5th above any note of the scale except the tonic.
What chord does the secondary dominant usually shape as?
V7.
What is tierce de Picardie?
A major chord played at the end of a minor piece.
What is harmonic rhythm?
Rate at which chords change.