Section 2 (Arranging) - Modes of Contemporary Analysis

Question 1

How is contemporary analysis different from figured bass?

Answer 1

instead of a stacked roman numeral system contemporary analysis uses a system of brackets and arrows.

Question 2

what do the brackets and arrows do?

Answer 2

identify harmonic movement from chord to chord and to indicate large resolutions over longer periods of time

Question 3

what does a solid arrow identify

Answer 3

any dominant or dominant 7th resolution to its target chord.

target chord is either a perfect 5th lower or minor 2nd lower

Question 4

what chord can interrupt a V7 to I resolutions

Answer 4

ii7 or ii chords

Question 5

What is the insertion of chord or chords to interrupt the normal progression called

Answer 5

interpolation

Question 6

what does the solid arrow do during interpolation

Answer 6

travel over it from the V7 to the I resolution

Question 7

what does a solid bracket identify

Answer 7

a ii7 to V7 progression