Neighboring and Passing Four-Two Chords

Question 1

Neighboring and Passing Four-Two

Answer 1

• neighboring four-two chords happen when you have a pedal bass part and the chord moves up then down in stepwise motion
• • a four-two chord is a third inversion chord
• neighboring four-two chords can happen with any diatonic chord but happens most often with the tonic chord
• • major 7th chords are a M3 (bottom), m3 (middle), M3 (top) with a M7 between the bottom and top notes
• • minor 7th chords are a m3 (bottom), M3 (middle), m3 (top) with a m7 between the bottom and top notes
• passing four-two chords is found when the chord stays static but the bass moves down in stepwise motion

Question 2

neighboring and passing four-two chords are basically the same as neighboring and passing six-four chords, with the addition of a

Answer 2

• 7th

Question 3

labeling the chords four-two chords implies that the 7th is in the _______

Answer 3

• bass

Question 4

in a neighboring four-two chord progression, the bass will remain the same throughout

Answer 4

• true

Question 5

the passing four-two chord progression requires adding a _____ to the tonic chord, in the bass

Answer 5

• 7th

Question 6

the passing four-two chord implies a static bass

Answer 6

• false